Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-08
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Proposal to Move the Bureau o. For.
estry Has Proponents and oppo.
nents Equally Competent and
Equally Sincere
Nv SARAH ID. LOWRIE

i gross which ia cousine somc persons
considcrob,c ,vi,o,iop. II is n pronoso, TO
., ' 80. A..
remove the bureau OF Forestry from tne
Department of Agriculture and place II
under tho same ,]cnort mont which now pro-
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tho spcccSs % ny fniI,rc t % nf tS;s c"nrrossionni
b,ll Tbo man ,xho wants - te .m"caed
ministrot;ons bos hsen IN IN. nen.rtmcnt
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entbms,o.t;c " c"m,,r,s,,omer ~ N,t,onoi
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position of grand npotcctor ~ "" our " rrcat
scenorr u, tLanu tLis nt., prv,cc''L is OUT i,cao
mn caSer "ve omt for tbs ,ro,octi"r I' ~ n,,r
gr,,t s, uye ouS hin III, t"e Psotcctnon . ., oI,
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scenery Cor :, %, n"e ,,,r pt.oe,,,s nj
taipIs 70 trcn one ,,"E h more man anothcr rer
oI," "a, NY trees nre inc grcat FACTORS IN their
erinv nj, thinos fron' ~, ,,,t,;.i 'u ;t
v;ow ,ho 'n,mss Insr.. ,ro, a., outslue polht VI
national II" narlp comld on" ,"a' % preserves % our
ha IN, 20, ,,L uou.L. .. one Mou.u suppos.,
forea,s "''e' Win '"' pie"er'"t'on VI our
| d which the forests ore NJ present does
! not think there is any Just cause for having
| the trees taken out of the agricultural class
| and placed under the jurisdic icton of the In
| terror. and the man who is most enthusi-
astic in voicing feeling Of disapproval Of
| the change is our own State Forester, Mr..
Clifford Pnchot. The agriculture ndherents
cypress a. fear that our forests will he made
| simply n business proposition by The Dcpart-
ment of the Interior. required perhaps TO
pay for themselves instead Of being protected
regardless of their timber value because Of
their stream and river and lake value.
It is. I think, fight in which the gen.
eral public cannot take sides with any in
telligence. 1t seems actually to be q uucs.
ton of the character Of the men that run
the two departments, and II one were to
judge by either of the two secret ries or Of
! the two officials, Pinchot and Matber. who
were spokesmen for their departments.
,asawortnS: on amunaI SO, although there has been
tnkc siIcs ,,oc;,II am; Mo''t" t 10 como 9u. and
In oor;onii,ro uJ ~ i, ~. mo,.n ,.,.I .ei'".cI
biy dnht ;f ,ho, iii a.; nus, 'otfas ss..,n un'
cnnccrtoJ U.,r ,hnf Mi"' ~ "mE thec'Ne,
hecn mn epthn.;os, ,Ii III; I;r. '1 ~ n, ""n
! for tbn pcnnsrIvonin fornnta ""' u ;ss 20 moM
man Mr. Notbor ha. hno,, q hrs;,,o.n w.,
.I his lito ond T.; @ u.en Co. :" .t ..n.;mn, n
nnrts M or+ hma;os. hu "cT os ."t l,'',om ,,.
choico ~,hoso i',da,mnn. ~ 'u chn I' 'aAe s'"r
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|
NoI that Mr.. Mathcr, IN his talk over
Il ' here, remotely suggested that there was
| controversy or that he was for side
another. but when asked afterward he said
a few decisive words that left one in no
| doubt where he stood. He came over here
to talk on national parks and to show some
of the Government pictures of details of
the parks. and hc did it with n will and
enthusiasm that were very hcartening to his
audience. who had been gathered together
under the auspices of the Womcns Repub-
lcnn Club of Pennsylvania.
! asked ono woman who was there how
many Of the parks she had seen and she
| nstonishcd me by saying she had been
| through five Of them. The next woman 7
saw had not seen one. even the new one
| Just acquired on Mount Desert up in Maine.
| But then she had never been west Of Chi
| cago. and all Of the parks but the Mount
|
| WE MUST always remember that We have
| w State parks as well rs national parks.
| and county parks as we'll as State narks
| 50 that the country Is giving itself breath
ing spaces even in the Fast. Probably more
! is spent on the mere u,l;ccp Of such a park
| as the Palisades. ncur New York city, than
| on the mere upkccu Of all national parks
in tho West. The total national apprGpri-
| alton for year is 81 SOC. 900. OF this. more
| than 500, 900 came back last wear as rentals
| restaurants, shops and tho like On the
| other hand good deal Of private money rs
well as Government approprntions goes
into buying up land both for national and
| state parlT. George Eastman. the camera
manufacturer, subscribed 10000 TO fill IN
| n sum some other men had started in order
to round out some forest land in Glacier
Park. And Mr. Nlather himself must have
! given very generously from time to time,
| No salary or pcruuisitcs coming with thc
| oflicc of Park Commissioner ruuid nossihly
compensate for the travelling and entertain
ing the present Commissioner has under