Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-02
Pinchot Scores Carter and
Hepburn Amendments.
PUBLIC DOMAIN IN PERIL
Wholesale Lumbermen to Ask Taft
to Veto Propositions.
CONGRESS IS TO HEAR VIEWS
Opinion Expressed by Former For
ester That Amendments Wipe
Out Reservations.

| Denunciatio7 by Clifford Pinchot former
| forester of the United States. of Sena-
| tors Carter and Hepburn for proposing
| Ito turn over the public domains to
| grafters" by their amendments to the
| agricultural appropriation bill, as ac-
| cepted by the Senate, and the adoption
of resolutions declaring in favor Of the
| national foresty policy and calling upon
| Congress and the President to defeat the
proposed legislation, marked todays ses-
sion of the convention Of the National
Wholesale Lumber Dealers Association.
held in the New Willard Hotel.
Complete destruction Of the national
forests, according to Mr.. Pinchot, will
follow the passage of the bill in its pres
ent form. The Carter amendment, to ex-
clude the forest service from supervision
Of mining sites, he said, would permit
fake mining deals The Hepburn amend
ment, removing from the national forest
reserve all land on which grew less than
1900 feet of merchantable timber to the
acre, would practically wipe out all pub
lie reservations, he said.
President to Be Asked to Veto.
President Taft is to be asked by the
ISOLATION to veto the bill If passed by
SoA6A COD Will thCoC ObJCStIOAoUAC ACd-
lures. A committee of the convention
will wait on the conference committee
Of Congress, lay before it an expression
of its disapproval Of the Carter and dey-
burn amendments and call for their elimi-
nation from the bill.
The resolutions recite that the Hepburn
amendment eliminates all planted areas
covered by young growth and all nom
t1mbered land, leaving these tracts open
to the ravages of fire, prevents the pres
ervation Of forests and defeats the pur-
poses forswhich forest reserves were Gre
ated, and asserts that the exclusion Of
mining sites from the inspection and su-
pervision Of the forest service adds to
the fire menace of forest lands Assert
ing the advocacy of the association Of
the national forest policy, the resolutions
call upon congressman to oppose the prop
ositions, and ask the President of the
United States to refuse to accept legisla-
tion of the character.
Millions for Fire Protection.
For. adequate protection of national for
ests against fire $s.O0O.OOO is necessary
for the initial expense of constructing
trails, roads, ranger cabins, telephone
lines and other equipment, declared DIR.
Henry S. Graves, forester of the United
States, addressing the convention. With
q patrol large enough, he said, the pub
lie forests would then be safe.
Cooperation of private owners in pro-
viding fire protection and in the policy
Of conservation was urged by DIR. Graves.
He set forth a summary of a program Of
forestry, as follows:
Adequate public support for the proper
protection and administration Of national
and state forests.
Organization within all different states
of state-aided fire protection OF private
forests
Support Of government and state agen-
cies engaged in experimenting with for
est products looking to the extension Of
the uses Of wood, wood preservation. etc. !;
Development of a reasonable system of
taxation of growing lumber which shall
be uniform in the different states;
Establishment of state forests on
large scale through purchase of cut-over
private lands;
Adequate support of those public agen-
forestry and diffusing information which
will aid private owners to handle their
timber land along the lines Of forestry.
During it's five years of preparation,
put the forestry service In condition to
meet the emergency that 1t had to cope
with last year. when unprecedented
droughts in the northwest were followed
by such extensive forest fires.
Reports Read.
The report Of the committee on forestry.
advocating scientific forestry and recon-
mending the policy of conservation as
worthy Of adoption by private owners Of
woodlands, was received and adopted by
the convention. Other reports read were
those of the advisory committee to the
American Forestry Association, r. G. Lip
pincott, chairman; committee on terms OF
sale and trade ethics and committees on
cOastwise and lake insurance.
The election of trustees to succeed those
whose terms expire in this year resulted
in the election of Lewis Dill, G. H. Pres
colt, jr., B. f. Belts, e. L. Fisher. w. w.
knight, F. c. Rice and L. r. Wander
WORT.
The officers for the ensuing year, 1t Is
expected, will be Fred r. Babcock, presi-
dent: Franklin f. Parker, first vice presi-
dent; Nelson H. Walcott, second vice
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