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  • Similar statements apply with, equal \ force to the other important streams i rising within this .region. The revenues of the states within 1 Which the forest reserves should be lo- 1 oated are not such as to encouiage the I belief thalt they could easily afford to 'make the investment, even should their respective legislatures express a willingness to do 'so. The only case in which states have purchased lands for the establishment of a forest reserve aire those of New York and Pennsylvania, two of 'the wealthiest states, and itttie streams to be -protected in these states lie wholly or largely within the limits of the individual states. "Forests under the control and mfan- ageanient of the government in European countries have proved highly profitable invesuments, yielding under difr ferent conditions net proceeds form $1 to nearly $5 per acre. Owing to existing conditions in this country, the proposed government forest reserve w.ouidl not yield so large a lorofit as that of ! European forests, but it is fair to as- I sume that the sales of timber and other forest products from the proposed for- ' est reserve 'would soon be sufficient, to. i imlake it self-sustaining, and even; yield la net return to the government, the j profit increasing in the future.. "In view of the recent storms and freshets throughout the region in ques- I tlon, it is highly important that tne ' government should take prompt action i with respect to this question, to. say ' nothing about the fact that the . . of the forests-covered lands is ra,i*idly , increasing, and they are being purchased and entered upon by lamge lumber companies, which will make it all the more difficult for the goveroranent to secure them at a later date at a reaeon- ■ able price. In the'meantime their value for the purpose of a naititonal forest reserve will have diminished because of the reckless manner in which the titm- !>'-'■ will be cut. "There still remain lit this region tiiKuniaii! Irie h; which have never been invaded 'by the lumbermen, where are to in- found remnants of the splendid liar.I -wood forests in their virgin .- It in 'a imatter of great Interest and import: nice, not only to men of science, but. to the American public, that exami- ■plos iif such forests should remain on the slopes of our greatest mountains in tie ..astern half or the continent and in a territory in whtjeh is to Ibe found •the greatest variety of haird-wood trees and 'associated vegetation to ibe found anywhere on the continent. "The necessity for prompt action on the part of congress is urgent, and I trust that the bill now under 'consideration may become a law during the present session.' "In the consideration of this question, among other things the question of the cost of the. proposed forest reserve naturally arises, and I desire to briefly 11 attention to this phase of the meat ion. The coat of mountain lands, ch as are desllirable for the proposed rest reserve, will, under the provis- fts of this bill, range generally from 1 to $3 per acre; but for occasional 'acts, where the timber is exceptional- y fine, the price .may reach $5 per acre. Much of the land is held in bodies ranging from 5,000 to 60,000 acres. It is believed that under the conditions of the bill now under consideration the average i>rice of this forest land iwtffll be between $2 and $2.50 per acre; so that the cost of the 4,000,000 acres proposed as the maximiuim will not exceed $10,000,000. "The methods of procedure in the purchase of these lands under the provisions of this bill are left entirely to the discretion of the secretary of agriculture. In addition to the conddence which that fact within itself inspires, It may also be added that in the bill itself the mode of procedure is safeguarded in every possible way. The bill authorizes the secretary of agriculture to purchase for the purpose of this reserve mountain lands in each of the seven different states, and it wisely leaves the matter largely in his ill tion, which will enable hito to guard against obstructions which mmy appear through speculators and. others." IICUlCLUDEo IE COMPLETES HIS SPEECH ON i THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT BILL. MORE CAUSTIC CRITICISM. "The 111 ly Gospel of the Srenuou* Life"—Senator Pritchnrd Speaks In Favor o* the Bill to Establish This National Park—Resolution for Investigation of Alleged Control ef Cuban Sugar Crop. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 26,-Mr. Carmack, In the Senate to-day, completed the speech on the Philippine government bill, which he began yesterday. He concluded, his exceedingly caustic criticism of the government's policy, and the mate end to which It would lead, concluding by expressing the hops ih.it the administration would turaJrom "the bloody gospel of the strenuous lite to the paths of peace." Mr. Jones, of Nevada, chairman of the Committee on Cumin uses, ported favorably the resolution of the Committee on Relations with Cuba, providing for an in n by Ihat . mittee of the alleged octroi of the in sugar crop anil sugar lands In Cuba. The resolution was atlm Mr. Piatt, of. Connecticut, presented a conference report on the Chinese exclusion Mil, asking that the Senate dl the report, ami insist upon a further conference. He ex i. polnl iv.-iin lie the Senate and those of the i' tint the House conferrees asked the 0 ..liniil.iii stituti by the Senate that portion which proVidea that, the present Chi! exclusion law be extended throui of the present treaty, and remain in force until another treaty shall have been negotiated. Mr. Piatt's motion that the Senate Insist upon Its amendment, and agree to another conference, was agreed to. Messrs. Piatt, of Connecticut; Dillingham, of Vermont, and Clay, of Georgia, were named as conferrees on the part of the Senate. APPALACHIAN PARK. At the oflftfMs!oA'*<bf routine business, Mr. Pritehard, of North Carolina, addressed the Senate in support of the bill for the purchase of a national forest reserve in the Southern Appalachian mountains. Mr. Carmack resumed his speech on the Philippine government bill, which he began yesterday. He read Professor Schur- . man's criticism of the bill, to show that Professor Schurman tielieved that the Philippine government should be administered for the Filipinos. By the tcims of the pending bill, he said, the islands were for the Filipinos, as the pasture was for the sheep-they lived and browsed there In order to raise wool for others to wear, and mutton for others to eat. "If tho carpetbag government you propose to establish in the Philippines he cried "Is not a thousand times better San that which you established in your own country after the civil war may the Lord have mercy upon the people of those 1SMrd3CarmaCk referred to the cabled renorts from Manila that General Smith had acknowledged he had given orders- to make Samar a howling wilderness and to kill all over 10, as horrible beyond the description of words. The programme, be I said, was to practice unheard-of barbarities in the slaughter of the inhabitants, and to have the torch complete the work of elnughter. "When the land is without a home and the country without a people, the word 'pacified' will be written upon the tomb- Btone of the Province of Samar." THE TRUTH COMING OUT. From the very outbreak of hostilities In the Philippines, he declared, there had been a systematic concealment of the truth, which was now coming out. It was now known, he said, that 100,000 people had perished In a single province, containing 300,000 inhabitants, and yet the people of the United States knew nothing of it until recently. The civil government established by this bill, he predicted, would result In recurrent insurrections to be put down by our blood and our treasure. What for? In order that a few rapscallions and carpet-baggers might have unlimited license to thieve and plunder. In the course of his remarks, he called attention to a report that an American corporation which proposed to raise rubber trees In Mindanao, had arranged with the dattos for slave labor, and he had read an amendment he proposed to offer prohibiting tho grant of any franchise to persons or corporations which proposed to employ slave labor. He asked Mr. Lodge if the amendment would be agreeable to him. "I cannot speak for the committee," replied Mr. Lodge. "For myself, It Is perfectly agreeable to mi AGAINST PHILIPPINE STATES. He also gave notice of another amendment he was going to offer to prohibit the entry of the Philippines as States of the Union, ami asked for Mr. Led opinion on that, but the latter declll • il In reply categorically. Mr. Dolllver, of Iowa, however, asked Mr. Carmack to define his own position, having tlrst Invel ;i holding the islands in .tlsm," and being now solicitous lost iinv ii.. admitted as States, Mr. Carm tided that his own po sition w.im clear, while the carpel gari ■ wiv plundering and control "f tin- islands, he tald, tin. i provided in ii.- just winii they wanted. When they hint everything they wanted, i" WOUld el.nniii- I'm- American m a mi.Hcn.n Statehood. South Appalachian Park. The bill for I'n'e 'establis'.mrent of a national forest reserv/ i-n I Appalachians has betn reported ably in Congress. Nothing should permitted to prevent its becomin,.: act. It authorizes the purchase 4,00,000,000 acres of land in the mountain region extending from Southern Virginia and West Virginia to Northern Alabama and Georgia, touching South Carolina and Tennessee and containing not only the greatest, variety of timber in the country, but what it of equal importance, the head springs of more than a dozen important rivers emptying into the Atlantic ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. The passage of the bill is of prime importance to secure conditions whereby the value of these streams for transportation and irrigation, and as sources of industrial and commercial power, may be maintained, if not increaso'l, and -to give practical encouragement to the. development of scientific forestry, the necessity for which is becoming every year more recognized.
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