The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-16

tho wood was taken away. In 1882
new law was enacted giving the gov
ernment right TO replant these slopes
for the good of the community. II the
owners did not. The result was that
the springs opened again. the timber
furnished ample wood for fuel and
lumber, and the strong winds which
had done so much havoc In southwest
France. were checked. France, there
fore. had passed the experimental
stage and the school at Nancy was
the leading school of forest work
After studying at Nancy. Mr. Pin
chot travelled and studied the forest
work in Germany. Austria and Switz-
erland. Upon returning TO America
he wrote an article for a magazine.
This attracted the notice OF Mr Van
derbilt and he AT once sent for Mr.
Pinchot 10 visit his estate at Blltmore
The Biltmore estate contains 10000
acres OF forest land aud Mr.. PlnchOt
outlined a policy for its care. 1t IS
interesting to note the results of this,
Amorica's oldest, forest work. Ii
yields yearly 100000 feet OF lumber,
5000 cords of tannic acid wood and
fuel. 1000 cords of tan bark and sew
eral hundred cords OF wood pulp ma
terlal besides growing into a larger
value constantly
In 1892 Mr.. Pinchot opened an of
Ace In New York as a consulting for
ester, the first OF the kind In this coun-
try, In 1896 Hoke Smith, then secre-
tary OF the interior, asked the Nation.
al Academy of Sciences to appoint
committee to formulate national for
net nnlio,v Mr p1nnhnt
Der OF this and it gave the open door
of opportunity. He was the one
trained man for the work. The re-
suit was the National Reserves" pro-
claimed by President Cleveland in
1897, and the retaining of Mr.. Pin
chot to act as special agent in this
work. During the Spanish war the
division of forestry was started under
joint control of the departments OF
agriculture and interior 1t employed
eleven people, of whom six we're
clerks. Later it was placed under
the control Of the department of az
rlculture alone. At the close OF the
war Mr.. Pinchot was sent TO the Phil
ippines to formulate a policy for the
forest work there. He was made COM
missioner on government scientific
work. and commissioner on public
lands in 1903. President Roosevelt
said, in his speech at the jamestown
exposition. that the work in conserv-
ipg the government land. water. coal
and forests was suggested and the
method outlined by Mr. Pinchot, as
we'll as the new work under the water
ways commission
The latest reports show that this
forest work, commenced on so small
a scale and by one Jealous man OF
one great idea, now has grown as fol-
lows:
It comprises 167,677.79e acres of re-
serves in the United States. besides
2G.7G1 626 in Alaska and 65,950 in
Porto Rico A total of 1914 505,325
acres, or more area than all of the
German empire, and controls wealth
equal to more than the value Of the
combined equipment of the army ana
navy. and employees over 5000 people,
District No. 4. located here, has
within its bounds 30,000.000 acres and
81 national forests. Ninety-hve per
cent of the forests Of Utah are in tho
fourteen reserves In this state which
cover 7.436.377 acres, containing an
estimated quantity OF merchantable
lumber. equal to seven billion feet.
This is mostly found in the Ashley.
Uintah. Powell and Sewer reserves.
IT is thought that after several years
these reserves will supply Utah's lum-
Der demands.
An interesting work of this district
is the planting of new trees, $1,000
being spent this year for labor 10
IL, IE - tN1 -
the Murray planting station. These
will be replanted all over the Utah
reserves. The planting station at Po-
catello is deyoting its efforts to red
fir. When a caller on the president
said he desired TO assist In the work
of conservation and asked how to help
in that movement. the president re-
piled. Go to Clifford Pinchot and |
will guarantee he will keep you as
busy as he has me"
Here is fact that President Roose.
welt often alluded to. 1t was more the
work Of Plnchot urging On the preSi-
dent than the president urging on
Plnchot In other words, Clifford Pin
chot deserves much praise which was
given to Roosevelt for conservation
work Take for instance, the much
disputed contention about water power
sites On January 10. 1909. Roosevelt
said. in message 10 congress. that
the water power plants of the United
States produce about 100000 horse
power. The trust owns 10 per cent or
this and evidence tends TO show that
this trust controls enough more 10
raise this to 80 per cent. All this
consolidation had taken place in the
last FIVE years. Ii was due to the work
OF Clifford Plnchot that the president
owed this data.
MI Pinchot does not only strive to
retain the present rich holdings Of
natural resources He seeks to re.
create as well. Therefore. the plant |
ing stations at Garden City, Kansas, |
and western Nebraska are seeking 10 |
plant large sand areas with pine, and |
1 ,AS9,279 acres of barren sand land is |
in this way being created into pine
forest,
Those who know Mr., Pinchot best !
say that he is energy personified. |
One of his friends says, II attribute
Plnchots success TO his readiness for |
acting while the iron Is hot"
Now heresis the old lesson in a new
form- III the cause OF Jesus Christ is |
ever 10 be the power which il should |
be. the followers of Christ must put
the same zeal and effort into the
work that these great world leaders
put into their work
Here Is a man who is greater than
all his money. even though his money
is counted by the millions. This is
as IL should be. Money is meant 10 be