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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Public Opinion Rallies to American Foreslnj Association 

 In Protesting Transfer of IL S. Forest Service 



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WMATt THE IDKA? IHK WAS ALWAYS HAPPY DOWN ON THE FARM. WAIWT SHE? 



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 ib fitttmtUt >n.jaii>iOHt tapport o< 



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)ufii&rd and boalil* lo Ihc ii 



al tb( (aiOMi* of Pcnniyliai 



of lh L'aiiTd SlalM." Copiri 



reiolulioB bit fOttt to Con I (I 



laim ocianiiaiioai rvcrywhtrc. Thtrt 



Bill doubtlna b( tnott . 



iiont soM( IS lo Ua(hin|loa-tefw( 



Tbc fro^osal lo Iraaifrr pfriniarT 



of ifac Inicnot alio 



ibr Dtpadmcni ul Ih^ 

 Inirnof To tay thai ihcy wt 

 thoc kingly nut managed ii loo mild 

 In 1W5 Ihc imtll ol Ihc ihing became 

 inlolciablf and, urged by Kooicvcll, 

 Congtio took ihc national loiciii 



tcrt*' and gov* ibnH- to lb* Depart' 

 FiKni oj Agricuhun loi adm 



. fol o 



. J.I. 



ViUo 



lary of agiKullurc itwn. and il wai 

 II to bim lo lay down a o>i<r f^ 

 mniac out ulioaat forcii tandi. am 

 moualins to l56.aOO.OUO acio. Thi 

 (Fatrti good to Ihe gnaltf a^mbc 



** lit keynote * * * II tbc lec 



laieiMH I>epai>meiit bad fharg* 

 iVe aiiiOBal lottil*. yn ago, j-r 



loo**(ell out ' 

 t la ihr Depa. 



of fad. vb.n ibe iht juntdiclioa of the Depatttttenl 



''Agimiliuie and if Ih< profcttioBal 

 foteitv* >f< <> <^* warpath ove^th* 



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Msai tprFMniaim do lb* foiai 

 lAard lor rrotgaBitaHaa of Ik* ld 



rral depanoktaii. tt t<*orUBg th< 

 P'opotrd iiaa.trr ol ibc'Fotcalry B"" ,. 

 r.aTl.o-. . l,.|i*r..i..l Of Amu "JP"*" 

 'i.l1*lo ll'.i ol ,ne 1fct If Ibf '"^n lob 



rriT'be'Ta* kMo. lor nothing .l.'P'>"*'-" and* t.i.n.i've fHwj.ia- 



pvp.. <o.M do -ot* lo di..d.t| :f::.T;.'j":.' j:li: i!i*tti.h 



iV ttorgaoiiaiiOB polK' 



propooed liaoifer. ji 

 anit to xe the 

 the grailDg Undi 

 DcMilmeot ol lb 

 Nol long Knee 



he baodi o( Ibc 



Departmcot of 



Alaika. 

 wiik Bkott diiireaainf politkal iCMilti 

 Ha* oftcial WaahiKgtofi forgoitei 

 about thai' The pubhc hat nol 



HOnakao JommI Cooiicw i< 

 orgcd to Itaailct Ibc aalional fotcMi 

 o( Alaska ttom ibc DcparUncni ol 

 Agtkvlluic lo Ibc DepailRMBt of Ihe 

 laierdr, the 6r(i (lep, ii it uodrr- 



foc. M. CoawrdkL Tbc 



leaden ol Ihe U oiled Sutci Foral 

 ScfYk*. ol the Ametican Fotetlry Ai- 

 loculioa and of tbc Society ol Ameri- 

 c Forealeri are* gtcstlir routed by 

 what II termed tbc Oewelopraeni 

 Board Plao for Alaika. Thii plan, 

 whKh n DO* before Congreti in ti- 

 eral biUt. would create lor Alaska a 

 loeal cDtnmuiioa or devclopmenl 

 board which would lake oret ihr du- 

 tic* and authority of the varioui Fed- 

 eral cierulivci. logFiher with Ihe ad- 

 min ill raitoo oi all public tnourcei is 

 Alaaka and woold work tolely uade- 

 he direeliOB of the Scctclary of ih* 

 Interior. 1 1 would ccolcf in thit 

 board the varioui aclivitic* in rcgaid 

 lo Alat^ that arc now carried on b) 

 highly ipccialiicd bureaoa acting un- 

 der the Depactnienl of A(ri^ltutt- 



We fee no reason. for thi* actioi 

 and many teasoni why il ibould nOi 

 be carried out. It fccma to na 

 ilroke againil Ihc public inlerctta ami 

 igainil the intcrciK of Ataika. an cf 

 lort that if (uctciilul may largely neu 

 tralil* and nullify Ihe Ane work foi 

 ihc devclopmepl ol Alatka thai hai 

 been carried on for the i>a>I IS ycara 

 Tlitrc U aa tuattiOB to cetttraliYe th< 

 varioui jnlereatt of Alaaka and many 

 will ICC ill Ibc attempt another effoi' 

 lo turn tbc richca of AUika over I 

 priyalc int*rii* (or the eaploiialion 

 of this rich territory All ii 

 goihg well with Alatka. The ooly 

 change thai ahould come would b ~ 

 make Alaika a alalc ai (oon at ihc 

 jualihed and give her the local po 

 en ihal go wilh ilalehood. but handle 



they arc handled el 



Soathcra Acticoltwiat. Foiciiry 

 and agricnliurc ate cloiely related; 

 deed, in tbc larger lentc foreati; 

 but a branch of agriculture To take 

 (be foreit lervicc oul of Ihe De^rl- 

 m*Bl ol Agriculture and put it in ibii 

 propoied new depai;tincni, or whal 

 > a more real danger to turn it ovei 

 to the Dcpatlmcoi of the Interior 

 would b* lo run a acrioua htk of crip- 

 pliBg the lervicc. and lo leiiCB greatly 

 the benefit 1 Ihe country will ^i 

 from it FarntCTi arc iuat begiuning 

 lo tcblizc whal lotcil coaiervalton 

 incaa* lo them, and no oiher depart, 

 mcnt of gOTerement i* lo well Btted 

 to handle foresiry work, ot can M bt 

 il iBio the naliOBal life, ai can Ihi 

 Departmcat ol Agrieullurc. 



Fanncn ihould let th< 



) (upport of aaade quail 

 :y; iBcludina eScient hi. 



.i>al ib (fort l< 



1 m the public IBiivd 

 u>4 t oepfc a t* reed >ud oAeialk 



inanbicd to lb* \^ nil* K< 



TbM OppOUtlDB II 



.1 back- 



led by (-tBat^ Pinchoi.' J il b< 



ibeteby mipl>*d ihal all ih* oppoat 



lioo there it comei Irom that "group ' 



Il la tru* ihai Mr t'lmbol, who ir 



KT ai praelied -ice Koot*T(II> day, 

 kA iprcad brotdriil an alarm aganii 

 be pro^Ated (bang* > Ibe d*pari 

 mtaul local* ol ih* Foteil Rureau 

 Hal lb* proitili thai ba<r b<*w made 

 *((< lb* rha* arc Kft c*nh(K.l 

 - ' hHb Ur i'lneboi. 

 in Foecalty A.w 



tony froipi in Jipeadeat touitca. tmi, , 

 W.ai, Nwtti lad South. iBcliHlrfig a, 'J 

 'albingloa ihr polKy 



tony ftotai i"J'| 



Will. Nwtti la 



Mwipaptt Walhingtoo Ihe pi 



ol wbtth tl g'otnllT oadtfiiMM 



rUnl lb* not of Ht'btn M'Xi 



rcngtbcncd. boI diTtdcd < 

 ell Is* Congrta 



(eaie eOcwnk. 

 aiioa'i bwiincai. bni i 



maoagiBg 



thoald arotd doiflg a thing to poai- 

 t.vtly harmful aa tLi >i To iurni* 

 Alaikan foieila oitr lo Ihe Inlerioi 

 [>epaitmtnt would. B*lc*a thcic fur- 

 > lo b* neglcclfd. require lb* 



ablitl 



ol a 



icr*KC. Il wobM only in- 



tteat* eipfBHi aod lower tSttitatf 



Il II proicetori thai our natuwa' 



luriili need, br.i of all. and ibcy will 



under Ihc charge ol tbe Agricultural 

 liepjiinirBI iiul Ihe prcaeni loieil 

 w-...f It H ihtte Ibal they .hi.-ild 



and * 



I Ihe 



do not *i*b thi 



Depart meni of Agriculture diaiaem- 

 bered. aad fhat they will nol look 

 kindly OB any propoial to lake agen- 

 cici developed lor aod by Ihc 'agrf- 

 cultiml lalCTcala of the country away 

 IfOBi Ibe larmcr'i tfwa. dcparti 



I tbc dircclioa o( tbcm orcf 

 lo men ot dcparimroli ibat lack Ihr 

 farm viewpoint and bavc few poiBI* 

 of toBiaci with (atBMei or faroiiag 



New York B*siB MkO. Utidct 

 Ihc prolcciion and wiae adminiiUa- 

 tion of Ibc Department of Agricul- 



problem* arc treated aa Ibcy tbould 



and developmenl of the aation'f tim-^ 

 btr aiKla. The Departmcal of Agri- 

 culiure it inlerciled in growing trcei. 

 not in idling lumbar ot land. Tim- 

 ber il a nop juii ai wheal ii. a crof. 

 which wc utcd to treat iharacfully 

 and which we have Only bcgua lo 

 ihiak of treating decealty bccauic of 

 ihc educational eflorti made by Ihe 



Wc 



tc within mcaiurabl* diilance 

 ibcr famine if wc do nol radi- 

 angc our prciOBI melbodi. Wc 

 n our foreati every year lour 



an incrcaied c< 



ly la tmniy-hv* 

 lutnbci and there- 

 of Ihc part wood 



(ily ol lilc bci 



play a ia all inauiirici. 



Il hai been a hard fight lO Uve Ihc 

 nalion'i foreili Irom the complete dc- 

 itruction wilh which lelfiih inlerciti 

 Ihteateocd them. Ever aince Room- 

 veil declared war againil Ihoie inlo- 

 fight hat had to be kept up 



lo Iranifer the fotcat 

 lo tbe DepanmenI ol 

 'the real eilale brand 



r Uni 



r bac 



1 Stalei 



lod contcqueotly ool lo the 

 ihe l>cpanmcnt of . Agricvl- 



Houl 



Ftldt of il 



1 thi 



aod Senate,' u 

 niry. of widely 



mber reaourcca arc 

 unit in oppoiing ibr 

 propoaal m kcbiciI 

 I dcipoil Alaika. of ili 

 ate among ibc richeii 

 be Territory And or- 

 iKh occupied ifieconcil- 



I Bdl. ar bow bghiii 



tMpl> Iraa ki^ MkkU. HM Wl 

 rl <iaff <M ta* fCacMtf MM* 



TW Amtfit Wmnmtr Aa*ci- 

 kt4ct la m-n* 



cwd lb* M*tl 



ol OM tiMWr 



. _ lb* head ol tb* pecaeai bbi 

 Haviai m t mikw n ia e**ry autt. it ii 

 aa wgaatallhit mt ao lltlle ia>b*o<c, 

 a4 tW;paWtc aaay ttu aaured that. 



lb* deiirabilily of aaviag ihe Ala 

 lotciti tor lb* people, why it would 

 b< aaxia* lo Uke the Foreit S*rvice 

 Otri c4 lb* Dcpailmeal ol Agtieullutr 

 Il wai pal la that depaitmanl al Ihe 

 teqtMil ol PrcaidenI Hooievell; it hat 

 bc*B IB tb* Devaiimenfol Ibe lal*- 

 tior previonaly, bul had not made aat- 

 ielaclory progreaa Iherc Treated it 

 a branch ol agriculture, ii ii proper, 

 loreilty baa made great atridca. Il 

 i. cloiely reUied lo olhcf aclitiKci ol 

 Ih* Deparlmefll of AgrKulturt. and 

 if il ihould be removed Irom that dc- 

 Dariment aomeihing .cry much like 

 il would have lo be eiiabhifacd iB ill 

 ilead. Thui there would be duplKa 

 tioa of govcrooaeot activiltc*. 



it-~A Waabiagloa 

 COrretpOadeat ol Tbc Poet, dtacrib- 

 lag Secretary A B: FalTi plan fot 

 traailerriBg ihc Forcil Service ti 

 the Ocparlateat of Agriculture lo 

 laifrtot Dprimeal. aayi Ihc li 

 iior Dcpaiimeni ii Ibc real eai 



of Agriculture ia t' 

 helping lo grow and bi 



na lo hit lb* oail oa t 



Depaili 



bead 



The Forcil Service loohi u 

 fotetl ai a crop to be growa a* 

 vetted aod maibcted. Tbii ta ll 



nalioot which have made a wici 



! between plan 1 11 

 Kb a forcil requi 



ll real eitate deali. 



Wbo aaide from Sccrclary Fall 

 ranti tbcm chaBfcd ovci ' 



Wt tec BO ovidctKC of aay mch do- 

 iiand among Ihe common people 

 'lobably there arc ihoac wbo waal 



Now. il I 



arid. 



lii icrviec ii Iraiufctrcd 

 rior Departmcat, it b* 

 comei a mailer ot teal citale. Tb< 

 lervicc h^i liillc buaincii wilfa Ihi 

 Deparlmcnt ol the Interior.-' 



There arc alalking horiei behind 

 Ih* grab tloie than half out limbei 

 il gone already Only one-iiilb Ol 

 our virgin forcili remain, aad they 

 arc being cut at a rate Ihal wilt di 

 tiroy ihtm entirely bcloit Iwcnty-Gv 



lofcit devaaialion will brin^ down 

 upon Ul Ihe dangcroui hardihipi ol a 

 limber lamint. The coil oi pul{iwi>od 

 and lumber ii already proof enough 

 ol the ilage to which the icardty hai 

 already advanced, and ol whal it nil 



St. PbI Piooocr Ptoa. There ii 

 tilllc lo be laid aboul ihe traaalcr of 

 ihc United Stalci Fotcitry Service 

 from the DepailmenI of Agriculture 

 inio Ihal ol the Interior, ai advocated 

 by Seci 



Fncndi ol the ictvice are virtually 

 unanimoua that it ihould be kepi 







ced for 



tably ancc 



iioe in the DepanmenI 



lire, and almoit Ibe onl^ ii 



f the loreiiry le'vic 



a broad national po! 

 t Pinchot and the Am 



rican Fot- 

 ill tupport 

 public ofviaion 



ChBtUatoB, S. C Hma. The pub- 

 ic would c'ciiainly like to know more 

 boui the rhanfci proeoied wilh re- 



TROUBLE OVER THE WILL 



tan Fiaacnco JotaraaL The iHiblic 

 hd. dmiiofi of Ih* Inleriot Dtpail. 



..th Ike Hblx iMtita ol Ali 



na ol Haiketi 

 i-newl ol Com 



tftel ServM. 



,a^.)i> 4 Ik* ^-^ttrS i-l, 

 <i*a4t. (V. h.reaa ol Uk-i. 



nitiallv a ital rii 



Ibe public Und. 



iiowilj at lb* Uwt will p* 

 ih* oibtr hand. Ihc DepanmenI o( 

 Agricutlure taiili foe ike pur^oae of 

 ibowtag people how M maht bettti 

 n*c ol tbc taodi ihcy bow have 



The whole policy ol ciMtetTaiioa ii 

 I aevcrc Jolt to Ihoi* Amencaoi wbi 



prodigalii] 



tte 5o loiig aa 



'takVibo^rhl*^' 

 nil take lo tiippoac 



tb* publK rttourtei and removing 



ilooping the dliu<i>on and wane. 

 aad retathiBg o^atrthip in Ihc public 



inti*od of poniog with Ihetn foe a 



tb* natiooal (ortiti wai oae ol Ih* 



T'letidtat ftootevell. Tb* eoenuei ol 



Ihal t**h lo mahe a itmportry peei- 

 eal peoM oul ol their 4eMrelioo 

 Tk>t atgai*Bit for ihc n(arh*tiBg of 

 lb* limber are loaad betaut* a lil. 

 lie teoporaty rebef toda* loltowvd by 

 a IwauM loatottww >t no benefit 



n The Coutitiy Grntl<>n4ri 



ib acicBt* aad praetic* H toiciity 

 arc opponag Ibc cbaag*. Tbcy de- 

 clare Ibal lor nany r e a a oa* tb* D* 

 panmeal ol Agticultute x Ik* pUcr 

 lot lb* Forrit 5*rvKC aad tby poaal 

 to tk* rcoord IB anpporl M |bit ta- 



ll la highly ptobahtc Ibal they ,. 

 ngbl Wilhoul iBieadiag aay tolUc- 

 tiOB oa aaybody la pailKuUt. the putt- 

 Ik kaa good caua* lo eaantae with 

 care aay eSotl by aay poliltciaa to 

 briag aboul ladKa) cbaage in lb* 

 lUlui ol Ihe Foieil Service, becauic 

 Ibere it alwayi tbc potiibihiy thai 

 back ol Ihal eSori la ihe deme o, 

 lomcbody or of tome inicrtil to catij 

 oul ionic private purpnt Let a> 

 have more light oa tbe cbaage aow 

 ptopoa*d. 



Micbigaa'i 

 alatc tatm burcaw baa jull addrcaaed 

 lo lb* aenalon aad rcptcacalalivea of 

 Ibc alale a proteil agatail Ihe pto- 

 poaed iraaifct ol ibc U S Bureau ol 

 Uatkcit and ihc ForcM Service Iroai 

 Ihc l>epantnent of Agncatlure lo ih* 

 Depai^ncai of Commerce aad tbe Ib- 



ibct reiourcei ol ibe 

 nil ion require akillful baodbag be- 

 cauic of the many ptoblemi cOBBccicd 

 wilh coBiervation. aad Ibe forcileri 

 do Boi heiilale to declare that ibc 

 Depart nicBi of Commerce la sol IB a 

 potilKtB to give ibeac problemi ifac 



The Uaited Suia Goverwaeat 

 funcliOBi merely ai 



cultural and foteii 



the face of auch pronou^ed oppoii- 



poicd aomc very nulenal aigamcBli 

 u favor ol Ibc trsBilei will have lo 

 be ioTtfaconuag aad lo far Ihey bavc 

 aol beta givca bfote il will bavc a 

 if atuiniag aay nuaastt ol 



I cosauy'i agf. 



popoUrit 



PmUo JoaraaL Pueblo ii ia Ua* 



iecliag to tbc paiaagc by Coagreu al 

 Ihe propoied bill providmg foe iraat- 

 fer of the aalioaal loccita from ibc 

 DepatlnMat ol Acricatnuc lo tbc De- 

 partmCBi of Ibc lolerior. Pacbto if 

 Ihc gateway to tbc bcaulifat Saa lia- 

 bel Forei* aad ibe people ol Pocblo 

 are conitanlly ia toucb~with the work 

 beiBg doBc by Ibc Foreit Service. All 

 ciliea aad lowai in Ihe Saa liabel re- 

 gioB ihould be uBilcd ia oppoailion 



10 Ihc bUI before CoDgrcii Poaiibly 

 the DepanmenI oi the Inlcnor mig^il 

 handle the loteili ai capably aa Ibe 

 Dcpartirtnit of Agticultute Iwa done, 

 but that matter ia an uncertainly 

 Whal Ihe people kaow dcfiailcly u 

 that the Forcil Service bat co-opcr- 

 aicd ia every way with PutMo and 

 other placei ia makiag the Saa liabd 

 popular The admiaUiraliOB of Ihi* 

 loreil ahd Ihe olhera ia Colorado hai 

 been latiifactOTy. Thij being 'lb* 

 caic, Ihc people ol Ike llalc will be 

 coaleni if malleri are allowed lo ic- 



Ihc DepartmcBi ol Ihc Inierior caq 

 not improve upoa tbe work being 

 dooc by Ihe pre tea i manageiiienL 

 Why make a change wbca Ibe lorcaii 

 arc handled to admirably^ 



Padratod PnM.Sccreiao' FalTi 

 propoied grab "of Ibe greal Abakaa 

 national foretla. which be propaacd 

 be handed over to lb* owreiea of tb* 

 Inierior Departmeat through a dcvd 

 opment board, yet W be auihoriaed, 

 hai aroJacd Ibe American Foicatry 

 Aiaocialkin to loud aad dclermmed 

 ptoteal. CoL W B Gtcelty. chief ol 

 the For(l Scrvic*, dec)arci Ibal in 

 be aatioful foreiii ia Alaika liei 

 practical loluiioB ol ihe prist paprt 

 iboriakc. and ihai ihc devclopmeai 

 board plaa ii unneirtMary. uucien- 

 .tific, wBiicful aod unfair ~io ihe fuiuie 

 talc of Alaika. which will deiirc to 

 develop all poasible rcaourcea uadcr 

 Alaakaa coatroL 



tarramiara Boa, For oa* thing u 

 certaia lb* people arc dctc mined 

 that no delecratiag band ibatl be laid 

 oa what rcmaiai ol Ibeit once aoUbrf: 

 public domain. 



The prcieet plan aalcguaidi the aa- 

 lioa'a aaiurat rcaourcea lor ih* maay. 



11 prevesu tbeir rcckleti wailc aad 



, aad I 



nighl be 



LotuaviOe Connec-JoafBal. lluch 

 good will be doBc by the publicily 

 balteriei of ihc American Foreilry 

 AiiocialioB. luiaed riMycileaaly upoa 

 the billi under which tbc Forcil Ser- 

 vice would be taken oul of Ih* D- 

 parlmeai of Agriculture and put ia lb* 

 Dcparlmenl ol the Interior, and un- 

 der which Ihe rciourtei of Alaaka 

 would be made available lo exptoilcra. 

 The Society of Americaa Forealeri 

 ia meationed in tbe "lileralun" oi 



11 declariaf 'Ibe whole c 



cneat rnipe riled*' by the allempt 

 I tranifcr Ihe natioBal lotciti to Ibe 

 rpartmcat of Ibc Interior. 

 Tbe public, in IV2. knowi that for- 

 .try il quile at practical ai farmiag, 

 td quite ai ncceiiary. By gat^tiag 



I and a 



liaii the 



d greatly tt 

 Foreilry 



mber re- 



; > 



Alaaka which caiily a 

 b* del I toyed. 



'la Ihc lomli of Alaika.'. _ 

 Colonel Greeley, Chief ol the Uai 

 Slalei Foreilry Service, 'lict a ptac- 

 lical loluliOB ol our paper ihtHlagc." 



" .atneii of Alaakaa Tor- 



Deipilc Ihc va 



III 4he ulutioi 

 pary ii 



Mild b 



atioa lUie 



1 dt It toyed mighty foreit* 

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