Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-23

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IL the prospect at last OF compro.
misc on the fivo-y -year-old contro.
vcrsy concerning tho development OF
tho country's national resources FoI
years the development OF coal, oil
and phosphate resources IN with
drawn areas Of tho public domain
as we'll as tho water power and
water power sites on the streams
which are today undoNeloped' mas
been AT standstill
bpt the failure TO thkc up som'
plantof development mas not oesn
caused BY tho war ior indeed tno
oountrys needs az mat uH'e "slo
given ~ an imperative rcasun lV'
some action on the matter lns'enn,
II apparently mas oeen uuo 70 w
unwillingness or congress TO uoolu'
oehnitely whether 10 tollow tno sus
resuonH or the conserVat'oh'Hu OF
or tho private entorprire suppoflers
or In other words those VINO iaVo,
giving the private proSpeotot anu
investor tn. right TO make al W,
money he can get honestly ou. w
the public DOMAIN Just az ou' VI
privately owned lhnu
Need of Action imcprniI'c.
Right now. however; In ,hese moss las'
several weeks OF inc sNty.I,iu y cor. oo,I
Eress, firn h'temp, " oelns nu 49,.
TO effect a compromise between ,no m
upholders OF 'hese ,wo oppos,.o ,hs,
utudes on 'he aues''on ,ar ~ o'u NV he
legislation on the mater msy DC
OF the present congress on t,o iou..n
Of next month. II i- urged, W the
first place that congress shoulu ae'
immediately In order 10 make avail
able these resources wnloh ar. nov
,itally needed IN INDUSTRY, ana hho
VIII add TO the genera ueV.,op"en'
OF the territory III whicn tnoy ar.
locnted. Another argumcn, aoVancen
why prompt action snoulu y" mm," ~
is that with war uebt OF tsu,ooV.,
100000 or more 'hcse unusvulop.a
resources should ne mhdn 'o prins ~
new revenue nj the earnest possi",s
time. And as q thirh hhvhntAee
is pointed out That congress may
provide by so doing means % em-
p'oyment TO many OF me se,usrs'
sailors and marines nov, rapid'y no
Ing discharged
In the deadlock thht hAs neid UP
this Legislation tho copscsvsucn
who have insisted thaa shs IsdsIM
government Hhall not part w'tm 'no,e
resources ouright' put snn o",s
lease TO operators the privilege OF
developing them merely ON = roy
atty basis, seems TO have found tavor
In tho house ana with the executive
branch or the givernment' wn,s,
until reccntly at iesst, thc prvs,e
enterprise supporters seem 10 nave
held sway in the senate.
Int1sese u IsrvivcS.
Two bills contain this long
discussed, but never acted upon
iexisiatioSh They are known ~ the
mineral lands icssiug bill and the
water power bill For months these
bills were In conference and the
confereos had even ceased to meet
owing 70 the fact that there wW
apparently no common ground on
which they could get together. Hut
a shOft time agu interest In the first
rpsss,lre was revived and last week
the bllI was reported favorably from
thN conferences committee with the
uisuaturee o6 all the house conferess
ana 4 niatorlty OF tho senate Con-
fereeo. IL also IL reported that
'.prcarNss's y now being made on
thp water power bill.
q nut the conuerva tionists outside Of
od3Sveu stllI sr6 unsa tisfiAd, Any
oo0snrOmian. they oay, with the ten-
"a vneanu dieaetor. Clifford Pinchot.