The Washington times., 1910-09-07
DEMOCRATS DEMAND
BALLINGER REPORT
Squabble Over Secretary of
Interior Is Taken Up
at St. Paul.
SENATOR NELSON
FLIES DISTRESS SIGN
President Finley, of Southern Rail
way, Chief Speaker on
Conservation.

Meantime. however. the ma jO-ity /
members OF the Ballinger-PiuchOt in !
vestigatisating committee are holding
Up pTO-Baniuger report declared 10 4
have been decided on a wek ago
The Secreta-y'S friends on the com /
mittee find themselves in the minority. I
Senator Root. Senator Flint, and rep
resentative Olmstead being absent from /
tie session here
The Democrats on the committee. 4
with Representative Madison, a progTes- 4
sive Republican have majority Of ,hc 4
quorum present They demand an i'm 4
mediate report.
Nelson Wires for Aid.
The reported exoneration for BaHinger /
may be lost in the discord- Senator Ne!- I
son has wired 20 Senator Root and Rep /
resentative Olmsted to hurry TO his aid I
They may save the situation in the ma /
Jority report. but can hardly prevent .
r. being published. with the minority 4
report. before the fall elections
Senator Nelson said today
division in the committee don't know
how the other members stand and they (
don't know how I stand Whether they 4
viii make final report without Sena- 4
Tors Root and Flint I cannot say Not 4
any one Of the committee mas expressed :
q view 1 DO not believe that a single f.
one of them knows what the other I
thinks
I have wired TO Root in care OF the I
steamship company and also TO Flint at I
his home in California
The Final Boot
The story goes that Senator Nelson &
and other members Of the Administra-
zion faction have been expecting Gif-
ford PinchOt 10 be incontineutiy thrown /
out Of the conservation congress by the I
combination Of Western governors and /
their friends When Pinch0t was thus T.
being kicked through the exit the 3
P1nchot-BalLnger investigating commit 3
tee would give him the final boot by a 3
report generating BalInse rand casu-
eating PinchOt-
The most Interesting address of the 4
day was delivered By w W Finley, /
president Of the southern Railway He 4
said
M Finley said
The interest Of the railways OF the /
South III conservation and the interest
Of the people Of the South IN CouServa- /
ton are identical
I VIII 90 farther. and state my IN /
qualified conviction that any economic /
or governmental policy that is. in the 4
last analysis, TO the best interest Of the /
people Of any community is 10 the best
interest of the railways by which that
community is served Conversely my
conviction Is equally strong that any /
economic OF governmental policy that is
the communities served by them
Therefore. M President in all that
say on the topic assigned 10 me---The
Interest Of the Railways Of the South in
Conservation'--I must be understood as
presenting what / believe 10 be the in
ts9est Of the Southern people
Use Of Raw Material
Other things being equal the con
serv.tive use OF a raw material, what
ever it may be. consists in its manufaC-
ture. in the locality of production
through all the stages of preparation
for the final consumer Manufacturing
in the South has reached its present
growth and IS being still further devel-
opsd on the basis OF this kind OF con-
seryat5 Of raw material Industrial
development in the South on a large
scale may be said 10 date from about
1850, prior 20 which time only relatively
small proportion Of the raw materials
available in that section were advanced
through even the first stages Of manu-
facture before being shipped to other 10
calities. a large proportion Of Southern
cotton mill products, lumber, pig iron.
and other commodities. advanced
through the first stages of manufacture, /
are still shipped out OF the South 10
serve as the IGT materials Of industries
In otae- localities which convert them
into articles ready for the final con-
sIIr7er. and Southern coal is shipped to
SCsEc the raw material for power
sod heat IN other parts OF the United
countries
Forest Conservation.
As the timber consumption of the
United States is now in excess Of the
1lDUal growth. ard as other sections
&c drawing on our Southern forests. It
IS obvious that II these southern wood
working industries are 10 survive and
are 10 be handed down to future gen
zrations immediate and effective steps
should be taken for the conservation
Of Southern forests. This is the more
important for the reason that the same
steps taken TO insure perpetual sup
ply of raw material for our wood
workers viii tend TO stream and soil 4
conservation by increasing stream fOw
In periods o. drought and by Iessenfng
tie deStTUCtIVeneSS Of foods which I
erode the soil Of the upper watersheds
flowed lands and in the beds OF the
1aviSable parts OF the streams
Power of Government
It may be tnaJ o-ir Federal Govern
ment has no power, under the Constitu-
ton TO acquire lands for the purpose Of
forest conservation. but it is charged /
with the supervision. Improvement. and
conservation Of olr nGvigabIe streams
and the evidence as 10 the effect of for
ests on stream flow was so conclusive
as TO lead the House OF Representatives.
during the last session Of Congress to
pass bill PROVIDING for the establish
ment OF national forests for the pro-
lection OF the watersheds Of navigabIe
slrea ms This biIl Is 70 be voted on in !
the Senate on the 18th of next February. /
Whether this plan or some other may
be adopted. 1 think il is OF the utmost
Importance chat the campaign Of educa-l
ton as 10 the necessity for the speedy
and general adoption Of the most ap-
proved methods Of scientific forestry, !
which Is beinL So ably carried on by the
National FCresf Service. should be con-
TiHued-
Among others who spoke were J. J
HiIl. Senator Beverage. and Secretary
Wilson. Of the Department Of Agricul-