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Show H I -f- - -- 4- H -t- WASHINGTON, March 1. - H - Senator Hoyburn, oC Idaho, to- 4- H night made a futile attempt in H the scnato to reduco tho an- 4- H -t- nual expenditures for the main- H -f tenance of national forest re- -f H -f- Berrcs for more than $5,000,000 -t- B 4- to $1,000,000, by introducing an 4 H k 4- amendment to the agricultural 4 B I 4- bill and, brought down on his 4 k 4- head the wrath of friends of 4- H 4- the forest service, who said ho 4 H 4- was trying to kill a settled pol- 4 M 4 icy of the government. 4 M 4 4 444 44-44 4-444-4 44 4 H The question arose in connection H with the agriculture appropriation bill. H The amendment was defeated, 50 to H "This amendment comes from an M '- open, frank and avowed enemy of M I the forest policy of the United States." M j vehemently declared Senator Root, of M New York. "Upon the proposal of a H single enemy of a settled policy of the H government wo arc asked to take this H ' step, Thcic'hns boon no report of a H committee in support of it, it comes H without recommendation and 1 protest H against it." H Thought Service Too Costly. B . Several senators said they thought H the forest bervico was too costly and H I that tho appropriations ought to be ro- H j Uurcd, but that the amendment offor- H ' od by Mr Heyburu went too fur. M Among these wore. Messrs. Boiah, of M i Idaho, and Gnlllngcr, of New Hamp- shire. To thesa suggestions, Mr. Heyburn said ho proposed to follow the amendment amend-ment with another proposition, which, if adopted, would eliminate at loast a third of the forest reserves. Reference was made by Senator Flint, of California, to the disastrous forest fires of last year IIo said tho appropriation ought to be Increased so that tho secretarj of agriculture might go on building trails and firebreaks. High Salaries in Washington. Attention was also directed to the fact that it costs more than two mil--lion dollars to pay salaries and rentals In tho city of Washington for the forest for-est service. Mr. Heyburn said tho Washington expense was wasted until it was proposed pro-posed to fight. fires hj wireless telegraph, tele-graph, which, ho said, would be jjist rts feaslblo as some of the methods that have been used. He thought the one million dollars he proposed to have expended would be sufficient for the building of trails. Mr Heyburn said that in one way and another, congress is appropriating almpst ?S,00Q,000 annually for the protection pro-tection of the forests. He charged tho Toresters with using tho reserve for their own benefit. Ho alleged that tnoy profit by collecting col-lecting bounties for killing wild animals. ani-mals. "They create the leserves, prevent pre-vent others from hunting, kill tho game themselves and collect from the stato. They have a private snap," he .baid. Money for Starving Elk. Speaking In support of this amendment, amend-ment, Mr. Clark said that "under the existing policy men were living in western states as 'tenants of the government.'" gov-ernment.'" He served notlco that when another bill Is presented to the senate the government will have to show some reason for tho expenditure of such vast sums as are being poured pour-ed Into the forests. Under the policy of the government, Mr. Clark said, a "commercial proposition" was being made of thS western 6tates. The committee com-mittee of the whole finally accepted the amoudmenl. Among the Various amendments adopted was an appropriation of $20,-000 $20,-000 to assist In caring for starving elk In the Jackson Hole country of Wyoming. Wyom-ing. Tho agriculture appropriation bill passed without a roll-call. |