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Show ATTACKS, MADE ON PINCHOT. The Salt Lake Tribune has an in-tense in-tense hatred for Gifford Plnchot, the man who gave to this country the forest service and whatever conserva-tion conserva-tion has been applied to the unde-veloped unde-veloped natural resources of the United States. At present Mr. Plnchot is in a quar-rel quar-rel with Secretary of the Interior Lane, who is inclined to allow all the natural water power of the west to pass to the power trust, -without . adequate compensate and no restric-tions: restric-tions: The Tribune says: If Plnchot could have his way, " J all the public lands, forest, mlner- al and agricultural, would be j -withdrawn from all iforras of en- 1 try, and the development of tho west retarded, if not absolutely j prevented, for all time to come. j Pinchot's viewB are not enter- taincd by a single senator or rep-resentatlve rep-resentatlve who holds his commis-sion commis-sion by the grace of the people 1 of the Intermountaln and coast states, regardless of politics and 1 party affiliations. They may dls- agree among themselves as to the proper public land policy, but they are united in condemning pretty nearly everything Gifford Pinchot has ever said or done. Conservation Is eminently right and proper, but such a ' policy should be wisely and conserva-tively conserva-tively administered, and not be subjectively administered, and not be subjected to the whims and caprices of cranks who know little and care lesB about the rear needs of the west. Hj The Tribune is misinformed or is concealing much of the truth.' When H, Abe forest service was first estab-B' estab-B' - H |