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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



'^all Alaska Become the Promised Land of Bilk and 

 Money for the Interests?" Says Call to Kill Plan 



WARNS AS TO 



FUTURE OF 



ALASKA 



Oi Oi M h j . CkMf ! U S F. 



COL. W. B. CRtCLEY 



Cai ((rr hat Wn m AUiU *hj 



wfca rh i l i t ii pi to ft 

 l<<Aluk-< 



Raps Fall In 



PubUc's War 



For Forests 



. Society of Amcncan Forcaten in 



l^k^ N.iioBwid. Cunpsipi to 



i Um Wc ' Arouse Tas Ptftn as to Whst 



"VSTTlLi *'"'"^ ^'*" Confrs 



-- - Muns to Control of Natural 



Rfsourccs. 



rmImI Waahuctoo ~DmModi to ceo- 



(CCMOMB bcu poanng iMO WMb- 



' wftoa lodmji lo kit) "a danoc pMc 



of lci*lalioa~ which woald mm lb* 



Sf*ir ha* !> 



CALLS U. S. TO BAHLE ON TO 

 HGHT FOR KEEP TIMBER 

 ALASKA I FORPUBUC 



ADMtican PocaMry AMOCiation. AmcfKan Forestry Auciation 

 Potms to Milbons in ForvMJ OppOMs Hov (o Take Forests 

 Wwlth IB "Seward's Folly" and! of Alislia from Control of U. S. 

 Asks for Country's Backing inj Forast Service and Ctw Thnm 

 CampatcB lor Continwod Con. to Interior Department 



trol by Foraal Sereke , Wadwiiion "thatl Alsslw k* 



W..h..(<o- U.UMH.t ol dolla.v"*^ "* >'"'^lid -' "^ -* 



lofdl xalib Aluka. ior whi 

 S**>4 -m hit four" p-t VJOi.' 

 M !/. tti I^UyUt rtari aco, .m _ 



note le ik iht lorj^t. "'"r o' t* AmMican Focsatry 



m iht tot(*l of Iht Dt- 



AitiKullHtt and plait 



Ininior DtpaniBriai, a/> 



iht AiiKrKM ^'bt- 



tvtrjr mrrahcr la (*r]r 

 all ln*d> of loretlry 

 > to hl6 ia 11 

 to k(p ik Naiioul fMtati 

 ihtit prcMat coeirol 

 The AttorulMM poiBii l I 

 rt oi Chitt KoKiiir Cieckj 



lalvnl and on 



iairi<>Tnl Ira 



lo Ihc'propotcd 

 plan lor iranilctrioc ibt foioli le 

 :b. Interior Dcp*rtni> 

 At lo whai it MTolircd Iht uiocii- 



lual report bjr Col Gntity. 



~Th NalMMul Foriiti oi AUtLa 

 joQUin 20^000^00 aero ad ovci 7i,- 

 ~-.OOO.0lW Icri of linibtr of ^ quali 



iiiable l< 

 iqui 



KtD( 



.rl>^ 6 p*/ 



1. Thx 





The lurtr hat (OnM lor tpcakiag 

 aboul th< lottiit ol Alalia and ihc 

 (fiofti to rrmovr ihtm from the jurii- 



diciioB of Iht Form Sfnttt," aayi 

 lh( tuitiaefli ~No ttii than Mvraiy- 

 !<< billHM ftcl of mrcfcanlabU lim- 

 ber iiaod ia iht Toniaii aad Chu- 

 (acb Naliaoal Forealt .tBOU(h lo tur- 

 iih aDnill} oicr nc biltioa ltd ol 

 pulp (rood and oihci RUicrl | our 

 iinr.t* for all limt il the fortili 

 handd undtr ibt ri^hl mclhoda 

 lortiiry ^all Alatka btcomt a 

 iiiin^Und B< bilk and money (or 



ptupk to dtcidr' 

 Undtr iht juriadiclion ol ibt Foi 

 ^rkict ihcvt fortiii have aol only 

 td total rtquircmtflij for Iwnbea 

 alrtad) two largr taltt of tintbti 



paper m 



pulp or piper in Abtka, 



tittH.nl promiM o( tcierSJ addi 

 >nal kiltt whKh will tiiabliib nta 

 anulaclurinc enltrpnit*." Iht Aitier' 

 in Foretlr* AiMKiation iialemeAl 



the Depatli 



: of the lot 



.aiiMulMX. 

 btly owaed timbtt, pablKly oi .... 



a tcia of lod. toalaad oil retouKt*, here and *cal broodcaal by lb* Sotieti 

 *> yovet. 4 Bi(faio<> birdi. of AmerKan FoiaMers. New YoH 

 hean ibe itiaiialai of psblie wtliart ! SactMo. uyi In part: 

 ia A* Ions ivn. Il baa boili op ape- 1 Tht \aiKMul Forttii. iht National 





aalfe < aar loul atta from tht 

 faeai aai coaHnrat applicatiOB e( 

 tkw soUic polMwt hf tht ipttiahied 



afSalaMfn* trealtd lot iht irry 

 )raia af Ibeir actoaplnhmtn 



'Aad boM ibe (laadpoiBi of A 

 berseM. ia at^et la btiaf abov 

 MS* Jatli a JeireloptPf I of hi 

 tmmt fK H W>H be aaa.at lo [u 

 off traa the 4i>el applieaocn o 

 a a etfi aa and from ibe leekakal and 

 laan" lal waenrcaa of aeveral treat 

 Federal erfaniaariana wbkh are tn- 

 peru in lfia ibc very lUnet ihai 

 Alaaha needs M ten 4Mt. 



-1W peeilaymiat Beard plai 



- ' aompl><bed by 



liai.traiEon ol aa 



AUtka. Il II dancer 



awant oartUl break 



! al tht rffreeir** and nailornn 

 nacraan af tital paUx politiei foi 

 dtSfcM WtA aataral reWMrtt. Le< 

 a rawer develop Alaika n harmoay 



Fortl 



and Ibt whole coski 

 moirmtBI now fact a (trtoui 

 r It II Ihe duly of [prtaieri to 

 ni ihtmttln* with ihii daagtr 

 Itr thai ihty may onct mort 

 ihtir (pfciat knowledge and 

 moral ltader>hiB,iBla Iht hihl 

 It dangtr coaiul* m iht atltmpl 

 tinf made lo irantfer Ihc Na- 

 Koittii lo Ihc Depariment of 



r purpoaci bath of ihii aitriupi 



' lumiittd. Ihouth Ikry arc noi 



icly knowa Stcrelary ol ih. 



laitrwr. A B Fall, il appaitnlly the 



wat the chief tpontor lor Ihc o-calkd 

 Cnrrj Bill, ilill itehnitally bcfort 

 CoBfrtU. bo I probably now dead 

 Thi> bill wat dirtttfd aKainil coniin- 

 aed psUic control of iht emt natural 

 ItKMirCfi of Alatka iLproTided lar 

 mrniaa over all Fcdtril acliviiiti 

 there fomtn. wattr powtr. mt. 



eal, I 



I. Iro 



> whkl 



i who^ fliembtri 



1 Ihi 



re move only lor mi 



tait wtallh of Iht 

 AUika w>< lo hf t 



'hkh the ptopli 

 lit of the t 



frtal empii 

 rnrd over 1 



cr". 



body from 

 >ha aad iht 

 laita would 



Akeks as ibey are baadled riaewbete, 

 Wlh dnrinc Wr lerntarial ayprcaike- Irmpi. iht aJ*o<airi of privitt coalrol 

 bip aad aher >lie Weone* a Slatt,|of our public natural retourcei haT< 

 reaervinff tbc tame politiei and uai-| adopted anoihtr method The vtri 

 tar d ir reSfoa bui with tocahted ad-: luiiifiable pUn of rrorRxniialion O 

 BiMMatratt** naaebiaery adapted toi the Conrament Departmenti ba 

 Alalia'a iiab W aa. | been leittd upon by ihtm ai anothe 



V ie lane raue ad-, poiaible opening Tht ptople whi 

 a ia tee nMcil C<' want lo *et toatrol of Alaika'i rt 

 tlm m t i wt artboritr] ouree* now propoie lO iraniftr thi 

 N^ we Many delays ki<eniitt Fofrii Servlct and all the Ma 

 temng I M nt i dana. fUd AlMba iS' tional Porcit*. both ia Alatka and It 

 aabfact M tee BMny tnAeniUa refnls-^ ihe failed Siatia. to tht Dtpanmtn 



-_.. B _^ eaaOy be' of tht Inittior They alto pfopoM k 



t It bar cnn- traaifer Alaaka'i naier power lo ibii 

 ' Dcpant^eal' 



L'niied Stall 



OUU.OOO cordt ol pulp wood, wboie 

 itrriceabilily for tht manulaciuit ol 

 piper II fully tilaMithed by txiuinf 

 eommtroal pradict M istly handled. 



he papei m-\ Forcil Service ii wcceeding ia p 

 Iriei of Standi nan 11. and capable laf the foreili i Urge liclor ia 

 ol lupplfint 1 ihird of the prtteni pa-[ building up ofThii frontier rcfion 

 per coniiimpiion ol Ihe United Sialti dtr condition* which il1 inaarc .... 

 Tbit i* an oppotluaiiy which thoutd' ptrptluation of the foreilt and ihtrr- 

 nol be thrown away by inviting iinre- 1 by Iht permanence of thcae aei 

 itrained aad dritrutln'e eiptoitaiion duilrict. ibe propoail it made in Coa- 

 "Sinee ihttt Nalioaal Foieila wrrtlgrcit to cut off the adminiitrsiion a' 

 placed undtr idminiiiration in 1006 j Iht Alaikan fortili from the Forei 

 ihty havt been open Irtely fpr tht, Service Sod place thtm in untrie 

 '- -'- -- the Inttiior DtpartmenI 



rtiourcti undtr leguUiioni of an i 

 ctedingly librril and timple thar, 

 Itr They ire being cut today to I 

 tjtleat of about 4S,000.000 board i- 

 annually. They furnith 6 per ti 

 of all the umber uied in the Tti 

 tory; they lupply every tanrmill on tht 

 Alatkan coatt wiih 

 a targt pfoporlma i 

 *^ ~ and t>o< ihooki 



n Ihe bilU 

 uingi before 



if: 



h.h indu 

 bulk of ttf 



I. they iDpply the great 

 timber otcd in Ihs minn 



I readily and frei 



. sod commercial csiablut 

 every chancttr adapliJ .1 



Thii propoaal 



which at the recr 



the Senate Coinmi _ 



i>ai ilronglv rndoiied by the Secre- 



larv of Ihc Inlerior 

 "The chanRt would ht fraught with 

 ravt danger to tht public intetcit*, 

 r Ihe forcti) would be lakcn from i 

 ireiu that hat eatrwd the work for 

 " " tablithed 



and eflici 



niorr ^iiei' vo'liablt policiti, 



'Iv obtained I dtnce ol tht couni 



{Uore.K would now 



. Ihe handiof a Depaiti 



ificlur 



The Foreit Service ba* labored acli 

 leadily lo promote Ibe tilabliihmeni ' pal 

 I a paper iitduilry ia Alaaka. which 

 romitei lo be One of ill mMi im- 

 [irlanl induilrial developmeni 

 rinii offered lo paptt manufic 

 rt, indeed, more fleiiblt and 



farorablt lo Ihe opcraior than 



tile of any public timbcrlindi in 



ada, with whom comparitoni hit 



qutntly tietn drawn 



pulp timber, aggrtgi 



ftti, havt been raad< 



many pending appli 



ni decenlriliitd 

 Hoped sound and 

 d hii the conli- 



thtm tnevilably Ihe propoitd 

 HI would remit in changti of 

 policy ai wtll at in dupliralion o' ' 

 fort Two gOTemmeni poLciei id ._. 

 titry ctrliinly would lead lo conflict 

 and publK injury Tht next ittp 



urilly would be to Iranttei the e 



Fore 1 1 Service from the Department 

 -if Agriculture lo the Inttrioi De^ 





I Iro 



ng 700.000.00o!eMi of 

 and there art iht frj 

 oni and inqui- Foreiti 





proposal t 



U. S. Forest 



Change is 



Vicious 



Mont to Put Forest Service in 

 Department ol Interior is Called 

 "Hoot Serious Atuck Yet 

 Made on tbe Conservation 

 MoiPtBeBi 1b TUs CeuMry." 



New York City la Itlltr itnl 



oui by Ibe Hew York Scene* ol ihc 



Soeicly of Aeiericpa Fortilen iht la^ 

 paying pubfic il railed upoa lo lielp 

 a kOlmg "oae ol Ihe loMt aenei al- 

 tacki which hat yel been nude ea tht 

 cooiervalioa m*vea>Bi la iftii eeoa- 

 trr " The aliack referred to (he 

 pbo 10 take Ihe Forcat Service out of 

 Ikt Departiutnl of Agrituhure aai 

 pal II la tbc Deparlneat at ibt lale- 

 riof Coupled with tbii' il* tht aM>vt 

 10 get coBlrol of th* vaij nalural [t- 

 Murcci of AUlka aad tht whole 

 Uniitd Slalci. 



Tbe hghi lo kill Ibt pUa lor "board 

 cnairol eotnci jod t% ii ia aaaounced 

 thai I 're 1 idea I Harding in ctHnpaay 

 elary Fall will vitil tht Icr- 

 .1 lummcr Al tkc ft&cei ol 

 the Society of Anerkaa Foretieri 

 wocd hat been ttcrittd thai ihi Aii.n 

 ttry Attotiilion wiih m, i.i 

 rry itaic hai joined ibi helii 

 . It Forttt Sertice iB tht Dl- 

 pariintnt ol AgrKiitiure. fail oL ilic 

 lUlemtnl tcni oul in tht amt of K 

 C Bryaai, ol "the Vale* Forttlry 

 School and. prctidenl of Ihc Society 

 of AnicricaB Foreileri layi: 



"I am tncloiing a mtntOtandum it-, 

 liiin)! to Iht ailempi now btiag madt 

 in Congieu to pul the Fottt * 

 io Iht Uepaiimti 



ttti Striici 



Iicablt for 



iponiible loureei /l. 

 rapidly a bonafide underiaktngi 

 lor tht building up ol foreit induitrki 

 in Ihe Territory take form, they are 

 receiving and will receive every form 



maiataintd prrmaotnl pro- 



Ther 



n from Alaika't fortilt 



I why 



epiratc aad dISereni tyittm ihould 

 'e tel up for dealing with tht pablic 

 sretii of Alaiki than Ihere it for itt- 

 ing up luth a tytttm for each State. 

 itatha needi tht applicalion to her 

 >retli problemi of Iht eiperirnce. 

 chnicaf knowledge and organiialion 

 fovidrd by tht Foreit Service, while 

 It policy followtd Ihould bt at one 

 rilh that of the entire coantfy, o(i 

 'hkh Alaiha ii limply part' 



he old lyittm which in iht Ah| JJ"J"' 

 cealury wai accompanitd by lo much " 



fraud and icandal. Later the on *"'"' " 



lal wat le aboliih the Chugach I 



;r; 



y a pol 



ubilanlially 



ion Now cocnei 



propoial to tliminatt the Forei 

 ^e^vlct from AUtka and to place t(i 

 work, which ti being to eKcientl 

 done, twder anolh< 

 ii unntceiiary 



lott to Ihe pubhc I 

 Ihe National Foreil lytiem that it op- 

 enfing lo well ia tht wett and in 

 Ataika iiaelf 

 The efftci of thit move oa the Ka-, 



This is a facsimile of the Association's news sheet on the Alaskan situation to which 

 Secretary of the Interior Fall takes exceptions, alleging that it was inspired by the 

 Department of Agriculture. ' 



New York Times, both of which he disputes, and to other 

 articles in newspapers and magazines which he classes as 

 propaganda. 



Mr. Fall goes on to outline his views regarding Alaska 

 and in reference to the forests, and the opposition to his 

 plans, says: 



"The laws of the United States provide a penalty for 

 timber cutting upon the public lands not withdrawn as 

 forests, and the records of the courts and the recorded de- 

 cisions published from those of the Supreme Court through- 

 out the circut and district court reports, will show that 

 these laws have been administered by the Interior Depart- 

 ment and the Departmentt of Justice through prosecution 

 of tlui>o tr( -jiassing upon such timber. The rec- 



ords of the department and the 

 Department of Justice will display 

 exactly the same condition that 

 is, that case after case of timber 

 trespass has been prosecuted by the 

 Department of Justice, upon the 

 recommendation of the Department 

 of the Interior, in Alaska as well 

 as elsewhere. 



"The law grants permission for 

 cutting timber for mining and 

 other purposes, and the small 

 amount of timber which has been 

 cut in Alaska, it must be remem- 

 bered, has been used for purposes 

 recognized by the law, has been 

 used under the law and said use has 

 resulted in the warming of the 

 freezing bodies of pioneers ; the 

 melting of the gravels and tundra 

 and soil that the miners might be 

 able to reach the mineral wealth ly- 

 ing below same, for the timbering 

 of shafts for the coal mines of the 

 Government, and the timbering, in 

 some instances of the mines of the 

 prospector and developer. Such 

 use of timber is the ordinary use 

 to which it has been put during al! 

 the ages down to the present time. 

 "It is true that the settler can 

 go upon the lands of Alaska, en- 

 trance to which is not prohibited 

 by stupid and arbitrary regulation 

 of the Forestry Bureau, and there 

 secure under the laws a homestead 

 and use the sparse-growing timber 

 upon it for the construction of a 

 log house, where his wife may be 

 protected and his children may be 

 born. 



"I am aware of the fact, as are 

 the people of the western country 

 generally where the public land and 

 National Forests are situated, that 

 this is contrary to the theory of Mr. Pinchot, is not in ac- 

 cord with what is so well known as Pinchotism, and does 

 not meet with the approval of Colonel Greeley. 



"Right development in Alaska should be pursued upon 

 the comlprehensive plan reported long since by the Alaskan 

 Engineering Commission, and the Alaska Road Commis- 

 sion, that freight for the now completed Government road 

 may be delivered to it from the wonderful mineral de- 

 posits of the Kantishna, Mount McKinley and other min- 

 eral districts. The road building and trail building iff 

 Alaska is now : 



"(i) Under the jurisdiction of the Alaskan Road Com- 

 mission ; 



mediatr itept muti bt ukea to aroutt 

 the public to ihc danger wktch thrtal- 

 tat the National Foreiti of tht toun- 

 "> 



"At I'rctideat of the Society of 

 Amentia .Foreileri, 1 am writing 

 each Stclion Chairman arid alto tome 

 Oihcft Biking then help in Ihwacling 

 Iht prqpoied plan 



~l realite Ihal lome ol tht Section 

 Chieft. becauic of their conntclioit 

 impottible to lake any active pari in 

 oppoiinK iht propoitd Itgiilalion I 

 do feel, however, that it may be prat- 

 h mta to calt tbe alien- 

 J ol tht Fortit Service 



legiilalion which ia now 



before Congrtii and to Higgeil to 

 them Unti of activity in which they 



"There are many locst reiidcnit 

 who depend upon the Nalioaal For- 

 eiti for graaing, limber and oihtt for- 

 oducti, who would gladly come 

 t aid of iht Foreit Service at 

 ime Every effort ihould be made 

 t that lomt ont ouliidt of tht 

 t Service or (an) res Ihii lupport 

 iti that the opinioai ol iheie 

 people may bt contidtred at the hear- 

 iji 



Thit i one of the raoit vital quei- 

 Ont before the foreilry profestion 

 today and I hope that your leclion 

 maj' bt able lo furniih strong lupport 

 the bill 



Alaikan for. 







e arc s' iJSS 

 idtni discretion to mi 

 nd S 2382 definitel 



ihe transfer Roth Ihi. . 



In charge of Iht Stnatt Committee on 



~ Imulir Poiieisiont 



g for tht traniftr ol 



''ior it iht to-called 



. i.,e v.ugatn ror-. .- B""- S ". which wa. referred 



AUlka. including the N- ?"* '-^'""""" "" "^"""^ Land* and 

 lonal Foreili, handled by"a ^lilkal' ^""""* 



ontiE! 



ol Import 



rould be 1^ 

 ai value of 



