The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-07
FOR PROTECTION
|0F THE FORESTS
Request Is Made That Congress
Remove Limitation of With
drawal Power.
'GREAT FIRES OF SUMMER
WROUGHT MUCH DAMAGE
Development of Roads and
Il Trails Declared to Be High
ly Essential.

fhe size OF that OF the British navy. we
. have ship yards mere than double the
number and there are several OF these
ship yards, eNpensively equipped with
modern machinery, which after invcsti-
ration the secretary Of the navy believes
10 be entirely useless for naval purposes.
lie asks authority TO abandon certain ot
hem and 10 move their machinery TO
bther places where il can be made OF Use,
In making these recommendations the
tecrctary is following directly along pro-
Bressive lines which have been adopted
Ia our great commercial and ;r.anufaclur-
| Ing consultations In this country: that is
Of cismantllns unnecessary and made
.uunts p,ats and disseminating their eX-
lstence where II has been demonstrated
thai II is Improbable 10 continue their
maintenance at an expense not con1men-
surnte 20 their product,
The secretary points out that the mos:
important naval base I'm the West Indies
f. 1B Guantanamo, in the southeastern part
. Of Cuba.
Its geographical situa ton is admirably
adapted 10 protect the commercial paths
+. 20 the Panama canal. and he shows that
. By the expenditure OF less TIM half u
million dollars with the machinery which
he shall take from other navy yards, he
can create naval station at Gunnla-
naIno of sufficient size and equipment To
serve the purpose OF an emergency naval
base,
II I earnestly join In the recommends ton
|thst he be given the authority which he
|iE likely 10 arouse local opposition. but
conceive il to be automatic that in leSis-
.lR.ing in the interest Of the navy, and for
.thc general protection OF the country by
The navy. mere local pride or pecuniary
interest in the establishment or a navy
.yard or station ought to play no part
+. The recomnendatio ton OF the secretary is
based upon the judgment OF impartial
naval officers, entirely uninfluenced by
any geographical or sectional comsidera-
.uons.
4 unite with the secretary in the recon-
nendation that an approp, la tion be made
10 construct suitable crypt at ANNAPOLIS s
for the custody of the remains of John
paul Jones.
PEARY.-The complete success OF our
.eountry in arctic eXplora ton should not
remain unnoticed For centuries there
mas been friendly rivalry in this iie,,2
W effort between the foremost nations
<lnd between the bravcst and most ac-
.complished men.
Expeditions 30 the unknown north havc
.hcen encouraged BY enlightened sov,r,;
|nenis and deserved honors have been
GRANTED 10 the daring men who have con-
'lucled them.
The unparalleled achievement of Peary
IN reaching the north pole April s. 1903
by critical examination of IN.
most expert scientists, has added 10 inc
.,iistinction OF our navy. TO which ne be-
longs. and reflects credit upon his coun-
Try
f!is unique success has received yensr-
p'ps acknowledgements from scient,(lc boo
pes and institutions of learning in Euyv3.,
and America
recommend fitting recognition b.
.consrtSs cf The great achievement OF Sob
|er. Edwin Pcary.