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THE. MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, DECE3IBER 1, 1909. PlfJGHOT LIMITS PUBLIC DOMAIN "No Restoration of Reserve Lands," Forester Says, So Wilson Reports. SUPERIOR BACKS, PINCHOT After Personal Investigation - in Idaho and Wyoming, Secretary Wilson Finds Xo Agricul tural Lands in Reserves. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Nov. 30. Virtually no lands now embraced In forest reserves are to be restored to the public domain. This, in substance, is the message con tained in the annual report of Secretary Wilson, of the Department of Agricul ture, in which the Forest Service is a bureau. Therefore, the message may be considered as coming direct from For ester "Plnchot. The language used by Secretary Wilson is not quite as direct as that used above, but his meaning is very clear. In order that there may be no misunderstanding, however, the Sec retary's report is quoted verbatim. ,It says: "An impression that the forest re serves contain large areas of agricultural land to the exclusion of settlement, and large areas of untimbered grazing lands unjustfiably brought within the reserve boundaries for the sake of grazing, has gained wide currency. To satisfy myself on the ground as to the facts, I made personal investigation of these matters during the past Summer in Idaho and Wyoming. Secretary Looks Into Future. "Presumably the time will come when some portions of the present reserves can, with benefit, be converted into farms. Through dry farming, plant breeding, and the introduction of new forms of useful and drouth-enduring vegetation, agriculture is steadily gaining upon the desert, and may be expected to gain on the forest in semi-arid regions. Orowth in population also will bring an Increased demand for farm land. But it will also bring an increased demand for timber and water conservation. The present is not the time to decide where the line should finally be drawn. "I found no evidence that the forest reserves are withholding from settlement land now demanded for agriculture. As to grazing land, it is sufficient to say that proper administrative control of for est reserve grazing has necessitated the fixing of the boundaries where they now are; that public sentiment in the states visited is strongly in favor of - the main tenance of the existing boundaries, and that representations that great areas of lands are held for other than forest pur poses are, in my judgment, wide of the facts. Secretary Wilson's report deals with a number of Interesting phases of the forestry question, as well as the work or other bureaus of his Department. He shows that there are today nearly 195,' 000.000 acres of land in the forest re serves of the West. The administration of the reserves cost last year less than $3,000,000, and the cash receipts from various sources, such as lumber sales grazing fees. etc.. aggregated, about $1,800,000. "Of the three principal resources of tiie reserves. continues the secretary "water, forage and timber the timber"! is for the time being the least developed. Of their main uses that for water is far more important than their use for forage or for tlmher supply, yet it results In the collection of almost no charge at all." Secretary Wilson Cioes Into Detail. Taking up the various uses in detail Secretary Wilson reiterates, and proceeds as follows: 'The use of the forest reserves as sources of timber supply Is less developed than their use for -water or for forage. The reason for this is obvious. The grazing industry in the West has expand. ed until it has reached almost every where the full capacity of the range in its present condition. The profitableness of irrigation and the steady demand of the home makers for new land have led to water appropriations on a large scale, while power development, though in its Infancy, is already seeking strategic po . sitlons and preparing for widespread ap plications. But the timber of the re serves is. comparatively speaking, in little demand. Its day has not yet come. The Secretary shows that about 400, 000.000.000 feet of timber, exclusive or Alaska, is now in reserves, and the cut in reserves for the past year was not quite 460,000.000 feet, or a little over one-ninth of 1 per cent of the stand. In other words, it would take 900 years, at the present rate of cutting, to exhaust this supply, if no new timber were grown in the meantime. The forests reproduce at the rate of 1 per cent of the stand per year, so the timber in reserves Is being cut off about one-ntnth as fast as it reproduces. The cut of last year, he observes, was abnormally small. As to grazing in 4 reserves. Secretary AVjlson snows that last year approxi mately 7,700,000 sheep, 1,500,000 cattle. 90,000 horses and loo.OQO hogs were permitted to graze -within reserves, permits being held by 27,000 Individuals and concerns. The grazing fees collected aggregated in the neighborhood of $1,000,000. Practically all or cms amount, ae says, was expended In regulating grazing on the reserves. Xo Re-venne in Grazing Fees. Grazing fees, he says, are fixed orimar lly to meet the expense of regulation, and not to raise revenue. The charge lm posed Tby the forest service, he says, was far below the charge imposed on "private lands of similar character. Had the stockmen paid the full market value -of their use of the reserves, the receipt; would have fully paid all expenses of the forest service. In like manner it is said that timber was disposed of at moderate rates, below its actual value. "In making sales of reserve timber," he says, "the best interests of the consumer furnish the guidincr principle. Small sales are preferred to larse ones, though they mean a lower price lor stumpage. be cause they promote local enterprises, ten to prevent market monopoly, and at the same time make possible better provision ior i ne weitare of the forest. 'iterations oil a targe scale, it is ex plained, usually extend over a term o three to five years. In the fiscal year 1907 over 1. 000.000.000 feet of timber was sold, but less than one-fifth of this amount cut under sales. In the follow ing year 3S6.ooo.ouO feet were sold an 393.000.000 feet cut. In 1909 sales fell be low 2S7.0O0.00O feet, though the cut wn S"i.O0O,000 feet. During these years the snian sales varied but little. "Since but a email fraction of the no. tentiai timber crop of the reserves is now cut,"" continues the Secretary, "the most important duty which its care immedi ateiy imposes is the protection of th great supply on hand. As producers of umoer, tneee reserves should be eonslrt ered a property the development of which has hardly begun. That the sales are at present small is no reason against taking the very best care of what will within a few years repay with heavy interest all that its care is costing." , Cost Per Acre at Lowest Figure. The report shows that the cost oC ad ministering reserves 13 about 1.8 cents per acre, A cost said to be inconsequen tial compared to $1 and $2 per acre in France, Germany and Switzerland. The Secretary indicates that a much larger appropriation will be asked for the forest service at the coming cession than has ever before been made, as it is desirous of extending improvements, such as roads. trails, etc., and increasing the number of employes. The total cut of forest reserve timber during the year was nearly 400,000,000 feet, of which over 100,000.000 feet were given away. The timber soli brought in about $700,000. Free .use of timber was allowed in Idaho, whore over 18,000.000 feet were given away. In Oregon the amount was between 6.000.000 and 7,000.000 feet. Mon tana got about 17,000,000 feet of timber free. Of the sales of timber in reserves. Montana heads the list with S6.00O.O0O feet. Colorado 44.000,000, Idaho 35,000,000. Sales in other states are not given. In closing vhis reference to forest re serves. Secretary Wilson Bays that the reserve range supported nearly 1.000.000 more head of stock last year than ever before. Irrigation Work Spreads. Touching on the subject 'of irrigation in vestigation, the Secretary points out that irrigation development was greater than ever last year. New works," he says, "are built at a constantly increasing cost, requiring more capital in tne hands of settlers and the growing of more valuable crops, thus lim ning tne number of people from whom settlers may be drawn, and restricting also the range of crops which can be grown at a profit, making the securing of secuers more difficult and decreasing their chances of success. . For these reasons." he adds "there ii a great danger of everbuildinir and recurrence of the experience of 20 years ago, when canals were built so far in advance of settlement that the lands under them are not all reclaimed yet." He says his department is making studies to help out settlers on this newly irrigated land; studying the best methods of applying water to the land and the best crops adapted to new conditions. Demand Is fop More Water. There are conditions, however.'' con tinues the report, "where the demand is not for more settlers but f or ' more water. The available water suddIv has been utilized, and agricultural exten sion depends upon a more economical use of this supply. Eventually this will bti the prevailing condition throughout the -arid region, since under the most economical use only a small part of the arable land can be irri gated." The Department of Agriculture esti mates that the water now runnlne- through irrigation canals cap, with proper application and control, be made to serve approximately double the area now irrigated with it, since not more than half the water entering the canals reaches the land. This problem of ap plication is also being studied. The drainage problem is also a very im portant branch of the department's work at present. Land Drained Worth $58,000,000. It is estimated that 725.000 acres of irrigated land, drowned out through over-irrigation or subirrigation, and practically valueless, can be re claimed by proper drainage. This land now is almost worthless; drained, it would be worth $53,000,000. Farmers owning such lands can better afford to drain than abandon them. the sugar beet industry is still a net of the department, and is receiving- much attention. Efforts are still under way looking to the development of a single-germ beet seed, and the results tnus rar obtained, while not final, are said to be very promising. If this can oe accomplished, the cost of beet mil ture, by doing away with thinning, will db greatly diminished. Crop rotation in Deet country is also strongly ad vised, as is the liming of the soil. " report tells of the work of thi department looking to the aid Ins- f dry-farmers. Crops adapted to a drv are oeing experimented with; new crops or this type, from foreign lands are being imported anil -rnaa- bred for American use. and new meth- oas or culture are being worked out, all adapted to so-called dry-farming Not much work of this character, how ever, has so far been done west ' of the Rocky Mountains. Cola and drouth -resistant alfalfas imported from Sibe ria are still under test, and it is hoped that out of them, by breeding and otherwise, there may be secured some strains of great value to the North west. The Secretary still manifests great faith in drum wheat as a suit able crop for certain portions of the dry country, but largely the Great Plains and intermountatn districts. Ex periments with this and other dry-land wheats are now being made .at Moro Or.: Akron. Colo.; Judith Basin. Mont., and half a dozen other points farther east. Very little is aid of the fruit in dustry, though announcement is made that very decided progress has been made in the study of spraying, espe cially in the. discovery of new and useful fungicides. Apples sprayed with these preparations show remarkably high coloration and freedom from ail sorts of spots, rots and other discolora tlons due to disease. On the Pacific Coast the important work on the eradication of pear blight has been continued with encourasrintr results, special attention being given to this disease in portions of Oregon, where the department received the very hearty cooperation of the fruitgrow ers, especially those of the Rogue River Valley. T. R. SEES LION-SPEARING Roosevelt Party Witness Mandi War riors Way of Killing Beasts. LONDIANA. British East Africa, Nov. 30. Colonel Roosevelt. Kerralt Roosevelt. Edmund Heller and Leslie A. Tarlton arrived here today from the Guasinghlsu Plateau. AH are In splendid health. Colonel Roosevelt expressed himself as delighted at again meeting R. J. Cunning hams and members of the American party, who awaited him here. The form er President is greatly elated over the success of the hunt on the plateau. Among the sights witnessed was a dis play of lion-killing with spears by Mandi warriors. The exhibition was a thrilling one. This evening the party will proceed to Njoro. where they will be guests of Lord Delamere. on the latter' s ranch, un til December 10, when they will proceed to Nairobi. Bull Stolen; Arrest Warrant Out. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Nov. 30. (Spe cial.) For the alleged theft of a 6-year-old bull from a pasture near Ridgelield a warrant of arrest has been issued against William Zercher. The complaining wit ness was James Carty. China Spends $500,000 on Road. AMOT, Nov. 30. The Imperial Board of Communication has advanced JoOO.OOO for the extension of the Araoy and Chang Chow Railroad. The Women's Aerial League has offered i.K . ,arSlp. 5, a year tor students who intend taking up aviation as a pro- session. SWITCHMEN OUT, LAKES TO COAST Freight Trains Stand Still on Prompt Obedience to Strike Order. ROADS CHARGE BAD FAITH Conference for Arbitration Pending When Final Call Issued by the Union, Managers Say Passen gers , Are Still Moving. (Continued From First Page.) We did not wish a strike, and used every reasonable means to avoid one, and I am quite positive if we had- to deal only with the officials of the Northwestern roads instead of with the general com mittee we should have reached an amica ble agreement. We realize the inconven ience which a strike at this time will cause the public, but the responsibility does not lie with the switchmen, as they onlv asked for that which was justly theirs." Men Urged to Keep Sober. After the strike had been inaugurated President Hawley. gave out this state ment: 'We have advised every member that from the moment the strike began he must keep away from the company's lM'uparty, obey the law. commit no act of violence nor do anything that will re flect discredit upon himself or upon the conduct of the strike. "We also insist upon the strikers strict ly abstaining from any intoxicants and," while this In a great sense may seem unnecessary, owing to the remarkable degree of sobriety observed by members of the switchmen's union, yet we feel that it is their duty to have a clear head at such a time." Conflicting Claims Made. , Conflicting statements were issued to night by members of the managers' com mittee of the railroads and by officers of . the Switchmen's Union of North America as to the effect of the strike order. President Hawley, of the Switchmen's Union, said the tie-up Is complete, every man having gone out. General Manager Slade, of the Northern Pacific, said that at seven points on his road the men had refused to go out and that traffic, while delayed, was moving. Mr. Hawley's statement follows: "I have definite reports from every point affected, and my information is that the strike order has been obeyed to the man. I am informed that the roadmen refused to do the work of the switchmen. I don't think there will be a sympathetic strike. The strike is the most complete and determined I ever saw." Mr. Slade gave out this statement: "The Indications from the railroad's standpoint are favorable. The men re fused 'to obey the strike order in seven yards on the Northern Pacific road and are working as usual.. While passenger traffic has been delayed somewhat, it Is moving all right and we are moving some freight. In a few days I think conditions will be about normal. The same general conditions apply to the Great Northern road." Early reports received by switchmen Indicate that there has been a general tie-up in all the yards heard from. In St. Paul and Minneapolis the men are all out and reports from Brainerd and Fargo are that iBll switchmen there struck. ROADS CHARGE BAD FAITH Offer to Arbitrate Rejected and Snap Order Issued. Say Officials. ST. PAUU Nov. 30. George T. Slade, -third vice-president and general man ager of the Northern Pacific, tonight is sued from St. Paul the following state ment of the relations between the Hill lines and the striking switchmen and the negotiations which were conducted prior to the time the walkout was or dered: The railroads of the Northwest. reeoKnln- Injf that the public Is an Interested but un represented third party In the controversy with their switchmen, through the commit tee which has been conducting their negoti ations. desire to place at the disposal o the public the following facts In connection witn tne - negotiations: The switchmen in the Northwest territory made simultaneous demands on 13 railroad companies centering in the Twin Cities for an increase in wages and certain changes in service conditions. At the suggestion of F T. Hawley. president of the Switchmen's Union of North America, of whose organiza tion the switchmen in the Northwest are members, arrangements were made to con duct the negotiations in one conference. In the conference the railroad were represented by a committee of 10 managers and the switchmen by F. T. Hawley and by other officers of the Switchmen's Union of North Amertca. The demands of the switchmen were for double pay for Sundays, holidays and over time. An advance of 60 cents per day of ! hours in the wages of switchmen, switch tenders, towermen, engine herders and as sistant yard masters, a modification of the rule providing for the payment of penalty in case oi lauure to permit tne switchmen to secure their meal in the middle of their shift at a stated period, which contemplates noucie pay in cases where it became neces sary to work a portion of the meal hour. and the eliminating of the physical eiamin- mion ana ne-age um.it placed upon switch. ment entering the service. Five conferences were held at St. Paul. in which the switchmen in no, detail receded from their demands, which if conceded wouia nave entailed an additional expense upon the railroads for switching service of i i in v to ; per cent. The managers' committee offered switchmen an Increase of 20 cents a flnv of 10 hours In the rate of pay of switchmen employed in the territory west of Havre. Mont., on the Great Northern Railway and wesx or Hillings, Mont, on the Northern Pa cific Railway, the differential in that terri tory ror switchmen having obtained for about two- years. Further concessions were declined for the reason that the rate of pay of switchmen was increased over 13 per cent in November, 1 906, and because the rates at that time established bad not been reduced during the period of business de pression which followed. The attention of the switchmen was called to the fact that in 19-06 the switchmen were granted a larger percentage of Increase than any other class of employes In train service. At the present rates the wages of switchmen average $100 per month. On November 23. 3909, in submitting its final answer to the switchmen, .the managers' committee, assum ing that the switchmen joined in the desire for an amicable adjustment of the questions under consideration, suggested that the de mands be submitted to arbitration under the provision of the Erdman act. The switch men declined to accept this suggestion, and in their final written answer to the man agers committee made the statement that "the committee begs 'leave to state that it will not submit to arbitration under any circumstances.' On the same date (November 23, 1909 after a discussion of the proposal to arbi trate under the terms of the Erdman act, at the suggestion of President Hawley, a joint telegram was addressed as follows:' St- Paul. Minn., Nov. 23, 1909. To Mar tin A. Knapp, Chairman Interstate Commerce Commission; to Charles P. Nell. United States Commissioner of Labor. Washington, IX C.t The conference committee of Gen eral Managers of Railways and the Switch- men's T'nlon of Xorth America representing ! the railways of the ' Northwest and the switchmen employed thereon, having been in session at St. Paul, Minn., during the past four days and having failed to agree on certain questions at issue. Jointly invite your good offices as mediators under the Erdman act and request your presence here on Saturday, November 27. to that end. Please wire answer Immediately. (Slfrnod) I. G. Rawn, chairman Managers Commit tee; F. T. Hawley. President Switchmen's Union' of North America." As a result 'of this telegram.7 Monday. No vember 26, was selected as the day for a conference between Messrs. Knapp ard Neil and the representatives of the railroads and switchmen at St. Paul. On or about November 22. before the con ferences with Messrs. Knapp and Neil had begun, despite the understanding reached in the conferences that mediation under the Erdman act should be invoked, and. without the knowledge of either the managers' com mittee or the mediators, a strike order was issued by the switchmen's committee, di recting the switchmen of ths 13 Northern railroads to cease work at 6 P. M. Novem ber 30 in the event that their full demands had not been conceded. This violation of good faith so em barrassed the negotiations that successful mediation became Impossible and led to the demands by Messrs. Knapp and' Nell, ad dressed to both the managers committee and the switchmen, that the controversy be submitted to arbitration under the terms of the Erdman act. To this proposal the man agers' committee gave its willing assent but the switchmen absolutely declined it. The managers" committee believes that the pub lic interests should not sutler decause of a disagreement where a proper method to set tle the- differences is offered through the decision of a disinterested third party under the terms of a Federal law. The statement bears .the signature of I. G. Rawn. chairman, and the following members of, the managers' committee: A. W. Sullivan, W. C. Nixon. J. E. Hur ley, J. M. Gruber, G. T. Slade, A. L, Mohler, F. O. Melcher; R. H. Aishton and r. L. Bush. EXECUTIVES ' WORK IN YARDS Passenger Trains Made Up by Su perintendents and Assistants. SEATTLE. Nov. 30 All the switchmen employed at Pacific Coast terminal points by the Northern Pacific, Chicago. Mil waukee & Puget Sound and Great North ern railroads went on strike at o'clock tonight, following the action of the offi cers of the switchmen's union in calllne out all the men employed on the Northern trans-continental lines west of St. Paul and Duluth. As a result of the walk out not a wheel is turning in the term inal yards at Seattle. Tacoma. Everett or BeUingham. Tonight the roads are making no effort to move freight trains except stock trains-, devoting their attention to the trans continental passenger Service. ine .Northern Pacific and Great North ern are bulleting their eastbound passe n ger trains to leave on time. The trains that have been made since 6 o'clock have been gotten together by the terminal su perintendents and their assistants. Several hundred switchmen are affected in the Pacific Northwest by the strike order. In Seattle 200 men are out. Ta. coma reports 100 more and Everett 30. Advices received from the division points in tne mountains Indicate that the switch men have obeyed the orders to strike and that no freight Is moving out of the yards. . 102 QUIT WORK IN TACOMA Freight Trains Stop, but Officials Say Passengers Will Move. TACOMA. Nov. 30. One hundred and two switchmen employed In the North ern Pacific yards here went out on strike at 6 o'clock tonight. After they had re ceived orders from their representatives In St. Paul, the situation was canvassed. and, according to a previously, made agreement, all the men who were called for night service refused to work. As there is no night work on the Mil waukee & Puget Sound road, the officials of that road do not know whether or not their men will Join the ranks of the strikers. . .. All regular freight trains on the Northern Pacific have been annulled for tonight and the tie-up is practically com plete. Officials are confident that they will he able to keen oassenser trains moving. TWO TRAINS ARE TAKEN OFF Whether Action Is Result of Strike, Montana Agent Ioesn t Know. HELENA, Mont.. Nov. 30. General Agent Richards, of the Northern Pacific, stated tonight that he had just been ad vised that trains Nob. 5 and 6 would be taken off. beginning at St. Paul and Port land today. Whether this is a. temporary arrangement, due to the switchmen's strike, he did not know. Both the North ern Pacific and the Great Northern here have notified shippers that they will not receive any freight until the strike is set tled. Switching in this terminal is done by members. of the Trainmen's Union, all of whom are on duty tonight. It is not be lieved they will go out, for the present at least. The same im true of the Great North ern terminal at Clancy. PORTLAND MEN STAY AT POST Not Affiliated With Striking TTnion, Brotherhood Members Work On. Portland railroad -officials do not ex pect that the switchmen employed in the terminal yards here will become involved In the general strike of these employes which was ordered yesterday at St. Paul. This is explained by the fact that all switchmen employed here are affiliated with the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men and are not associated with tho Switchmen's Union of North America, which inaugurated the strike. There are probably 65 switchmen employed in tho local terminals but not a single man quit his post when the strike order went into effect at 6 o'clock last night. The Northern Pacific Terminal Com pany, .which operates the terminal yards for all railroads entering; Portland, ex cept the Spokane, Portland & Seattle. Is controlled by the Harriman interests, which own 60 per cent of the stock in the corporation. All of the switchmen G. P. RUMMELIN & SONS 126 Established 1870. EXTRA Wednesday Only We will sell 63 new- est Fall and Winter model dresses in silk, broadcloth, French serge, jersey and satin prunella. Made and finished in the best and most perfect style. In black and colors. Selling regularly to $25.00 .; Spec'l $ 1 1 .85 Silk Rain Coats Values to $35 00 At $18.75 47 Novelty Silk Rain Coats in plain, striped and checked silk. Made in a va riety of new models, including the new raglan slip-on styles in black, navy, gray silk moire. employed- by this company are affiliated with the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men and have no relations with the or Ranization which has directed a walkout. There is a possibility that switchmen employed in the North Bank terminal yards, which is owned Jointly by the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern, may become involved in the strike should the contest prove sl protracted one. Iast nl&ht. however, every employ, in the Hill terminals in this city, who might be concerned in the strike order. remained on duty and the movement of freight cars was continued without In terruption. "We do not expect the strike to extend to our terminals in any way, said Gen eral Manager O'Brien, of 'the Harriman lines, last night. "None of the switch men employed in the terminals of the Northern Pacific Terminal Company Is connected with the organization which has called tne strike. Our employes have made no complaint and so far as we are advised, have no grievance of their own and are not Interested in the contro versy which has resulted in tonight: walkout on some of the railroads In the Northwest. XOXUXION MEX STAY AT WORK Billings, Mont., Xot at. AH Knibar rassed by Strike Order. BIL.LINGS. Mont.. Nov. 30. Only seven switcnmen. tnree from the Great North ern yards and four from the Northern Pacific, left their work this evening In compliance with the strike order of the Switchmen s Union. The remainder of the 30 or more men emoloven at thi: point are not members of the union and a-e not In sympathy with the strike. ' At tre laurel yards 11 men left their work Ehipments of freight were refused late yesterday afternoon. The passenger busi ness is being bandied by the crews of 1 ' "- pawenger trams and there are enougn local switchmen who are not on strike to take care of the business In th local yards and between this city and tha rounanoupe at laurel. Second Street, Bet Wasnington and Alder NECKWEAR AND MUFFS Made in Alaska Sable, Mink, Black Lynx, Fox, Ermine, Etc. Alaska Sealskins,London dye, Our Specialty Jur Turbans Fur Robes-Fur Rugs-Fur Gloves SEND FOR CATALOGUE Store Open Saturday F'venlDK'. Both Phones Main 481, A 7318. 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