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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1919. HOT WARNS BILL WILL ROB PEOPLE OF LftNDS Former Chief Forester Says Meas ure in Senate Strikes at Coal, Oil and Phosphate in West. CONSERVATION IS IN DANGER Important Work Done by Presi dent Roosevelt for Public Ben efit Is in Danger of Failure. Philadelphia, Feb. 19. Gifford Plnchbt, who was chief forester under President Roosevelt, says that the conference re port to the United States senate and house on the proposal to "lease" 60.000. 000 acres of coal, oil and phosphate lands in Western states and Alaska amounts to a proposal to sell these lands outright to private corporations and individuals. The report, he says, will deprive the public of the marvelous resources" of these lands. Within the next few days, Mr. Plnchot says, congress will take action on the bill submitted by the senate and house committees. This action "will decide either to use these lands for the public benefit under public control or to lay them open to private exploitation." Mr. Pinchot adds : "This measure is of more lasting im portance to the people of this country than any other now before congress. The American people are in danger of losing ownership and control of most of the natural resources that still re main In their hands. BUI Is Camouflage ?This bill is called a conservation bill. It is not. It is called a leasing Din. in iaci, ii n m. tainuuii6cu at tempt not ,to lease but to sell these resources out of public use and control. ' Ten years, ago President Roosevelt, roused by the looting of our public lands, began the long fight to secure the benefits of their resources for the American people. In a message to the second session of the Fifty-ninth con gress, he said : 'It is not wise that the nation should alienate Its remaining coal . This bill opens them to alienation. It also repeals the hard won law which now permits the coal lands of Alaska to be developed under lease, but protects them from being sold into private hands. "President Roosevelt remade the nav of the United States and held its wel fare as the apple of his eye. This bill Is so vaguely drawn as apparently to deprive the navy of Its reserves of Alaskan coal, which may be so vital to its power in the Pacific He also de nounced the effort of the enemies of conservation to turn the naval oil re serves over to prompt exhaustion through private ownership. What he denounced this bill puts through. Wavy Will Keed' Coal "The house has just passed the largest naval bill in the world's history. Why should congress jeopardize the coal and 11 for which the navy asks and on w.hlch its strength may finally depend? "For the sake of farmer and consumer alike. It was President Roosevelt who saved the great, sources of fertility In our phosphate lands for the common good. This bill undoes his work. "Again. It was President Roosevelt who set aside the grand canyon of the Colorado, the greatest scenic wonder of the world, for the free enjoyment of the people. This bill opens its lands to pri vate application and overthrows his purpose. 'This bill endangers the national for ests, of which President Roosevelt set aside for public use more acres than all other presidents combined. "Are the government departments af fected asking for this measure? Is the secretary of the navy for It? Is the at torney peneral? or the secretary of the interior? or the secretary of agriculture? "Neither the people of the West nor any others will find the cost of coal or gasoline or fertilizer reduced by allow ing the title to these public resources to pass to private interests. Measure Tfeeds Revision We have waited long for this bill. If necessary, let us wait the few ad ditional days required to get it right. There is no need totfam !t through. "This is not the bill whose leasing pro visions, as introduced in the house, had so much to recommend them. It is the house bill denatured by many of the worst provisions from the senate bill. "This bill Is a direct attack on the Roosevelt conservation policies policies nitii ncie, gi ulu, ine most peculiarly his own, and it comes at a time when congress, the nation and the world have paid him such a tribute of recognition and respect as was never known before. "In Colonel Roosevelt's last message to our people lie said : -We have room for but one loyalty and that is loyalty to the American people." If he was loyal to the interests of the American people then this bill is not. If Roosevelt was right this bUl is wrong. Vigorous efforts will be made to 1am this bill through before its character is generally ascertained. There is no ques tion on which side public opinion will stand once the people know the Tacts." Barrage ' Is Most Wonderful, Most Terrifying Sight TH never forget the first barrage I saw or heard," said Kent Freeman, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Freeman of 1142 Woodward avenue, who saw 72 days on service at the front. "The concussion of the air as those great guns I believe thousands of them belched out their fire is unexplainable. The whole earth and the very air . seemed to tremble. We were ordered to the front one day and allowed to retire at night. We didn't know what was coming off. At 1 o'clock sharp the whole St. Mihiel salient started to fire at once. I think I was out of bed two seconds after one, and with the rest of my comrades I rushed outside and watched the most wonderful and yet the most terrifying sight I ever beheld in my life. I never will be able to explain the profound effect that first barrage had on me." Like many of the other Portland boys. Freeman wanted the parade to be short, and the banquet in The -Auditorium short, so he could reaeTi home, place his feet under mother's table once more and taste the good things that only mother knows how to make. JOHN DOUGALLVILL HEAD BIG CAMPAIGN FOR NEAR EAST RELIEF Drive Will Be National in Scope, and City Is Expected to Give $73,200 as Its Quota. STOP BACKACHE! RUB LUMBAGO RIGHT OUT Here's instant relief! No pain, sore ness, stiffness after rubbing with St. Jacobs Liniment." Public May Witness Rotary Club Stunts Jesse A- Currey, director of publicity for the northwest conference of Rotary clubs, which will be held at The Auditor ium Thursday and Friday, with a "play day" continuance on Saturday, an nounced Tuesday morning that the pub lic will be admitted beginning Thursday noon to the. balconies and galleries of The Auditorium to witness the stunts to be staged by the representatives of the Rotary clubs in Vancouver and Vic toria, B. C, Everett. Bellingham. Seattle and- Tacoma and Spokane. The public will also be admitted on Friday evening to witness spectacular features. Drops Revolver in Car; Shot Hits Foot Captain Walter B. Gleeson of 583 East Twenty-second street north, accidentally dropped his revolver in a streetcar while riding across the Hawthorne bridge and as the gun hit the floor of the car It discharged, the bullet striking the cap tain in the foot. He was removed to St. Vincents hospital for medical aid. Seasoned si ah wood and inside wood, green stamps for cash. Holman Fuel Co. Main 353. A-3353. Adv. John Dougall. well known Portland business man and active as a captain In the last Liberty loan campaign, will act as general of the big drive for $73,200 to be conducted the week of March 3-10 by the local American committee for re lief in the Near East. This announcement was made Tuesday by Ben Selling, state treasurer for the relief committee, following a conference of local committee members and work ers with Henry Morganthau. member of the national executive committee, just before his departure the evening before. Mr. Selling expressed his gratification in securing Mr. Dougall as chief of the city organization for the big drive, which has been twice postponed because of the recent influenza epidemic and other unfavorable conditions. 'This drive is of national scope." said Mr. Selling, "the objective being a $30,000,000 fund. Many of the other states have already completed their cam paigns and raised their quotas, and even in our own state several of the counties have their drives well under way or have already raised their quotas. We expect to work at top-speed, and to put over a whirlwind campaign here in Portland, and to raise our quota of $73,200 or better, without great difficulty. Mr. Dougall is now at work getting his captains and workers together, and by the first of next week we hope to have a fine organization. Through Mr. Morganthau's personal account of the terrible condi tions in Armenia and other countries overrun by the unspeakable Turks, and through the abundent literature now cur rent on this subject, the public should bo familiar already with the great neet. for this relief fund, and as soon as the proper appeal is made we are sure every man. woman and child in the city will be glad to give generously in order that food and clothing may be sent to t" --ce hungry and naked people. Their suf ferings are Indescribable ; and, despite our best efforts, millions of them must starve to death. At least, as Mr. Mor ganthau so earnestly entreats, let us save enough of these people so that their races may not perish for ever from the face of the earth." Night Foreman Sets Blaze in'Car Barns, Threatening School Fire threatened the East Anfceny car barns and the Kern school about 4:15 o'clock Tuesday morning when the night foreman of a wrecking gang failed to understand the orders of the day fore man and set a streetcar on fire instead of setting a pile of brush on fire. En gine 12, under command of Captain Roberts, responded and extinguished the blaze. According to Captain Fred Day of the fire marshal's office, V. N. Hay, day foreman, was wrecking an old car at the barn. He left orders with the night crew to burn up the old siding as soon as the car had been wrecked. A. Liar sen, night foreman, is said to have mis understood the orders and instead of finishing the wrecking, ordered his crew to pile the day crew's wreckage against the car and se it on fire. A real fire soon followed that threatened the de struction of hundreds of streetcars and the Kern school, across the street. averaging' from five to -la Items to a single laid, the sales department records show. This, departmental beads de clare, means 15,000 items to be classi fied. It is this classification and tabu lation which is now under way with all speed possible from a greatly augmented working, force. The property and equipment of the spruce division ranges from picks and shovels f to I steam railway linos, from lumber logging tools to limousines. . The port of Seattle Is said to be one of the heaviest single bidders, making offerings on a wide variety of equipment. Seek More Sales' w By Lower Prices Washington, Feb. 19. (U. P.) George M. Peek of Mollne, JIU formerly with the war Industries board, has been ap pointed chairman of the new price con ference board. . Secretary RedfieUI an-; nounced Tuesday. Other members of tlw committees- will , be chosen by reek. Through the, committee, the government hopes to aid industry to get back on a peace time basis .with' increased busi ness through lower prices. SPRUCE EQUIPMENT BIDS WILL BE GIVEN MLITARY SURVEY Total of 1550 Bids Were Re ceived by Government at Re . cent Auction at Vancouver. Acceptance or rejection of bids sub mitted on $10000,000 worth of property and equipment of the spruce production division. United States signal corps, will begin today, according to official an nouncement today. By the end of the week the task of disposing of the vast amount of property and equipment is expected to be com plete. Despite the intention of the sales de partment of the division speedily to dis pose of the paraphernalia, which was advertised for sale to highest bidders some weeks ago after suspension of spruce production following the armis tice, a flood of bids from all over the United TStates- and even sections of Canada has occasioned unavoidable de lay. 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