Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-28
Resolutions Denounce Land
Withdrawal Plans of Conser-
vatiOniStS as Mere Sham and
PretenSe.
FORESTRY SERVICE
ALSO CONDEMNED
Objection Made to Its ASSunnp-
ton That Mine Locators Are
All Thieves IN Disguise Bal
linger Tells His Views,

IBy Morning journal special Leased Mirel
Los Angeles Sept. 27.--That the
shouts and cheers which greeted Gif-
ford Pinchots speech before the
American Mining congress last night
We're tributes 10 the man personally.
rather than to the theories and ideals
of conservation which he enunciated,
was indicated today by the introduc-
ton OF resolutions which denounced
the land withdrawal plans of the con-
servationists as mere sham and pre-
tense" and condemned proposed con-
servation legislation which tends to
make mining men and other citizens
OF the United states lessees of. or trib-
ute payers to the national govern
mcnt.
Another resolution demands that
the forestry bureau be debarred here
after from becoming party to pro-
test against a mining claim and that
il no longer proceed on the assump-
tion that miner who has located "a
claim in good faith within forest re-
serve is "A timber thief in disguise.
Accompanying these came speeches
from Congressman ). c, Smith and
Frank 4. short in which both de-
nounced the idea of substituting what
Nos termed "a percentage or mere
LeD1CN ndhlS IoI UDStlulD ownership
of oil and metaliferuus lands. But
these were counterbalanced by ad-
dresses in support Of conservation de-
iiyered by Thomas Il Gibbon and ;.
c. Graham of Los Angeles
Mr.. Gibbon said the government
would be faithless 70 it's trust IL il did
not grant patents to the oil men who
had entered upon and are developing
lands which since have been with
drawn. But ne declared In favor Of
the government stepping in and with
holding all the resources that are
needed and then lease them TO To-
caters on nominal basis simply, he
said TO prevent them falling into
monopolistic hands
The real test between the conserVa-
tionists and anti conserVatonists,
however, will come tomorrow or
Thursday when the resolutions de-
nouncing the conservation plans and
declaring for free right of mineral
entry on governments lands without
lease or tax, VIII come before the
convention as a whole. The resolu-
tions committee is not likely to pass
upon them. The probabilities are that
It win report the resolutions with
out recommendation and let the
members Of the congress fight IL out
themselves.
letter from Secretary Ballineer tn
tho congress was read. i'm which. after
exnressinp his regret that official
dutis prevented his attending the
congress In Los Angeles. he reviews
the recommendations made ia his an
nnal renort az 1909 regarding the
,,srions questions affecting fuel ana
mineral lands and timber and water
rights
com nresent pll,lic lands laws'
he continued "insofar as they relate
ia tho classes of land rerein before de-
srribed need reyision and even if
congress shall fail to agree entirely
u.itb ~, suesastfons made bV the de-
,,a,.,,,,,,,t ~ the bitis nrcsented. II is
hnncd maj same win form tho
tasis for now legislation. ANY de-
nurture i'm legislation on this subject
is of course. In a sense experimentaI.
rnt II is mo desire of the interior de-