The Washington herald., 1913-01-09
PINCHOT ASSAHS
"SIAH RIGHTS
Back Of the Stalking Horse Is
a Dangerous Attack on
Conservation, He Said.
RAPS THE GUGGENHEIMS
Forestry Association Holds Meeting
Here and Elects Officers
for the Year.

In an impassioned warning to the
friends of conservation against the pro-
posed plan of ceding back to the States
all forest and mineral claims now held
by the government. Clifford Pinchot, for
mer Chief of the Forestry Service, yes
terday. in an address made before the
thirty-second annual meeting of the
American Forestry Association at the
New Willard, declared that behind the
stalking horse Of State rights there Is
preparing a most dangerous attack upon
the whole policy of conservation. The
former Forestry Chief pointed out many
of the difficulties that confront the con-
servationists and made suggestions in
connection with public lands.
He characterized the movement OF the
money interests against conservation
through this new State plan to be eager,
alert and well organized" ripple OF
excitement passed over the convention
when Mr.. Pinchot declared in the pres
ence OF Senator Simon Guggenheim OF
Colorado, a delegate to the convention.
that The coal lands of Alaska will not
fall into the honds of the Guggenheims,
nor will the hundreds Of millions OF
dollars worth of water power sites be-
come the easy prey Of the great water
power combination, whose growth in the
direction of a single overmasting trust
has made such progress in the last few
years"
THE national forests are worth at
least two thousand millions OF dollars
It is a huge prlze-safe from spoliation
| while 1t remains In the hands OF the ma
ton. but possibly open If 1t passes to
the States We may as well call things
| by their right names. The bulk of the
agitation for the control of natural re-
| sources by the States comes from COM
binations of capital whose purposes could
v IN1N~ r.. n HAd
| There are honest men. honestly mis-
| taken, who support this movement. But
| the movement itself would never have
reached its present importance but for
| one thing-the success of the Federal
government in putting an end to land
grabbing in most of its forms"
Secretary Fisher Praised.
Secretary OF the interior Fisher deliv-
| cred an address, dealing with the work
of the Interior Department in connec-
tion with national forests. More than
| 200 delegates. coming from every section
of the country. were present at the open
| ing OF the convention.
Resolutions were Idopted In the after
noon, favoring a continuance OF the pres
ent policy of national control of forestry.
Mr.. Pinchot paid a high compliment to
| Secretary Fisher and his department for
present-day elimination of fraud in land
entries, coal and water power rights.
| and for safeguarding public interest in
land matters.
Many Washington men were honored
with high positions in the annual cleo
tion OF officers. which was held yester-
day afternoon.
The following officers were elected: DR.
Henry g. Brinker. president of LehiSh
University, president; Joseph n. Teal
Oregon; Joshua L. Bailey, Pennsyl.
| vania: Frederick A. Delano, Illinois
DIR. Charles W. Eliot, president emeri-
tus of Harvard University: DR.. B. E
Fernow. University Of Toronto: Walter
l.. Fisher Secretary OF the Interior;
Henry s. Graves. chief of the Forestry
Service; Curtis Guild. Ambassador to
Russia: Everitt C. Griggs. Washington
u. c.; Gov. Hiram Johnson. California;
Thomas l.. Marshall. Illinois: Clifford
Pinchot. Washington. d. C.: Representa-
tive Oscar W. Underwood. Alabama; DR.
J. T. Rothrock. Pennsylvania; DR.. Fill
bert Roth, Michigan, and DR.. Robert S
Woodward. of Washington.
DR.. Otto Luebkert. OF this city. was
elected treasurer.
The following are the directors: DR.
Henry s. Brinker. W. r. Brown. New
Hampshire; Thomas Nelson Page, Wash
ington. d. c.: John f. jerks. Washing.
ton, d. c: Herman II. Chapman, Con-
necticut: Chester W. Lyman, New York
Charles Lsthrop Pack. New Jersey
Charles T. Quincy. New York; Ernest A
Sterling, Pennsylvania; E. T. Allen, Ore
eon: ]. b. White. Missouri; J. Z. Rhodes
Illinois. and John L. Weaver. Washing
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