The United States forest policy . Cong. Rec, June 14, 1880, 4538 96 In 1887, the Secretary of the Interior estimated the annual loss from firealone at over $7,000,000. In 1909, the National Conservation Commission estimatedthe loss from forest fires since 1870 at $50,000,000 annually. (Report, Sec. of Int.,1887, 22: S. Doc. 676; 60 Cong. 2 sess., Vol. I, 20.) 97 Fountain, The Eleven Eaglets, 75: Proceedings, Am. Forestry Assoc, 1891-92-93, 123-126; 1894-95-96, 149, 150: Proceedings, Am. Forestry Congress, 1885, 59,60: Forestry and Irrigation, Feb., 1906, 93. For state laws regarding forest fir
The United States forest policy . Cong. Rec, June 14, 1880, 4538 96 In 1887, the Secretary of the Interior estimated the annual loss from firealone at over $7,000,000. In 1909, the National Conservation Commission estimatedthe loss from forest fires since 1870 at $50,000,000 annually. (Report, Sec. of Int.,1887, 22: S. Doc. 676; 60 Cong. 2 sess., Vol. I, 20.) 97 Fountain, The Eleven Eaglets, 75: Proceedings, Am. Forestry Assoc, 1891-92-93, 123-126; 1894-95-96, 149, 150: Proceedings, Am. Forestry Congress, 1885, 59,60: Forestry and Irrigation, Feb., 1906, 93. For state laws regarding forest fires,see Hough, Report on Forestry, II, 30 et seq. 92 UNITED STATES FOREST POLICY introduced,98 nothing was accomplished. In 1890, President Harrisonsent a message to Congress asking for legislative relief, and SenatorPaddock of Nebraska tried to secure this. Paddocks bill passed theSenate in spite of the opposition of Senator Teller, who argued thatthe United States had no right to regulate the public lands within thestates, but i
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