Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-08-16
CONFLICT OF METHODS.

uon congress at spokane. reports wet
gent out 10 the effect tha All the ali
fercnees OF opinion between Mr.. Ra.
llnEer ana Mr.. Pinchot had been har
monized. and everything was lovely i
the reclamation camp. but II appear
from later adviees. which come to Il
from Washington, that the reported r.
Cancellation was merely a truce, an,
the alleged harmony effective In Spo
kan" only, it's purpose being to clea
the somewhat cloudy sky of the Irri
CATION congress, ana enable that bod,
to dissolve In peace.
Both Mr.. Baliinger and Mr.. pinchot
fare carnest advocates of the rocla ma
tion policy. but they differ RADICAL,
as 10 the methods to be pursued. anC
hat difference is entirely too wide I,
he bridged over by any mere resolu.
tion-so wide. indeed thai il IL be
lieycd in Washington that one or the
other viii have to retire.
Since tho incoming Of the presen,
administration, on the fourth of March
Mr. IAallingor has restored to ontr,
aud settlement one hundred and eighty
million nctes Of land. which. in the
days Of the Roosevelt administration
was Withdrawn from entry as n part Of
the reclamation policy. by secretary
Garfield and MI Pinchot. When Mr..
lhallingcr became secretary he reversed
their action on the ground that the
reclamation laws did not Justify with
Idrawal of the land ostensibly for lrrI-
CATION purposes. Conservation enthu-
siasts. like Mr.. Pinchot, and many OF
those attending the irrigation congress
considered this a Illegal tcchuicality 4"
They advocate the Roosevelt prac-
tlee OF brushing the law aside on the
ground that the action viii be for the
greater good OF the whole people by
preventing waste or monopolization of
valuable water power.
MI. Hallingcr agrees TINT conserve
ton is important. but that IL shoulu be
carried on within the limits Of the law.
AZ Wc have said. both sides endorse
the conservation principle. 1t Is con
tlict OF methods, Attorney General
Wlckcrsham has upheld Secretary bal.
lingor at every point. President TAFT
telcgraphed the Irrigation congress
that he would do everything possibicI
for reclamation in every rntt of the
country within the Jurisdiction ~ thaI
federal government" That cualifica.
ton Is regarded IN Washington ms 81
significant Endorsement Of St,rctaryl
Iallinger's position.
Part of the campaign against Secrc-
tary H%allinRcr's policy appeared In a
'tatcment by u spokane paper to the
ntfoot mat his action had given an in
power trust. possession Of al the
water power In the state of Montana.
II was pointed ont that Just US soon
as Secretary Hallingcr restored to en-
the vast tracts along watorways
which had been Withdrawn by the
Roosevelt administration the grab
This tale was upset BY the announce
mont Mt the interior department, that
every location of power sites by indi-
vidutls or corporations made since the
land was restored TO entry, had been
suspended pending an investigation,
lnd pending legislation by con
sr'ss resefNlng Su'h sites To the GOV
'Inlh'hi'
Ia pursuance OF TINS policy l2s- a'-
res "long the lower yellowstone riN'f
and i26S acres along the H'l'gat'
river. IN Montana, were withdrawn
rms secretary ballinger declares Isl
The proper way 10 proceed Instead ct
millions OF acres mu'h OF
which can ne of no use IN Inc cohscI-
'ation work
Secretary hnlllnger. with the I"It
NH|H-NA HANNNNN ~ NANAANN AAtAAN. W. lAh AHNNl
to carry on the irrigation aud conscr-
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