Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-08-20
CONSERVATION is THE WORD
WOULD ACT NOW AND WAIT FOR BETTER LAWS

Third And this Is really the big
question. for public opinion has now
been SO aroused that few thinking |
men are willing To be rcCkOncd as !
cDuntcnanclng the continued waste Of |
our natural resuurcCs--and the second !
question is in the last analysis, after F;
all but phase of this larger Ques. !
tion--this third question is then. For |
whom are the naturaI resources to be
oxploltcd?" Are they for the pcrman.
ont benefit and continued use Of all
the people. or are they 10 go to swell
the private fortunes of a few greedy
corporations? On the control of the
remaining natural resources. more es.
pcclally OF the coal rnd the water
powers, is going to depend pretty
largely the outcome of the question,
who Is to determine the future devcl.
opment of the country? Is the control
to rest with the people or with al
merciless monopoly? This question
the still greater issue, Is this nation
to he managed by men for human
welfare, or by money for profit?
[ Recent Events.
To return now to the events Of re-
cent history. Just prior to going out
Of Office Secretary GARFIELD set apart
under an order OF temporary with.
drawal some 100000 acres Of public
| land controlling water powers
throughout the West. Being n blanket
order the total area necessarily in.
cludcd many small areas of private
/ land, which being owned In fee sim.
[ pie by individuals obviously could not
be affected by the withdrawal, al.
/ though embraced within the total area
/ covered by the order Soon after
coming into office Secretary Ballinger
revoked this order and turned back
| into the class Of land open for entry
I a considerable part of the area that
7 had been withdrawn. This led to pro
tests from the Forest Service and 9th.
ers. as the result of which, after some
delay, portion Of the original area
was again withdrawn. one Of the con.
tentions made in regard to Secretary
Ballinger Is that the opening up Of
these lands gave unnecessary oppor.
tunlty to certain corporations TO make
filings on land controlling streams
from which hydro.olectrica energy
can be developed. About this time.
too. Secretary Dallinger revoked an
4 Arrangement between the Bureau OF
Indian Affairs and the Forest Service
whereby teh forest lands belonging to
certain tribes were being managed for
the benefit OF the Indians by the train
ed men of the Forest Service, under
forest regulations, The Secretary
. claimed that this transfer of authority
was not permissible, although it had
, previously been approved by the Soc
, retarles Of Agriculture and Of the In
: terror This action led to more II
, feeling between the Departments
, which was still further added to b,
! the charges made in August by Mr.
. l.. X, CLAWS, Chief OF the Field Diyi
. sion. Of the Land Once, that the higl
. officials of the Interior Department
Z were UUNNlA ldNbllHR rln' 'ldllldh's "
r certain valuable coal lands in Alask
known us the Cunningham claims
The glst of this matter Is that With
the boundaries OF one of the Nationa
forests in Alaska are highly valuabl
coal fields, Many of the entries mad
on these lands are suspected to hay
fraudulent, through dummy entryme
and the like, hut the claimants wer
pressing for the issuance Of patents
Subsequent to his resignauo mas Ian
Commissioners and prior 10 his Al
pointment as Secretary Mr., Bhlllnge
had been retained as counsel for tn
Cunningham interests. Briefly Glavl
charges are that on his return to o
fee the Secretary unduly favore
these claimants Mr.. CLAWS submit
ted his charges directly to the Pres
dent. who in long aud careful
wordcd letter, issued in Scptembe
stated that he failed to find II
charges subgtantlated, AccordingI
he cXouerltcd Secretary Ballinger
all blame. CLAWS was thereupon di
missed from the public service.
|. the same time President TAFT issue
a letter endorsing the policy OF NJ