Gunnison news-champion., 1910-08-12
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Csiess4s Bsos1as

sirea o. recar8 some evia.eace vt a
change IA f1res'rv mefbasis.
Aua u vii not d. D. saw thai q
spirlt of enlightenment has naf caae
over % dreaass a the eastern the-
arists. Tor % Noui1 bs strange II the
united protest. af well nigb whsle
peopie aGainsf tine PlncIas plI,cv q
landi1rdlsm aai grab had nai pro-
daced effect
Ne are gettiaR aeti9n. The harsh
matb1ds are beIag moaIhed the In-
t1ierasle exsetians and spvng aud
pruiestIng ai muIuR and acrceit-
urtl claluas are slmcw hat n lihei
However, We are sorry o. sag tnat
VITA all the tar words. the express
"a desire % AID seftiemeu. and de-
Velupmeut, we cannm aslIeve there
Is g1iug to be aay radical change
f1r The her'er. DID nu fIucaat
badly proclaim the same arieat de-
sire % and ssl'iiement ani a-si-f the
small man. aad did uat every act 81
bis. the secref instructions O. his
supert isars aud the prime plies 1f bis
policy, give the iie 90 she tar
words, Ani Grsves saws b. bs-
hcres ra his pfedecessor' policy aad
means o. contlnne BE-.
On the uight ol tse pablic meet
avg M ttunHisan when Graves nui-
hued bis policy. We heard the same
tale 20 growing timber lar use. aud
ul preserving the water -app.y. that
ls ihe stock IN trade cant I'd che f4r-
estrv peupie
bi COARSE the western mau who
has Witnessed the child's pisv fr-
esfry that attempts o. grow CONNER
cial timber on barren hlllsides.
whore, after infinite labor and ex.
pense, II NAV be possible % grow =
commercial sawing nf duubifal
quality m l50to 500 wears is bound
% danbt The supreme wisdom ct
maa whe blithe.ly proposes such
things
Then the water suPplsl Ii is
true, II these scraggly pines bad
ans effect apaH q iuas. or upon cii-
mat, ar amy apnt riabie effect in re-
tardlng s-ov melting, we uf rbs
west wUul welc1me even the an.a
tuer experiments. We would be-
willing ta spare = few million acres
that might he better used
We could stand the annovances
aud the stupidity and the lofiy as
sumptiOns Oh wisdom aud virtae.
Tor we recognize that this is the |
greatest economic problem Of Col /
orado
IL last happens that the whole
propaganda is fonuded on absolute |
ignorance of natural conditions and /
that Rocky Mountain forests are ina
potent 10 do any Of these things.
However, News-C hampton recug-
nizes that lot of good people think |
otherwise and that that think is too
deeply bred in the bone 30 he cured |
IN a day Ii was only couple Of |
wears ago thar this paper stood prac-
tleaily alone IN Colorado In exposing
the fiction, but now since such men I
As Col II. NJ Chutenden Of the L I
; Corps Of Engineers and Chief /
Willis l.. Moore Of the Z 5 Wealth /
er Bureau, who is probably the best
posted man IN the world on the sub I.
Iect, declares thai the idea of forests
influencing climate or floods Is fan
tastie and unsupported by facts,
there Is gradual change in opinion
But one can hardly blame Mr. .
Graves for retailing these lallacles.
Otherwise the whole forestry move
ment would tall as a house Of cards .
What we do seriously object 10 al
the present tune j. bis opiIion about
what are agricultural lands In the .
mountains
From Paul Relaington of Denver. 1
associate forester for this district. .
News-ChampiOn secured what up 10 I
the present time Is the most emil ght- .
ened deGuitipa ef sgricaltaral-la lands .
which aav forester has arrived at.
He stated ~ Elect, that asi Is ag-
rlcaltural laud when a person can I
make a living upon IL This comes
the nearest D. being a sane view oi
the case we have heard Bat Mr.. 4
Beddineton qualified this. He was
willing to admit that no one cpald
tell what the future might bring
forth ia grass and crop possibilities
on these mountains. Yet the s'liv-
ing must he Determines bv present
dav standards, and the forestry peo-
pie must have the say 50 Two ut
terly impossible propositions To con-
meet with intelligent and rapid de-
velopment of our mountains II no
one can tell what the future NAV
bring in the way Of new grams and