Evening star., 1932-04-24
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

The long-neglected subject of forest
conservation was coming 10 be recog-
A Move to Conserve sxsa Acc as % one se'of Of
American Forests. urgent 1fgsa IN imp1r. s.
national welfare The star of April 10,
1889, says.
zone Of the most important delib-
erative bodies that has assembled In
this country for many years ts the For
estry Congress, which Is to meet in
Cincinnati on the 25tf Of this month.
As an indication Of the interest felt
in the subject by the public, it Is said
that the meeting viii be attended by
not less than 10000 people. This Is
probably an exaggeration; though It
is 10 be hoped that the attendance will
be as large as It can be without be-
coming unwie1dy, and that the as
semblage will cover the whole ground
and last as long as any new light can
be thrown on the subject or any sug-
gestion made that will be of practical
value. No people on the face Of the
earth. 1t Is safe TO say, have ever been
more criminally destructive Of timber
than those Of this country, and there Is
danger that, unless the evil Is checked
and steps are taken to supply the loss,
Pol 70 Va O4AC OAlAtCu Ot6bCo llOW CitLC
will become as sterile and unproductive
as some sections of the Old World,
which we're couple Of centuries ago
denuded Of forests that have never been
replaced II the man who makes two
blades Of grass grow where one grew
before is a benefactor, what word will
express. the achievement Of the man
who will plant valuable tree to re-
place one that has been destroyed?
And what shall be said of the man who
willfally destroys valuable trees and
takes no sips to even partially repair
the damage he has thus caused his
country"
Promptly after the killing of Jesse
James. the Missouri bandit. the Gov
The slayers of granted srot o 's pardon 'Aso to
Jesse James the hsd Togd SetrsgsS OTothsIs S VINO fo
the sake of the rich reward offered for
him, dead or alive" The Star of April
10, 1882:
1T is evident that the friends of
the late Jesse James are not without
influence In Missouri. The Ford broth
ers. after being pardoned by the Gov
ernor for the murder of James. were
Immediately arrested for alleged COM
plicity in the murder of Heit one of
the former gang of bandits. The Fords
viii be put upon trial for this crime,
and 1t is said, If they are not convicted,
or If the Governor should again par
don them, warrants for their rearreSt
upon the charge of having participated
in certain robberies will at once be
served upon them. They are not to be
left to the enjoyment OF the blood
money they have earned. 1t Is quite
likely that Gov Crittenden will not feel
called upon to interpose his power any
further for the protection of the FordS.
He has pardo1ed them for q crime
which relieved the State Of noted and
desperate outlaw. There Is nothing that
can be urged In extenuation of the other
crimes committed by these brothers.
They engaged in robberies, apparently,
for the sake Of plunder, and the n1t1r-
der of Heit was from all accounts q
cold-blooded and cruel deed. If the law
can reach far enough to rid the State
Of the Fords now, good people out there
would no doubt feel relieved"
The depletion Of the Government
forces in Washington constituted q
Navy Yard Men local business 50
Are Discharged. yea Zsars sssT ago a ss 1Orsi now
20, 1882. says:
Almost 600 employees are said to
have been discharged from the WASH
ington Navy Yard within few weeks.
There are perhaps another hundred of
all descriptions left in the yard. This
has q most depressing effect upon every
kind Of business east OF the Capitol, and
what Is still worse, there seems to be
nothing certain aS 10 the time Of re-
sumption. A good many Of the dis
charged men have sought and found
employment in Pennsylvania and else
where, and when work is resumed there
may be inconvenience and difficulty in
the effort to replace them at the yard
These breaks in the regular work of so
large and excellent an establishment as
the Washington Navy Yard are to be
greatly deplored, on both public and
private account Cannot the appropria-
ton committees Of Congress devise some
effective means by which these entirely
too frequent and protracted stoppages
might be prevented. Loss of employ