ADDRESSES OF MAJOR LACEY 109 



Franklin proposed should be adopted instead of the 

 American eagle as our national emblem. 



The turkey has been saved; the buffalo ought also to 

 have been domesticated. A few of the buffalos still re- 

 main. This bill makes provision by which they may have 

 the opportunity of propagating them within a portion of 

 the forest reserves. 



Public sentiment is growing in favor of the conserva- 

 tion of our resources. It is timely as to some things. 

 It is far too late as to others. 



There are these two propositions involved in this bill : 

 First, to allow the Bureau of Forestry in the Department 

 of Agriculture to take charge of that extended farming 

 of the forests which only the government can manage; 

 second, that in a moderate degree, and within the desires 

 of the people of the locality in which the forests are lo- 

 cated, game and fish preserves may be established for the 

 benefit of the surrounding country. 



After a forest reserve is created the control is entirely 

 with the Department of Agriculture, if the boundaries 

 have been finally and definitely located ; or if not, it is with 

 the Department of the Interior until these boundaries 

 shall have been fully established ; but the consent of the 

 governor shall first be had before we enlarge the scope of 

 any particular reserve to include game preservation as 

 well, and with the amendment to which the gentleman 

 refers it provides that hereafter they can not be enlarged 

 or created without the consent of the governor of the 

 state. That is a different proposition and one that I per- 

 sonally approve. 



I would like to answer my friend, because it is a ques- 

 tion that should be answered. We have 46,000,000 acres 

 of forest reserves created under existing laws, created 

 without the consent of any governor. Now the power of 



