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Show - A -'-WASTE Borah of Idaho Does Not Favor Present Conservation New York. Feb. lUnlted States Senator William K. Borah of Idaho, who made a flying trip to New York yesterday, left behind a long: statement state-ment giving some of his Ideas on the question of conservation "The west Is just as thoroughly devoted de-voted to conservation as the east," I ald the senator "But as we under-' under-' stand it, conservation means the use and development of our natural re-I re-I tonrees. It Is waste, pure and simple, to tie up those resources Indefinitely. "Why, one-third of our state is the forest reserve. Governor Hughes was surprised some time ago when I told Mm that we had a forest reserve In Idaho Into which we could put the whole of New York state and lose It On the land there are thousands of dollars' worth of lumber going to waste. We want these reservations put under such regulation as will make them serve the needs of the living liv-ing generation of men. "Look how rapidly we are losing possible ettlers. More than 70,00 Americans will cross Into Canada this year looking foT homes. They will I take with them an average of Jl.OfiO apiece. Besides the loss of good thrifty farmers, this means seventy million of good American money Is leaving the country, all because the I Canadians have framed their land i laws on a liberal plan." |