The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-19
Four Governors Are Attending the Salt
Lake Conference in Person, While
Five Others Are Ably Repre-
sented by Proxies
ADDRESSES INDICATE THAT PEOPLE
HAVE JUST CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT
Remarks of the Speakers Are Temperate in Every
Respect but There Is No Question That
They Mean Business

and her riches be grabbed by monopo'
lies
There was no mistaking the feeling
that the western governors are unal,
Jerably opposed to government control
of the natural resources of their states.
They are convinced that the govern
ment Is not entitled to the revenue that
may accrue from the development of
those resources and assert that If any
one Is to be benefited. it should right
fully be the state itself.
apostle c-Senntor Reed Smoot in an
address delivered at the afternoon ses-
sion. declared that the policy of the
present administration is for the elm
lnation of agricultural and grazing
| lands from the forests, and he person
ally declared himself opposed to the
control by the government of power
sites, He believed power sites should
be turned over to the states, to be ad
ministcred under certain restrictions
Apostle Smoot said there were pending
in congress at this time bills which
would 90 long way towards solving
the whole conservation problem, if, in.
deed, they would not solve it entirely.
Senator George Sutherland had Il few
words to say about conservation. Among
other things. he said that the alarm
about the impending exhaustion" of
the coal supply has no foundation in
fact, for there is enough coal in sight
right now to last the world 5000 years.
Governor Brooks Talks.
Governor Brooks of Wyoming strong.
ly urged that every western state send
strong delegation to ST. Paul. Gov
ernor Brooks said he was not at all
satisfied that the western idea would
prevail. but he was by all means in
favor Of making a strong fight. 1t we're
better, he said, to present the western
view even if it is not accepted than
never to have presented it ut all.
Governor Brady of Idaho was also in
favor of sending a delegation. Whether
or not the conference decided to send
delegations. he said, Senator W, F..
Borah would go as his personal repre-
sentative, and Governor Brady was sure
that with Senator Borah son the job
the enemies of the west would know
they had been in combat when the
smoke of battle cleared away.
Congressman Kahn Heard.
Congressman Kahn of California. rep.
rcsentlng Governor Gillett. declared
that the question of conservation vitally
affected the western states and main
tanned that the representatives of those
states should have the fullest oppor-
tunity to present their views. Mr.,
Kahn also touched upon the danger
which lies III a pursuance of the pol
icy which threatened for a time to null
afy all the good work that had been
done by the institution of the forest
service.
j. +. CalIbrcath, representing Cover
nor Shafroth of Colorado. did not speak
until after the ST. Paul delegation had
cleared the way Of obstacles by assur-
ing the western representatives that
they would have ample opportunity to
present their views. Mr.. Callbreath
said that Governor Shafroth had al
ready appointed delegates, and he be
lieyed his governor had acted wisely
in so doing, for, he said, the west must
put up a sturdy fight, and i'll order to
do that it must be represented In the
congress by the best it can send. Even
though the western idea does not pre-
vail in the ST. Paul meeting, said Mr..
Callbreath, 1T can be carried further,
| for the question will always be with
the people until it IS finally settled.
Mr., Callbreath said he did not believe
the people would be satisfied ever with
any permanent leasing system, sys-
tenn under which they would have TO
pay tribute to the federal government,
fought ont. The way TO fight it out he
said, was to send the mon to St Paul
who are capable of carrying on that
battle.
r b. Witcher. representing Governor
DIckerson of Nevada. said that after
he had heard what the st. Paul dele
CATION had to say, he felt warranted
in saying that Nevada would send a
delegation Of strong, representative
men. Nevada, he said was deeply In
terested in conservation, especially in
that phase of it which related TO the
use of timber and water for mining
development.
Oregon Has a Say.
| G, n. Macarthur. speaking for Ore
gon, said that OF the total area of o.,
600 square miles of land in that state
$4,000 are bottled mp in forest re
serves. and that $4,000 acres ar,
bottled up in railroad and wagon roaG
grants, so that Oregon. as Il state, en-
joys control Of only about one-half it,
AREA. Mr. Macarthur said that n greai
deal of land was held in the forest re
serves which should be opened to set
tlcment, and the people complained
about their inability to have thes,
lands restored to entry. Furthermore
he said, tho policy of the forest admin
, istraticn adversely affects power sites
} and tens of thousands of horse poweI
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