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of new forest reserves a necessity. Forest reserves and irrigation go 

 hand in hand. You can not separate one from the other. 



The trouble with my colleague. Senator Heyburn, is, I think, that 

 he is making a fight based upon conditions which do not now exist. 

 He is contending against evils which the united efforts of the western 

 Representatives in Congress successfully combated and removed 

 before he became a Senator. 



If in any proposed reserve anywhere any particular individual or 

 a few individuals suffer, adequate compensation is made to them. All 

 that any such individual or class of individuals has to do is to call the 

 attention of their Congressman or Senator to the facts in his indi- 

 vidual case and the proper remedy and relief will be afforded. 



The administration of the forest reserves and irrigation under 

 President Roosevelt and his very able administrative officers, Gifford 

 Pinchot and F. H. Xewell, desire as much as do the Representatives 

 of our Western States to protect, build up, and in every way advance 

 the material interests of our section, not only for the present but for 

 the future. This fact has been fully demonstrated, and in conse- 

 quence, in my judgment, it is the duty of our Representatives from 

 the West in Congress to sustain the Administration in its fair, just, 

 and liberal policy toward the far AYest. There are plenty of eastern 

 and middle west Representatives in Congress who seek an opportunity 

 to find fault with the great development which is now going on and 

 which will continue to increase in our section. Generally speaking, 

 however, the balance of the Representatives look with complacenc}' 

 on the expenditure of millions and millions of dollars for the recla- 

 mation of the West, and there is nothing like an organized opposition 

 to oppose the expenditure of these large sums of money in our section. 

 Our own Representatives should be very careful, it seems to me, not 

 to encourage or give excuse for any such opposition unless their rea- 

 sons for so doing are absolutely sound and tenable. 



Senator Heyburn has made specific objections to each of the pro- 

 posed reserves in Idaho, or indicated that he will do so. I must 

 assume that he is opposed to the general policy of forest reserves 

 unless they are created and governed under such circumscribed rules 

 and regulations as will make them ineffective for the j^urposes sought. 



Seven proposed new forest reserves in Idaho have been recom- 

 mended by Forester Gifford Pinchot to the Secretary of the Interior 

 for final establishment, as follows: 



(1) Henrys Lake. 



(2) Addition to the Yellowstone. 



(3) Sawtooth. 



(4) Payette. 



(5) Addition to the Bitter Root. 



(6) Squaw Creek division of the Weiser. 



(7) Cassia. 



I will take these up in their order, describing them and advocating 

 them. 



As Congressman French and Governor Gooding have not gone on 

 record specifically in their objections I will not include them in my 

 criticism, unless they indorse the position of Senator Heyburn. 



In order that I shall not do my colleague any injustice, and in 

 order that I may be certain that 1 do not misreJDresent him, I will 



