| Show I I SMOOT S ix I I Portland Maine Pro Press Reed Smoot of ot Utah for tor instance a 3 man whom a n. determined effort was made matle to to turn out of the tho senate because he was a a. Mormon and anti supposedly h Inoculated inoculated l Inoc with Ith the tha twin evil ll heresy heres Ho lie Hohas has been speaking on the subject and here are aro a n few of or tho the things ho lie said sald saidI I I 1 believe through absolute necessity sity s- s pity sity the tho American people have ha been convinced In the tho past few years that the tho policy of ot the iho l preservation er atlon of oC our forests came camo too Into late and from now on the they must he be controlled for the tho people instead of or being owned b by a afew afew few Cew timber barOns baron I r 1 wish to refer to tho the forest re reserves ro- ro serves s of or the state stale of ot Utah for rot I have havo given I cn them personal attention and know of the benefits they have be been n nto to tho the people not to those using the ic reserves but to the farming in- in ts In tho the valleys yaU's and the water r supply of tho the cities Tho rho reserves reserve have hive been heen under the supervision of the thC forest service long JonS I enough to compare successful Cul present conditions wIth ith th the past t. t a as af affecting cUng the growth g of or young timber grazing grazin- an and th the tho protection of or if our ater r Q hl I The change has lias been mar elou and andall andall andau all au in favor of the regulations regulation of the forest service Ice So far a a- a ath th possibility of tho uso use of foiest foreit reserves r re serves er is 13 concerned l. l I say un under e r the tho policy of tho forest or st division are being w used ed by the people and not not b ba by bya a n. few favored Individuals individual 0 The Tho protection of or timber l In these sp forest for for- for I est cst reserves resel is but one ad intag Another and most important ono is 1 till the protection of our watershed ls c l I ISo ISo So far a. a as the people of Utah art arc concerned eon con I they are arc In favor of forest reserves reserves re- re serves er and no amount of I talk can change their ie views s as th thy have havo already experienced the 1 value luo of forest reserves Utah borders border Colorado tho states aro are much alike in climate soil soU nn and topography raph and th there aro large forest reserves in Utah as fiS well as 31 In Colors Colora rIo do But tho the views s of or the tho senators on m of or the tho forests or arp ar iy unlike e. e Andr Andrew w Carnegie Is not a I senator neither is he ho a visionary nor nol one of tho those e scientific person persons whom I some Rome of the senators affect t tro tr de despise riso He TIe is a C very cry practical mo man n of affo ir and in his address before th tho con r ence of governors go ho he said s. some thin things s which the tho opponents of forest Pl pro pi-eser- pi er- er l'- l' should consider if it thc thic tin can lIe IIo paid Fai it ft seemed to him that our ou dut duty was First First ConservatIon Conservation of ot forests for no forests no long navigable na i I gable rivers no rivers ers no cheap ap transportation It is to be noted that hat Mr Ir Carnegie puts pills this at the hood hoad n as the most Important of all alt James Jam J Hill lull Is another practical man of broad views and wi wide e information In hl his a address addicts he dwelt on the sin of national wastefulness wa of natural re resource resources re- re sources source In mine forest anti and soil oH showed how the lumber supply was as disappearing and predicted its ox- ox during this century unless s a system of scientific reforestation were eio pursued It Is a good oo thing to have the tho confer eon con fer enco of or governors at this time Ume to counteract some ome of oC the tho things hf being ng said raid al |
