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O Of RESOURCES t erner Hay Outlines Outlines His i Stand and at Conference of Governors NOT Sf-NOT WANT EAST TO MILK THE WEST WESTI s I This ThIS' Is Natu Natural al Result f National if-National Govern Govern- d c merits merit's fent's Policy o- o of ot four western states and representatives of the tile gov- gov IY Ir t haU halt a dozen other western j BOSt t vitally vitalIy interested in the na na- conservation pol pol- es 11 conference at the council i. i ln fer-ln the city and county buildt build- build t j If gibe he purpose of ot giving careful O consideration to tc th tile the r thes theu governmental policies UPOn in tho the welfare of ot the va- va and of ot tho the attitude that stiles tei should adopt with regard governments government's 8 policies in these mOD mon men who are ATO giving givin vins these mater matter mat mat- clr ter er consideration are tho leaders l ight ht and ad of ente enterprise in their ive Lye Lve states and come here for tho the thoi i of ot comparing notes as to tho the noted acted within their own states action of ot the tho governments government's 8 conID conin conn con- con in n policy arc differences of opinion among with regard to the benefits U K that have havo come to thor their ites through these conservation It IL Is IB to determine on a common they may take taie at the na- na congress at St St. Paul bat bit these men are getting to to- They want wont to bavo have tho west at that congress rJ In fri tho the common in- in 5 the mere I i ibe the Uie men Who are in attendance of or governors go are nrc tho the Gov S S. S B. B Brooks of t Wyo- Wyo ov rOy J. J H. H Brady of or Idaho Gov GO W. W Ot Washington Gov William Utah Arthur B. B J per pcr- er- er of Gov Denver S S. S of Nevada A. A D. D Cowan o ot of V Congressman Julius Kahn of personal representative of or orr T. T r Gillette C. C N. N McArthur of Or l. personal representative of Joseph F. F Colbreath representative of Gov John F. F h 11 F. F B. B Kellogg J. J H. H 14 Ralph Ralph of ot Minnesota before the convention act I-act ot be to voto former uTe me A A. Bla Black k of Utah who is II a aLea a ri and Lea other men prominent in ln tho city and state to the tho opening of the tho session 1 iM been delayed for a a. short time The the arrival of Governor Brady f. f the governors governor and their repress ss met hi lii the office of or Governor hero ro greetings were exchanged eion n w was a called to order at 1030 though h Governor had not ired Mr McArthur called tho the to order and nominated Coy Gov- fry 7 as permanent chairman of the thew w Tho The nomination was made macIe out iOu ou and Governor Spry took the d with a a. brief speech declared orho Ohe felt in being called upon for Hunt a place Decision I II I men said Governor Spry I Iou 1 i iou ou for tor tho the honor you ou have hwe shown cognize this mooting meeting as ono one that ht t with great at importance This tee ice will WW decide upon something il it to tho the entire west and t L am glad to see so 0 tn many ny here sorry lOrry that all aU Dr t f tho the governors it t meet with us It lias been said counsel there I It J. safety and we wensel el t together o on these important eor sr r Sp Spry then called upon Govy Gov- Gov Lyof y of W Washington to state tato briefly is i's of the tho gathering as aK ho had the tho Invitation was as timo a 0 telegram won was read from fe Gillette of California a M Kahn former congressman as al representative in the con- con Other credentials wore were th then D Dand and Lad passed upon before Gov- Gov took the floor his hla formal address By B r said In part kyou you for tho the courtesies s you led id to me rae me am and I am glad to toy ir y t tes represented The Thet Thero hit t ro we 0 arc are to consider are arc it t that thet I believe they should careful consideration of ot theotho the tho otho the tho welfare of their states state 1 asked the tho governors governor of ot all t of tho the Missouri river to I SI I for which t the o confer confer- are aro 10 briefly these Thc Those These hiye ve ten been n asked to send rep rep- U to this mooting meeting embrace 95 55 oftIe e national forests in this thin l lad i bOOn been asked Baked to appoint to the national conserva- conserva UI II I replied that I would f delegates to the congress 4 Rive gIve C a Washington man an anace a ace on the program and m b. um m one hour of ot tho the time Lime of ot I. I that Jt ho he r. r might explain tho the The reply was that we Ie glen 11 a place on tho pro- pro 4 floor for an hour Hence apPOint the representation rent t magazin I read an arTh ar- ar me at ot about the tho Th was With relation to the tt WI Will tak take with regard t on n of natural resources o. a.-o. This printed a DUI It asked every evory 1 and mall mail the tho answer to toI toto n. n Ote Ona of at I questions t 14 u. u r ot of Will YOU not support Political Issue f e 1 to bo boo a Q Direct cf- cf I into nto politics at atIf l r g t theO COngress If If it is 18 so 80 where IC f. f oa OIl pago 10 T i. i CONSERVATION Continued from a page e 1 sources lie Jo will wi have hV but Inadequate rep rp Chicago the to second largest larg larg- C est eat t city In the country semIs moro more representatives rep rep- rp- rp to congress than five or six western westor states It I Is I not not my Intention Intento to bring poll poll- I tics te Into this matter mater In an any way though 1 it IB is charged chare by some of the tho eastern that motivo papers paper this Is my I have havo had hod ha no correspondence with wih the tho eminent cabinet officer from my own state Secretary Ballinger er nor havo have I seen him since his return to his homo home from front Washington for Cor the tho th summer vaa- vaa vaca vaca- tion ton 1 1 want it I distinctly understood that I am a here her purely for Cor the tho protection ol ot my own state Aa As A Sees Hay It I. I II I Listen Isten gentlemen for Cor a moment moment Twenty seven and one half one hal per cent ol ot ottle the tle total area arM of at Washington is within the national forest forst reserves This great t sr area area does not yield ono one cent cont of oC taxes or revenue to tho the state Tho The othor other three three- fourths of ot the state must be bo taxed to maintain that unproductive fourth The 25 per pr cent of or tho the revenue revenue derived by bytho bythe bythe the tho government from this great grent area aro which was wn turned ture over to tho the school fund Cund last lat year amounted to just In one county of oC my state sate 95 per pr cent ol or orthe the area is In In the tho national forest re- re seres serves Governor Hay then thon read Id his speech that ho had ha prepared in ad advance that his views might might not not be bo misunderstood The address adress was wa as a follows In part It I Is as a friend of conservation that I suggested this conference and as a Indicated in indicated indicated In- In b by their replies to me mo every ever governor here nere and ud those unable to at attend attend attend at- at tend arc aro friendly frendy to the conservation principle Since the great geat bulk buk of ot the resources to be conserved aro are situate within the te tew w western ter states and ad every ever reservation ol ot those resources locks up areas of ot the public domain in those these states stairs the tho te question question ques ques- tion ton of or applying the principle of or conservation conservation con con- is of at far Car more vital vial Importance to to us than tha to the rest ret of oC th tho nation naton Therefore it It is 18 only Just that we wo bo be given a n largo large lae share of the work of pro pro- pr v the methods of o applying tho the conservation conservatIon con con- No o other port portion of C the United States is Is' Is so sc 5 Immediately concerned as the west vest westin westin vestin in seeing seeing- that that- special Interests are re not nit nt favored In the administration of or our natural resources and that powerful mo mot are aro not permitted to gain control control con con- rn trl of or these theM resources Praise Pras for Roosevelt Where did tho the crusade against pr predatory predatory preda preda- dator da- da tory tor wealth and lawless corporations start but in tho the west True Trun Te the tho most powerful leader of ot that crusade came from the tho benighted center centor of oC corrupt commercialism the very shrine of ot mammon mammon mammon mam mam- mon worship worship New New New York state state but but he received his inspiration from association with wih the loving liberty self reliant In Independent Independent independent In- In dependent men of ot tho the western wester plains and mountains Here In the west was where whore he ho learned learne that The mans man's the gowd for fora fora a 0 that that T r have havo every ever confidence in tho the jU Justice tco and fairness of or the tho judgment of ot tho the American people they they havo all aU the tho facts before them from which to draw their conclusions Holding Holding to this b belief and having in mind the tho confusions of terms the tle hysteria of or misrepresentation the juggling of or facts the tho playing upon words and the appeals to passions and to prejudices that have havo characterized so 80 much of or the tho recent agitation on this great question Queston of or conservation I felt that it I was high time that the western wester states unite unitt in dem demanding a 0 calmer a more dispassionate dispassionate dispassionate dis dis- passionate and a saner discussion and consideration tion of or this great gret national ues ques ques- ton Growth of Intolerance There Is no disguising the tho fact that throughout the west thou thoughtful men in all ni walks of or life are arc becomIng alarmed over the growing spirit of Intolerance ranco that appears appears appears ap ap- ap- ap pears to dominate the tho naton national l conferences conferences confer confer- on this subject subject An Intolerance that clings to certain preconceived Ideas Ides relative to t the application of or tho the conservation conservation conser conser- vaton principles regardless of conditions encountered In defiance of oC law and contemptuous contemptuous con con- of oC the thc rights of ot others This In Intolerance intolerance In- In tolerance as ns Intolerance ever er has been Is Isborn isborn born brn of ignorance not the ignorance of 1 Illiteracy Ie rcy but but an ignorance growing rowing out our of misconception misrepresentation and aud false reasoning This has all ni given rise ris to a great quantity quantity quan quan- tty oft of conservation literature throughout the country countr which shows a total disregard for tor the claims of ot the states most directly interested those states in which the re resources resources re- re sources to be conserved aro located This literature is 1 having its effect in molding popular opinion in fri formulating the popular popular lar demands for tor legislation on this sub sub- As a a consequence wo we hear hoar everywhere throughout the tho e east cost t a demand for national conservation of our forests of our minerals min orals and of or our water powers Every Eer withdrawal of tracts of or tho the public domain domain do do- main from entry Is IR hailed with approval and every over restoration of a portion porIon of at a 8 pr previously withdrawn tract is greeted wi with t suspicion States Stats Have Havo Bights Right Nowhere does dos the tho lawful jurisdiction of the state appear to be regarded seriously serious serious- ly rarely are their sovereign rights given consideration and in fact tho the opinion seems to prevail that that tho the states have no rights that are arc bound to bo be respected or orif orif if It they have that they are aro ar Incapable of properly caring for those rights This at attitude attitude at- at of ot mind has gone so 80 far In some quarters as 8 even to distrust the honest purpose of or the states and to consider that the majority of ot our citizens aro are unregenerate generate despoilers of tho the public domain What Wat Purpose Furos Is I. I The professed purpose of or conservation conerton of our resources is to t protect tho the people from designing interests and prevent great at monopolies In private hands hand of those resources also that the tho tho withdrawals of or land were intended not on only to MOthe savo O M the tho timber lands from Crom monopoly but to conserve the water supplies b by protecting the tho watersheds from denudation WRit With policy we wo are aro In hearty accord How Ho near has hM tho the present administration tion of or our national resources approached ton this much desired consummation In tho the light of our experience It has hn worked to the detriment of these western wester states slates alte and to the tho direct advantage of ot tho the big Interests interests Inter Inter- ests that had hn previously gained from the tho to federal feder government nt control of a a largo large lare share of ot the coal coa faning farming and timber areas areal Vast Va Withdrawals Made Mado Vast withdrawals of or the tho the public domain have been made throughout the west ander under under un un- der the guise gie of or conservation acrs acres of land havo have I h n placed In so called fot forest o l reserves co covering a n largo large laro portion of the tho western states stales Many of th these lo withdrawals havo been made marIs without knowledge of ot the character char char- actor acter of oC the thc lands Included or consideration tion ton of or the tho effects on tho tim states In my myown myown myown own state over acres have havo have boon been placed In reserve or 27 per coat cent COlt of or the thA entire entre area of or tho state and within that area aren arc aro tracts of land on an which a stick of or timber never grew and on 01 which tim timber tm her ber never can an ho bo mado made to grow profitably As AK instances of ot the tho manner In 11 which the tho conservation policy of oC the government govern govern- o cr ment mont has played Into the tho hands of tho the Interests to tint tho tl detriment detriment of or tho the people I cite cl examples The Tho original grant to tho the Northern Pacific Included several absolutely ab ab- ab valueless vainness sections on tho the top of Mount Rainier When tho Rainier re re- servo was wa created crated the Northern Pacific won was wn permitted to make mako lieu leu selections for this valueless mountain peak antI and It selected selected In lieu Uen thereof an nn oqual ual Lre urea area ane of ot hl highly hh valuable timber land Does DoeR that 1 sound Hound liki Ik i conservation Eton conser of or natural T re resources resources re- re sources and protection of or th the peoples people's Int Interest Hf st Wo We want our OUt timber r conserved but wo we 0 want to conserve In a rational man man- nor ncr Timber that that has matured should be bo sold and over cut areas that are at adapted to agriculture should be bc opened to entry Reserves that Include the Rio mountain ranges and watersheds will tm consorts consort's our water supply but but it I is unjust to create create reserves that extend to the lower elevations elevation and include thou thou- sands lands of or acres of ot valuable farming land such as is tho the case ase with wih tho the existing re reserves reserves re re- serves in our state This area area- area should never ha have havo hab b been n Included In the reserves It I should have havo been ben loft left o open n for settlement and the use for which It ItIs Itis It Is adapted that Is farming and nd frit fruit raising No good purpose in Is 11 sub eed by keeping it from improvement nt On the contrary a direct handicap has ha been ben placed on the te development development of or tho the state About Water Power Sites Sits The one |