Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-06-09
country to De given what rs coming
Endless Conservation Battle.

ordinarily is counted by a fleet
ing generation. that Theodore Roose-
Welt called the governors of the
states together in the east room of
the White House to consider ways and
means to conserve the natural re-
sources of the country Some good
came out of the conference The CON
Servation fight, however. IS on just as
strong today in congress as ever it
was.
You can hear anything you want
to in Washington on this subject Men
viii tell You that the conservatIonists
are persons who want ITO save every
thing there is, simply for the purpose
of looking ut ii and giving the people
d chance to admire It's beauty, other
persons will tell you thar 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 lind *,
once on time, not so very long
ago, two men, one Of whom reached
the eminence Of second officer of gov
eminent and the other the emiuenCe
of third officer of government. de-
elared in public speech that there was
no necessity of trying To lave any
thing that posterity could pull down
cut Of the air everything that was
needed for its comfort, it's safety and
its progress. That these two men
made this statement is a literal truth.
one of them did not hear the last Of
it until he died and the other at an
advanced age is still hearing about It
Trying to Save the Forests.
Just now there is 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 end
the opponents say that If the change
is made the forests will disappear.
A country without a tree Is pretty
! poor country. The hope Of people who
| can see not only utility but beauty In
| the branches Of a dropping elm, Is that
whether the forestry bureau Is left
where it is or moved elsewhere eIms
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 viii 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 like
the truth In an article by G. Gould
Lincoln Of Washington, Secretary Wal
lace is quoted as saying this;
"'rhe United states is now consum
ing wood nearly four and "a half times
rs fast as it is being grown We ar,
steadily eating ~ what is left Of oQt
forest capital. As 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 af-
fects every class Of American citizen,
It affects the manufactures, the home
builder, end 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 5000
600 acres annually, and from S000,000
TO 100000 ceres are being burned
each year by forest fires.
Tariff Debate Dragging,
The tariff bill is dragging it's way
through the senate. Seemingly II VIII
be the day after the end of all things
/ that It gets through.
Ey v night now q light throws It's
/ byams into the darkness from the
( dome Of ne capitol 1t signallzes the
/ fact that the senate is in session.
J 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 nave 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
iect. 1t Is noted that whenever any
senator, leader or otherwise, talks
about this drugstore product or that
drugstore product, he sticks close 70
his manuscript Henbare, digitaliS
and 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 10 deny It.
Sometime ago # was said that over
two thousand amendments were made
bv the senate finance committee 10 the
measure as IT came over from the
house. The senator's are just about
to complete consideration OF one
schedule, and AZ for the amendments,
the dent made IN the wall Of them Is
no bigger than that which WIS made
by n minnie ball ~ the granite forti-
fcatious If civil war days.
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