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Show Idaho Senator Says Last Admin-istralio.ii Admin-istralio.ii Conducted Without With-out Regard to Law. SAYS REST USE FOR LAND IS TO PROVIDE HOMES Men of the West Claim Right to Handle Lands to Make Them Valuable. WASHINGTON. March 7. The forestry for-estry reservation question was discussed dis-cussed aud the forest service was criticised criti-cised 1)3' Senator Uoj-buru of Jdaho today to-day (luring consideration of the agricultural agri-cultural appropriation bill before the senate. The measure carries an appropriation appro-priation of $5,703,700 for the forest service, or about. $4,000,000 in excess of the receipts from the service. Mr. Hevburn contended that the appropriation appropria-tion was iucrcasmg from year to 3ear, whereas assuraucc had been given that the service would be self-sustaining. He said the last administration had, been conducted regardless of the rights of the settlors of the west and had gone upon the theory that, where there was uo law there should be license, lie expressed ex-pressed confidence, however, that the countr3' was now culering upon a different dif-ferent system. Rights of Settlers. Mr. Hevburn contended that the best, use for the laud was settlenieut, and declared he would rather have one man on an acre of ground than to have 10.000 trees, and one cow than whole herds of spotted fawns. Answering objections that the public lands were owned by all the people, those of the east as well a& of the west, he said that they were only owned bv the eastern people to the extent that they utilized them. "If they own the public lauds let them come west, and tako possession ot them." he said. "We will welcome them, but we of the west claim the right to administer our own affairs and wc want the lands so utilized as to make them productive." Slap at Forester. "If. when the settlenieut of this country first began, there had been some Kngiish forester to tell the people. that thev could not go upon the laud or take the lumber the line of settlement would not vet have extended more than ten miles from the Atlantic seaboard." Ak going to show the effect of the withdrawril of the lands in a give.n 'community. "Mr. 'TTcvburn said that while two-thirds of the land In Bonner fount.. Idaho, was in forest reserve and owned by the government it con tributed onlv $700 to the support of public institutions, while the private owners of the remaining- one-third paid $.100,000 in taxes. ' Quotjng from" a newspaper a statement state-ment that a million dollars' worth pt lumber soon was to be sold bv the forestry officials in Idaho. Mr. Hc-y-bum argued that the timber did not conserve the snow supply. Indeed, he aid. his observation has taught nun that the snow lying under the trees melted much more rapidly than that on the bare ground. Swamp Land. Qucstiou. While the agricultural hill was under un-der consideration thews was extended diP'Mission of a provision appropriating $7S.fl00 for the investigation of drainage drain-age of 6wnnip lands. Senator Galhnger found in ihc paragraph tho possibility of entering upou the reclamation of swamp lands aud said that if that was to be done it would involve an expen diture of million? of dollars. Later, when Mr. Hevburn suggested that the expenditure of the money should, bo continued to lands overlowed by irrigation, irri-gation, Mr, Galliuger said: "If the government is goine into this eort of thing. T wish it would take the rocks off the laud up in N-ew Hampshire." Hamp-shire." He said such a policv -would "swamp the government." and ho warned sona-( sona-( tors that if they expected to curtail expenditures to the extent of $300,-000,000. $300,-000,000. as Se.ator Aldrich had said might bo done, they would not go Continued on Page Niuc. HEYBURN ROASTS FOREST SERVICE Continued from Page Ono. far in the direction of this provision. In supporting the amendment. Senator Money said the only fault, he found with Secretnry Wilson was that ho was too economical. "Ho has not misspent a dollar." he said, "and we can trust him. Ho has done a great deal to instruct us and we want to empower him to continue to do so." The question ultimately was settled br tho adoption of a modification requiring re-quiring the secretary of agriculture to mako a complete, report of operations under the provision. RADICAL MODIFICATION OF TAFT'S RAILROAD BILL WASHINGTON. March 7. The house commlttco on interstate and foreign, commerce today madu a drastic change In the administration railroad bill, striking strik-ing out the authorization under which a carrier that owns 50 per cent of the stock of another line may still further extend its holdings. This is one of the provisions provi-sions inserted in the hill at the request of Attorney-General Wickersham. and is a part of the bill as It was reported from the senate committee. Other changes were ordered bearing on the question of whether one line shall be permitted to exercise control over another an-other line. Tho provision to allow a railroad now leasing another line for twenty years or moro to renew that lease, or to acquie the reversionary ownership own-ership of the lesser' company was eliminated. elimin-ated. An amendment was adopted prohibiting pro-hibiting a director of one line from becoming be-coming a director of tho competing line. To Broaden Competition. Another amendment, which had been inserted In tho administration bill by tho senate committee to broaden tho scope of competition so as to make It still more difficult for one road to own stock or exercise control of a competing line, was adopted by the house committee. The provision exempting street, suburban or Interurban electric lines from the prohibition prohi-bition against a railroad having an interest inter-est In a competing line, also was stricken out. Next to the recent retention of the court of commerce feature and the inclusion in-clusion of water transportation companies compa-nies in the scope of the bill, the action today constituted the most Important step In tho house committee's remodeling of tho measure. In its original state the bill was the principal feature of President Taft's government gov-ernment programme. An effort was made lo report the bill without amendment, amend-ment, as done in the senate. It Is said that the way has been opened; It Is not positive that other alterations will be made. This Is true particularly becauso Chairman Mann is violently opposed to ninny administration views on the subject sub-ject of amending the Interstate commerce com-merce laws. Tho expected sharp discussion on tho 50 per cont ownership exemption occupied tho day's session. The provision to permit per-mit this exemption was characterized by its opponents as inequitable and unfair, as It legalized combinations of railroads and railroad capital. Some of tho Democratic members take tho position that It would oven vnlldate a Harrlman merger of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads, but Republican Re-publican lawyers on the committee Insisted In-sisted that the section would not affect any combination of companies without subjecting them to prosecution under the Sherman anti-trust law. Representative Stevens of Minnesota, an "Insurgont" Republican, strenuously objected to this proviso and it was stricken out on his motion Several other Republicans and all the Democrats on the committee voted to sustain him. IS LOBBY AT WORK FOR THE SHIP SUBSDDY? WASHINGTON. March 7. The question ques-tion whether there Is a lobby working for tho enactment of tho ship subsidy law and threatening members of congress con-gress who arc opposed to such a measure was again before a sub-commllteo of tho Judiciary commitlco of the house today. to-day. Representative Stccnerson. Republican, of Minnesota, who made the original charges on the floor of tho house, was before tho committee and submitted a number of letters to show that several congressmen wore being threatened with defeat for re-election if they opposed op-posed ship subsidy. The letters were addressed to Representatives Repre-sentatives Borland. Domocrat. of Missouri; Mis-souri; T-onroot. Republican, of AVIscon-sln. AVIscon-sln. and Kustermnn. Republican, of Wisconsin, Wis-consin, and were from tho Merchant Marine Ma-rine league. It is this organization that Mr. Stccnerson charges with menacing him by letters and newspaper articles. Several prominent men. Including ex-Governor ex-Governor Ilerrlck of Ohio and John Hnys Hammond, arc vice presidents of the league. Representative Humphrey of Washington, Washing-ton, who Introduced the administration ship subsidy bill this year, offered to produce tho secretary of the league to testify regarding the letters,, but tho commit teo ruled that. It had no power to subpoena witnesses. The committee will hear further state monts. however. before determining whothcr a. formal Investigation shull be made. |