Show BALLINGERS VIEW FINDS MOST FAVOR Difference Between the Secre Secretary Secretary Secretary tary and Gifford Pinchot Over Conservation ACTIVITY OF MR GARFIELD SENATOR SMOOTS SUBCOMMITTEE TEE TO DECIDE MATTER Special to The Washington D C Feb 22 The con conflicting conflicting conflicting views of or Secretary Ballinger and Gifford Pinchot on the question of con conservation conservation conservation of the natural resources on the public domain aro are now before the sub subcommittee subcommittee committee of the Senate committee on public lands and it is for the subcommittee tee to say sa in framing the measures that are to be reported to tho the Senate which of these ideas are to be adopted Today Sec Secretary Secretary Secretary spent ah alt hour with Sen Son Senator Senator ator Smoot chairman of the subcommittee tee and James R Garfield former secre secretary secretary secretary tary of the interior and attorney for the National Conservation association of which Mr 11 Pinchot is president filed with the senator a written statement with the views of the association which are also tho the private views of Mr 11 Pinchot Differ As to Means The principal clash between tween Ballinger and Pinchot is over the proper propel means for conserving the mineral resources under underlying underlying lying Ing the lands embraced in the public domain Both agree that something should be done along this line but they the as asto asto asto to means Mr 11 Garfield representing Gif Gifford Gifford Gifford ford Pinchot and the association of which he Is president has suggested that in th future no patent or grant of public lands should be issued which does not reserve to the government the tile right to all coal oil phosphate and gas found upon that land This plan he argues would result In giving to the government the benefit I II of all minerals found upon public lands at present or in the future Secretary Ballingers ideas are quite dif dlf different different ferent from this lIe He favors a classification tion of all the public lands which are min mineral mineral mm eral bearing Into four classes to be known as us coal oil gas or phosphate pho phate lands Those which aro are not mineral bearing he wants I I classified as agricultural timber or stone lands When a man complies compIles with the law and Is entitled to a patent for a I homestead Mr Ballinger favors giving it to him without a string attached He believes that if the government grants patents with reservations such as are pro proposed proposed I posed by Mr Garfield these reservations will constitute a perpetual cloud upon the I title of or the lands Ballinger Will Prevail Herein lie the principal differences be between between between tween Secretary Ballinger and Gifford Pinchot and it is likely that the views of the secretary of the interior will ill prevail In the framing of the bills that are to be reported The first bill to be reported by the subcommittee will be one for the classification classification cation of the public domain and in this the question at issue between Ballinger and Pinchot will be disposed of After Atter that the subcommittee will submit bills providing for the sale of rights to mine coal oil phosphate and gas Then they will take up certain amendments to the laws for preserving the forests Begin Beginning Beginning Beginning ning Thursday the subcommittee will wili hold night sessions se and will work con constantly constantly until they have disposed of the matters which have been referred to them Senator Smoot expects these bills to be opposed by b the insurgents but he is con oon confident confident that they the can be so framed as to secure the support of a majority of the senators Senator Smoot today toda Introduced a bill increasing the appropriation for the pub public public lic lIe building at Park City Utah from 25 to The fhe Senate committee on pensions today reported in favor of bills increasing the pension of Hiel E Wylie of Salt Lake to 30 and O 0 F Davis of Salt Lake to 30 O |