Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-07-06
country to be given what Is coming
70 him.
Endless Conservation Battle.

| Ing generation. tnat lneOQOre
welt called the governors
states together in the east
the White House to consider W
means to conserve the naturh 4
sources Of the country. Some Z,
came out of the conference. The CO.
servatiOn fight, however, Is on just as
strong today in congress as ever 1t
was.
You can hear anything you want
to in Washington on this subject. Men
will tell you that the conservatlonists
are persons who want TO save every:
thing there Is, simply fer the purpose
Of looking at it and giving the people
q chance to admire It's beauty. other
persons will tell you that the preda-
tory interests are bent on getting rich
quick by using up everything that ma
ture has provided for man, and allow
ing posterity to go hang. There Is
middle ground somewhere, but the
thing Is to find it.
Once on time, not so very long
ago, two men, one Of whom teached
the eminence of second officer Of gov
ernment and the other the eminence
of third officer of government, de-
clared in public speech that there was
no necessity Of trying to lave any
thing-that posterity could pull down
out Of the air everything that was
needed for its comfort, its safety and
Its progress. That these two men
made this statement Is literal truth.
One Of them did not hear the last OF
1t until he died, and the other at an
advanced age Is still hearing about 1t.
Trying to Save the Forests.
Just now there Is a movement In
Washington to secure the transfer OF
the bureau Of forestry from the Depart
ment Of Agriculture to the Department
of the Interior The proponents of
the plan say that If the change Is
| made the forests will be saved, and
the opponents say that II the change
Is made the forests will disappear.
A country without tree Is pretty
poor country. The hope of people who
can see not only utility but beauty In
the branches Of a dropping elrY Is that
whether the forestry bureau Is left
where It Is or moved elsewhere, elms
will continue to grow, and with them
oaks, pine, Eastwood, ash, and all the
other forest growths.
Some statements have been made re-
Gently by Secretary Wallace Of the
Department Of Agriculture, and they
are somewhat startling. They prob
ably will be met by counter state
ments. Then the counter statements
must be read, digested, and compared
with the original statements for the
purpose of arriving at something ike
the truth. In an article by G. Gould
Lincoln Of Washington, Secretary Wal
lace is quoted as saying this:
"The United States is now consum-
ing wood nearly four and half times
as fast as it is being grown. We are
steadily eating up what Is left OF our
forest capital. AS q result the coun-
try now faces the definite prospect
of a growing scarcity and Increasing
cost of everything made from wood. II
Is a problem which in the long run AT
fects every class Of American citizen.
II affects the manufacturer, the home
builder, and the farmer to an almost
equal degree"
The country Is told that the remain
ing forests Of the United States are
being cut at the rate Of about 5,UOO,-
600 acres annually, and from S,OOo,OOo
to 100000 acres are being burned
each year by forest fires.
Tariff Debate Dragging,
The tariff bill Is dragging its way
through the senate. Seemingly 1t viii
be the day after the end OF all things
that 1t gets through.
Every night now a light throws Its
beams into the darkness from the
dome of the capitol. 1t slgnallzes the
fact that the senate Is In session.
Those who know that the light means
the senators are discussing the tariff.
do not think its brightness Is consis.
tent with the reason for "the hanging
Of the lantern"
The night sessions have helped not
at all. Chemicals which no layman
ever heard Of are discussed on the
floor with an entirely fictitious ap-
pearance OF familiarity with the sub
ject. 1t Is noted that whenever any
senator, leader or otherwise, talks
about this drugstore product, or that
drugstore product, he sticks close to
his manuscript. Henbane, digitalis
and a lot Of other things may need
protection, but seemingly the reasons
for the need are not so great that
three days time must be taken to
establish It or to deny It.
Sometime ago 1t was said that over
two thousand amendments were made
by the senate finance committee to the
measure as 1t came over from the
house. The senators are just about
to complete consideration Of one
schedule, and as for the amendments.
the dent made in the wall Of them Is
no bigger than that which was made
by a minnie ball on the granite forti-
ficatlons of Civil war days.
There seems to be no relief In sight.
The Democrats have put forward as
one of their chief spokesman man
who Is afflicted with hesitancy Of
speech. The question is whether this
is not a case of malice prepense. The
gentleman Of the hestitating tongue
seems to appreciate the humor Of the