The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-02-09
NINE MEASURES RELATING TO
CONSE RVATloS ANALYZED ~
REPORT TO ASSOCIATION
COAL BILL FEATURE FAULTY
II Contains No Anti-Monopoly Clause
and Is SO Framed That II Can BE
Evaded with Esse-Construetive
Criticism.

Washington. Feb. S.Thc necessity
for The passage at the prcsen, session
of congress OF good laws for the pro.
lection OF the natural resources OF tn'
United States is tn" keynote o. a re-
port just made To the Nationm CDds,r-
yatiou association by Giff,.i Pincho:,
tho recently chosen prcsid'r' Of h"
association
Mr. Pinch'i takes up What 1c ais
"a spirit Of constructive criticism the
nine bin, relating to the conservation
of natural resources introduced in con.
gress Jan. Is on behalf OF the secic-
tary of the interior, one of which has
/ been reported from the senate public
lands committee. while the other eight
are still in the hands of COMMITTEES.
Mr. Pinchot calls on the members Of
the association TO put forth their
strongest efforts To- have enacted into
law the bill on the withdrawal Of ,atls
which has been reported from The
committee by Senator Nelson This
bin. Mr. pinchot thinks. should hlv.
the unqualified support of the IN m.
bcrs Of the association"
OF the other eight bills, he believes
that some merely require amradllent
while others must be r"'pst altoecthi
The coal bill and the phospate. oil. as
. phaltum and natural gas bills, he re.
peats are fundamental. y sound In p~!r.
ciplc but need some amendment.
THEY wisely separate" ne says
the surface of the land from the un
: derlying minerals and provide 'Or ,ro
disposal of the minerals by lcls" 1AC
not by sac.
\ But the coal bill" he objects, "con
h tains no sufficient anti.monopoly
/. clause. The clause which proposes I,
!. ate rates To be charged the publ;
d is 50 framed tina, it may be 'cvadc,
+ with ease.
s Another clause Of the bill. hc ADDS
!. may reduce the standard of mining e
|. the wastciul level OF "thc prevailing
commercial practice"
In regard To the bill tor the survey
{ of tho railroad grants. he cNpressc,
. She opinion that it will enable the rail
roads properly 10 perfect titles to their
Lands, but ii oycrloOks the long pend
ing understanding between certain OF
4 the roads and the forest survey for
j return OF railroad lands within the na
10 tiCnal forest TO the United States in
return for the right to cut in one oudy
, an amount of timber equal to thai on
' the lands returned
This undcrSigning. hr SAYS, r'qli,cs
only legislation To make 1t Cf'rcti,c.
Speaking of the water power bill,
Mr Pmcho. declared that 1T r,pcals
in silence the existing water power
law and curtlis the already ample
. power now exercised, with the approx.
al oi former attorney general. by the
department Of agriculture"
The provision in the bill for the
''Hl'HHdstNu W Nu' government pN
the companies. he holds is good Wa.
ter power sites should be protected
, from private appropriation under the
land laws, he says, and it shoulI be
made possible 10 issue to the COmpan.
les permits good for and definitely ter
minated AT the end OF fifty years
The fault found by Mr. Pmchot with
the reclamation bin is that it opens
reclaimed lands TO absent landlords
, and 10 spectators
. The worst feature OF the bill for the
sale of timber and timber lands. he
declares, is that it replaces the obiec.
tiOnable feature OF the timber AMI
stone act, which was the inducement
20 speculation I'm government timber
with provisions which promote apecu.
. lation and retard the development of
agricultural anl mincra' lands far be.
yond the act it repeals
In failing tosoparate the surface
from the underlying minerals IL, bill
for tho classification OF pub lands
Inconsistent with the coal bill. he
says.
The withdrawal bill as amended
and reported by Senator Nh'san makes
easy. says MIR Pinchot, Tho prCtec.
tion of all natural resources on the
public domain until good laws can n.
passed"
The whole influence OF the National
Conservation association ne declar,s
should be thrown ben'nd this bill
Purity. perfect results and economy
all are cnmhlneh In x c Rakinr Pow.