Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-13
PINCHOT PLEADS FOR
FEDERAL CONTROL
OF FORESTS
Service Stands for Develop.
ment and Use and is Foe Of
Land Grabbers Declares For.
mer Chief Forester.

mer Chief Forester.
Former chief Forester Ginotd pln.
chot has addressed tho lilloW M
aigned communication 10 tie Fv"nins
tinraid;
Washington. u. -. Fnb Is. lp1g.
iditor tn Evening Ii"st,d. Aihnuu, =.
pWc, y. NJ.
~ / ear Sir.--
g. o IN and ont nt cons .ss ah ut.
t'WDt l' being made .urn the Na.
ne nal forests which upW belong o.
th whole people" over 90 the wet.
era states This attempt was started
because most ~ th" opening THROUGH
VIA. u the public lands and their g..
routccs used To- he Galen have heou
closed Tho m.u who have grown
rich or Who desire To- grow rich ~
iootlug the public domain ere nov
ilrinE hard timc4 Thssp men rf.
Rard any change from national ION.
trol as change for the better. TOT
to them the preset situation could
not W"il boz WORSE Although COZ
tain number oi honest hat mistutca
men are hehind the effort 90 dsstTp,
tho National forests. still In SOME,
what NtcnsiVe experience with Iaul
gtahher~. 7 can not recall slug',
one who was not an ardent friend If
this policy.
Some ct the men mot mtcr., .U
deny that any such movement exits
ut an \ partial answer h. thrt .
prov ision tn give the National Tor 81.
ana public lands o. tho western state,
was introduced and defeated at 'ht
inst session of con gress. that NAV,
western governors advocate &c. uud
that more than dozen hllls to t....
mot ~ carry Il ont are ACTUALLY hn,
fore congress now
The National forests like tho dine
Der, the water power the graz,
where the forest is upsn. ANA tho
minerals they contain. Do not stop
and IN" use ct them does not ytop. pi
state lines They can H.. pfottctcI
ana utod with sucrrss only und"r %
policy that b. alive to the u.,ros'-
ot th' Who'll. people. ana not merrV
O." M Interests 81 any one .,,tluu
90 state
TIE heart ct th" conservation q
,N j. development and use Tho
United states forest service. now hit.
t"rN attacked by those whom n he's
prevented from grabbing puhic e..
sources. has always stood for prompt
development of the National forests,
first
SiN hundred thousand peopI, use
IN National forests every year The
sheep M cattle which gru2r Within
ih'r boundaries supply one eiNth 81
the American people with meat Every
man. Woman ana chld in the tinted
states own six thousand feet o. rom.
nsr iu the National forests. Much
%! The timber iu them is SIN too r.-
mote aud difficult of Scc"-- 60 Ne
cattle now, hut as rnpidit J- it en-
o., .old without loss and Hth1u o..
,uH 20 the forest. Il W. Cut utd usC,l
Tho FerNic" has butt more m tn ~ 20
coo n les Of telephone lines. 1.tiU
noe. of road and over 9. 0OD nt.'ss
of trails Forty thousand permit.
Tor the u,r "i timber ir.c o., SETTLER
sfe Issued every year Turty.'I
ihuurahd miners oI rate Zoe Nd'ipu.
futcsts. and the forests CONSERVE, 10.
water supply at Ills towns ana rItirs
ana % Nut'rpuWrr project. Nh,tu
furnish light and power Tor ndu
uic- ul every Kind.
I"nr.'llh- ot the standing Timber
10 the i'nit.d States s u pusa,
houd. Thirty -t','u prfat, owners
absolutely ,outro, about ts much i.u.
hcr a. the other uiuatN-Iour muI .rl.
the nation has l"t' must boz prutrct.I
Tor IA" us" o. us a'l against tha COM
NIX iuu' pi need. ANA ou'y M. $50
fi"u1l government can de- that
The forest service o. clean ln'
riIi,i'ut oisaui2ation almost rutir, g,
mode mp 81 western men. n has &c.
Way- h"cu ana is today wholly irtc
from politics Why should tho AM
"Tl,uu prupl" run tho risk at pDli'p.lI
Wt-mHuaErW'ut uud private mpuopu-
F hN Putting up the National flr.
Oft. h'Iu''u fifteen ur twenty scpa. o.
#l" -'ni'- most ul uhu h hJ,. rl
'"i.-t s'r 'yrs iu take ,u.rg, o..
'h"W % .- bad pn-lur-~ geo mulilpI,
"Rauizat"n- when 900, viii do 90,
N"th. especially WHEN that ou, De-
d"tug % we'll ALREADY
u lhts movement were Goo -u, fcrd
'"" billion dollars worth cot publ 90
prorrfI, boo the National forests
would ur 900 danger COT passing ny way
ui state ownership into private hauu.
Iur the greatest danger lies iu thu
u"uopolirs ot coal watcrpouer. tim.
t"r and other natural resource ju
which ru"h prtutc ownership iu,s o..
uhN leads. The proof ot this state
u'ui Ir The story OF how thv vesteiu
fi"'"~ have suuuudcr,d the lands 100.
ready granted to them. and in, mao.
H'p"' '- which have resulted there
irom There ~ similar record tu
WHu} 90 Oh" eastern states as vel
" this attack su'rcrds NJ. pubI,,
'uudt uud other public resources ..IIl
hr endangered lU turn. ! have taken
lhr '!hrrp ul pultius the facts Iu your
hands hpouuse I hone Tor Nout holm
leo this 'irhl Slncerol, your,.
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