The Washington times., 1910-02-26
FORMER FORESTER
SCORES BALLINGER
Deliberate Deception of the
President Among
Charges Made.
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and others, which / a mabout TO lay
before you, I have acted steadily in the
light Of them, as IL was my duty, both
as public officer and as citizen, to
do.
II shall s'ow YOU that IN pursuance
of that Cuty. laid before the President,
both by E-T1 - mouth and in a letter
Of November A., - statement Of my con-
victiOn that Secretary Ballinger has
been dangerous enemy 10 CcuserYa-
ton. ] shall show YOU that this letter
WAS submitted by the President 60 Mr.
Ballingcr. and that as part Of his reply
he laid before The President q state
cases. which statement Is shown 10y i'm
disputed documentary evidence To- be alb
sOlutcly false in three essential partiCu-
lars II viii then appear that MI BAL
linger willfully deceived the President
and was disloyal 10 him.
The third principal matter is con-
ccrncd with the attitude fthis Gov
eminent I'm law and Administrativo
practice toward the COuSeTVaI lion OF the
natural resources belonging TO the DeO-
pie desire TO show you that the
story Of Claws courageous and success
ful fight 10 protect the property Of tEe
people, which ended In his dismissal
without a hearing. is but single chap
ter in the history of the public lands
/ shall show yOu that under our pres
eut law and practice the more diff
cult task falls or those who would
protect the public property. and not on
those who would despOiI it, and that
under the present system, the betrayal
into mOn0pOlistic control or what oe-
longs 20 an or us is made easy.
The Important Duty.
The imperative duty before this
country is not merely TO get rid OF an
uufaithful and public servant. a far
fundamental change in the law and the
practice toward conservation, 10 prevent
for the future what has been IN the
past the useless sacrifice OF the public
welfare, and TO make possible hereafter
the utilization OF the natural resources
and the natural advantages for the
benefit OF an the people. instead OF
merely for the profit Of a few
When this story has been told, and
the witnesses whom T shall ask you 10
call have been heard, YOU viii realize
that the interests Of the people are not
safe I'm Mr. BallinCer's hands. and that
the country a-iil demand Of this commit
tee a verdict In harmony with the gen
eral conviction that the Secretary Of the
Interior has been unfaithtul bOtn 10 the
public, whose property he has endan-
Eered, and 70 the President. wham he
has deceived.
Letter Submitted.
Mr.. Pinchot then submitted TO the
committee a letter written by him 10
I President Taft November 3. 1919. re-
/ viewing the entire conservation situa-
/ ton He said I'm the letter thai he had
! advised CLAWS 10 lay the matter OF the
! Alaska coal lands before the President
He said it was his duty to do so be
cause there was involved a question OF
public policy that could be handled by
nobody but the President himself
Pjnchot said that BalIinEe- had not
given the Forestry Bureau notice that
application lad been made 10 patent the
Cunningham claims, although part OF
them Law in the forest reserves. When
the fact was discovered forestry men
we're denied access to the records IN
the case.
RaIIinger. said Plnchot. declared ne
could not legally withdraw ranger sta
tiops from mineral entry while In fact
both Secretaries Hitchcock and Garfield
had exercised that power. Afterward
he reflected upon Secretary OF AgTlcul-
ture Wilson, said Pinchut, by demandiI :
a statement as 70 the absolute necessity y
for the use o. land applied for by him
for ranger stations.
Restores Land.
on March %, 1903. Secretary BaIHnger,
The letter stateS began to restore TO
public entry Without advertisement,
lands withdrawn by Garfield. at Roose-
veIrs direction, TO protect the public
against unregulated water power
An agreement. by which experts of
the forestry service cared for fOreSt Is
on Indian reservations and saved the
Indians hundreds Of thousands. II not
millions OF dollars. was Cancelled by the
Interior Department. July %, '9o9, the