Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-19
Conservation Of National Re-
sources is Only Way TO Pro-
tect Peoples Rights.
GEN. NOBLE ON THE QUESTION
no Substantial Ground for criticizing
Setting Aside of Reserves and
Reservoir Sites.

r,enyer, Colo, Aug. 1s.-Gifford Pin
obo. chief forester of the United States
f,enartment of agriculture, and Thorn
as f. Walsh, millionaire mine owner.
exchanged bon mots today before the.
Transinississippi congress and as a con-
Guiding note in the harmony OF the
session the delegates wound up Mr..
Pincfot's address with a round of np-
na,lse that shook the auditorium. IS
THE so-called ''enemies OF Pinchot-
isni', said they We're satisfied with the
conservation ideas OF the speaker and.
Joined in the cheering as Justify as DID
Inc adherents Of the chief forester.
John w. Noble. former secretary Of
the Interior, spoke on conservation OF.
4 forests ana water ilsn MS ne tSstlu; IN
part:
JOHN w. MOBILES ADDRESS.
.iThe statutes relating to and a,l-
thorizng forest reserves and the re-
serve OF reservoir sites either in letter
on spirit confined them to the close
limits insisted upon by some. but used
the subject matter in hand said Gen
John W.. Noble, former secretary OF
the Interior in an address at tuday's9
session OF the ,rranslnississippi Com
1nercal congress. And the more re-
cent acts" he continued, did not con-
template the REIMBURSEMENT OF reserves;
and giving them back to private set
tlelnent where they We're needed or use
full for a sufficient water supply as con-
templated by their original selection or
segregation.
1T thus appears clearly that there is
no substantial ground to criticize the
reservations as made, in view of tho
letter Of the law, and none ut all IN
view of the spirit of the policy and the
we'll known and admitted facts relat-
ing to tho growth Of timber, its need Of
suitable and sufficient surroundings,
and that the soil be kept In place and
be In itself a reservoir to be gradually
and not precipitately exhausted and
swept away by winds and floods"
PUBLIC OPINION.
Gen. Noble pointed out that there
had grown up a public opinion almost.
universal in the nation that showed
not only an Intelligent, but q deter
mined purpose that the countrys
natural resources should be essential
to the nations vitality and progress.
should be protected from private and
particularly corporate greed and mo-
nopoly, and controlled for the public
welfare now and hereafter.
The speaker showed the present bene-
fits and future prospect from forest
and water reservations, He discussed
the matter of protecting: the reserva-
tons from infringement and their be-
ing gradually pared down by the claims
of individuals and small local COM
munitfes who asserted that the reser-
Natlons were too large, and that COW
cred areas, which might be of use for
grazing, Should be turned back to the
public domain and be made subject to,
settlement and private ownership. rs
Gen. Noble said that the system as
now practised and being enlarged was
national in It's character. it's benefits
extending not only to the first state
but reaching as the water thus pre-
seryd ran on, state after state and
whole sections of our country from the
source to the mouth of the various riv-
ers. and that the system and policy
were to be considered from a national
point of view. 1t was a matter relat-
ing to the public welfare and neces-
sarily single communities and indivfd-5
ual citizens, however meritorious and
entitled to such benefit as might 9TH
erwise be within theirreach ought not
10 expect and could not be allowed to
demand those at the sacrifice of the
common good. Where there was a
question Of what might or might not
be allowed without injury to the ma
tional system, the lesser claim should
be deemed subject to and limited by
that which was so much greater"
WARNING AGAINST MONOPOLY.
It was apparent, the. speaker con-
tinued, that these great benefits IL
they We're allowed to fall into the hands
of individuals and particularly cor.
porations, would be administered for
the greatest pecuniary gain possible
70 the owners. He said that IL the ma
tlonal government or the several