Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-11-21

certain watcr power Interests which
ore CARRYING on figh, agojnst The
forest service Many speculative ln.
tercsts oppose the forest system be-
, cause the resources are nos opcn Ia
private acquisition under thc general
ana laws. Certain men are opposed
to The national forests because thew
can not secure privileges that would
h' possible ~ The forests were unpro-
teeted. For example. In tho south
west lind a well defined Opposition
nmong those who desire 10 run hcrds
of goats on the forests without re-.
firiction The desire 10 secure ynl.
unhle timber for speculation Is now
and always will bc source of on
position TO the public control OF our.
forests.
one proof OF the present favorable
sentiment is the fact that there are
now relatively few breaches o{ tho
regulations. For example. in the
fourth administrative district which
Includes Utah. Nevada northern Ari-
coma, southern idaho ana southwest.
'fn wyoming; over 1000 permits
were issued last year, each involving
some regulation. There were only
80 cases Of trespass. about half or
which were innocent and tho ma
ioriiy of the remainder not very i'm
portane Such record would be
absolutely Impossible 81 the people
themselves were NOT right behind the
regulations. IN other words. h was
publ" sentiment that made IL possl
Die 90 carry out Tho procedure with
a0ch success.
In the national forest districts II
rs now seen that the aim is 10 make
the national forests sorvloeabIe az
present as wen as ia the future, ana
people are cooperating more and
more with The government 10 mako
The local administration successful.
Ia the cast the ork Of the federal
government is today fac more cffoc-
1--WE han ovor before. The establish
mont OF national forests under tho
provisions ct the Weeks law Is ac-
completing many results not anti
c'patcd even by Cos more onrnest nd-
Nocatcs. The purchase of Lands on
'mporiant w8terahcds Ia the White
mountains and southern Appalachalns
.s steadily progressing Already con-
tracts Tor over I0e. 600 acres have
been approved hy thc National For
esq Reservation commission These
'nnds arc located on tho most inn
poriaut watersheds and have been so-
cured at prIcoe representing their ace
iunl value thc average being g5.07
nor acre. % bias already boon DEM
onstutcd chat Tho uudng un OF nn-
iional forests hy purchase ana at
reasonable prices is prnoticnbic
The fIrat effect of these purchases
nae been an educational ono che
wide interest in tho wori. has result
cd in nn awakened appreciation OF
Inrri protection aud forestry where
ever thc government haas been ex
omminF lana fur purchase. Cooper
alton in Tor try between the govern
mout and thc states has received "a
ErDHt stimulus Tho Actual annual
saving from loss on areas protected
from fire directly as result of tho
Weeks laW, on private as we'll as pub-
'io property would amount to very
large aggregate sum- fn short the
Weeks law is now yielding results
which fuliF Justify She new policy
which "a established
The nations interest IN the succesa
of the forestry movement ~ very
sroat. me contribution OF the ma
ION through federal agencies should
Doe corrcspondingly liberal Let tho
federal government assume its fuii
reSpensihilltics of leadership. assist.
anco ana corporation and our forest
proglem win De on the way TO GER
tuin solution.