Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-08
Comes This Afternoon With Pre-
Iiminary Session This
Morning.
MOTIVES OF ALARMIsTs.
T. Arthur Eddy of Colorado Tells
Shcepmcn What He Thinks of
Conservation.

convention was devoted principally to
the finishing up of scheduled ad-
dresses, leaving the final session of the
convention this afternoon to the adop-
tion of resolutions and the election Of
officers.
"The Sheep Industry of Nevada" ;"
was reviewed by C. H. Duberg. of Elko.
New.
The secretary read a paper by J.
Arthur Eddy president of the National
Public Domain league of Denver. Colo 4.
revealing the hidden motives of tho
conservation alarmists."
DEFINES FORESTRY BUREAU.
Arthur Eddy, who spoke today, ar
raigned the present plan of forestry.
He is president of the National Pub
lie Domain league. Denver, Colorado.
During his speech he attacked the po-
sition taken by paper published in
the interest OF the conservation of nat
ural resources. Characterizing the bu
I.eau of forestry as "a mongrel cross
between patriarchism and benign au
tocracy, reared by a socialistic wet
nurse" he challenged the bureau to
show that there is danger of a timber
famine in 25 or 80 years, and asserted
that the annual growth of timber prac-
tically equals its consumption.
Upon the statement of the United
States geological survey" he contin
ued. II challenge the assertion that
there Will be a coal famine In 100 years
and point to the government reports
that our coal supply equals 3,l00 billion
tons. and that our annual consumption
Is less than half billion tons.
when the government reports that
our stock of iron ore in present dis
coveries equals 5000, 100000 tons of
high grade ore and $1,000. 100000 tons
of lower grade are. with an annual
consumption of sc, 600 900 tons. I chal-
lfnge the statement that we Will have
an iron ore famine in 30 or 40 years.
Upon the authority of the United
States census. showing that the aver
GEe Yield por acre OF all our prin-
clpal crops has been the greatest dur
-5ns tho last decade. / challenge the
statement that our soil Is becoming
impoverished
81 challenge the conservatlonists to
present a plausible theory as to how
and when our water powers could be
made into n monopoly
''The real. true conservationist is
not the man who rides and re-rides the
continent In Pullman cars. harangues
the people with alarms and upon their
guilt In using our resources to develop
The country. But the real conserva-
tionist is the man who. silently and
without ostentation, is delving In the
laboratory and shop to solve problems
as perfecting the gas engine. improved
methods for stocking and coal combus-
lion, economical coal mining applI-
froa &c
practical substitution OF iron. cement,
paper, etc. for wood, substitution Of
water falls, tides, mineral oil, peat,
petroleum shales and even the SUMS
rays for coal, improved methods of
farming, new crop plants, improved
live stock and the thousand and one
achievements that, day by day. are be-
Ing announced"
DR.. A. D. Melvin. chief of the bureau
of animal industry. addressed the con-
Nention on the bureau of animal In
'ustry and Its attitude toward lin and
ieg liberation and sore mouth lambs
DR.. Melvin of the bureau OF animal
INDUSTRY. who was on today's program.
assured the convention that his bureau
was anxious to cooperate with the
stocRmcn. He discussed the nature Of
sheep diseases in a general way and
the steps taken to cure them He said
great part of the country had becn
released already from quarantine and
be hoped that the bureau would be able
to release the western states affected in
reasonable time.
DR.. Melvin was followed by DR. John
f. Mohler, chief of the pathological
division of the bureau OF animal in
dustry who gave a scientific disquisi-
ton on the nature and treatment of
sheep diseases. A F.. Potter. assistant
forester of the United States discussed
the forestry service and its relation TO
the stockmen. He said he believed that
q hetter understanding was growing
uD between the forestry service and
stockmen. and he hoped that In tho
near future they would be able to work
in harmony
He said he had been sent out by the
secretary OF agriculture to come hero
and find out the causes OF friction and
what was necessary to remove them.
He reviewed the criticisms against the
regulations of the forest service and
explained the reason of the adoption
Xpf these regulations for the best inter
|ests OF all concerned. He recommended
an effort to secure uniform bounty
laws for the destruction of predatory
Wild animels. At the afternoon session
the committee on resolutions made It's
report reading as follows;
RESOLUTIONS.
The committee on resolutions submit
ted the following report:
The National Woolgrowers' associa-
tion. in its forty-sixth annual conven-
t!on. assembled at Ogden. Utah. for The
purpose OF considering matters of vital
Importance to our industry. viz: the
use of the national forest and the pub
lie lands as they pertain to the live
stock industry; the determination OF
predatory Wild animals: tariff legis-
lation; railroad transportation of live
stock, rates and service In the ship
ment of sheep and wool; the national
warehouse and storage company and
other matters pertaining to the sheer
Industry submit the following as ar
expression OF our views and wishes per
taining to these matters;
Because OF the serious losses sus
talned by those engaged In the liy.
stock industry, In the transportation
OF stock to market due to slow move
ment of railway trains and long anC
unnecessary delays which we attribute
to the tonnage system now in vogue
which fact we have repeatedly calleC
10 the attention of the railroad official
without obtaining complete relief, anC
inasmuch as this condition obtains oi
practically every railroad system IL
tho United States. we deem II a prope
subject for the consideration OF. tn
National Woolgrowers' association.
I'VE recommend that this associa
a.