Hearings Before the Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives, on S. 5054: An Act to Provide for the Disposal of Timber Upon Public ... and for Other Purposes (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Hearings Before the Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives, on S. 5054: An Act to Provide for the Disposal of Timber Upon Public Lands Chiefly Valuable for Timber, and for Other Purposes
The committee this day met at 10.30 o'clock a.m., Hon. John F.Lacey in the chair.
The Chairman. Gentlemen, we will take up Senate bill 5054, an act to provide for the disposal of timber on public lands chiefly valuable for timber, and for other purposes. This bill proposes to repeal the timber and stone act, and to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell the timber by public outcry or otherwise, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, instead of by the present methods; the timber to be first appraised, and public notice given of the time, manner, and place of sale, etc.
I would say to the committee that I have invited some members from each one of the States that are mainly affected by this bill to be present at this hearing this morning, so that we might give them opportunity to express their wishes thereon. There are a good many other gentlemen here who are perhaps not members, but who may want to be heard also.
Mr. Needham. I suggest that we hear those who are opposed to the bill first, and get their objections to it.
Mr. Fordney. Mr. Chairman, I was just going to suggest the reverse. I would like to hear what reasons there are for repealing the present timber and stone act.
Mr. Mondell. There are quite a number of gentlemen who want to be heard, and it might be well to limit the time, and if all have not been heard, then give further time to any gentlemen later on, after all the gentlemen present have been given opportunity briefly to be heard.
Mr. Needham. I think we ought to have full hearings, and let everybody have opportunity to speak at length.
The Chairman. We have a little more than an hour now.
Mr. Miller. I think Mr. Fordney's suggestion a good one, and I should think that we had better hear first gentlemen who are in favor of the repeal of the law, and let them determine among themselves who of them shall present the matter from their standpoint.
Mr. Hogg. If there are to be any further hearings I would like to have opportunity to appear before the committee on this Question, because it is one of a great deal of importance to us in Colorado. But there are others here who will take up the time, and I would prefer to be given some time at a future hearing.
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The committee this day met at 10.30 o'clock a.m., Hon. John F.Lacey in the chair.
The Chairman. Gentlemen, we will take up Senate bill 5054, an act to provide for the disposal of timber on public lands chiefly valuable for timber, and for other purposes. This bill proposes to repeal the timber and stone act, and to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell the timber by public outcry or otherwise, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, instead of by the present methods; the timber to be first appraised, and public notice given of the time, manner, and place of sale, etc.
I would say to the committee that I have invited some members from each one of the States that are mainly affected by this bill to be present at this hearing this morning, so that we might give them opportunity to express their wishes thereon. There are a good many other gentlemen here who are perhaps not members, but who may want to be heard also.
Mr. Needham. I suggest that we hear those who are opposed to the bill first, and get their objections to it.
Mr. Fordney. Mr. Chairman, I was just going to suggest the reverse. I would like to hear what reasons there are for repealing the present timber and stone act.
Mr. Mondell. There are quite a number of gentlemen who want to be heard, and it might be well to limit the time, and if all have not been heard, then give further time to any gentlemen later on, after all the gentlemen present have been given opportunity briefly to be heard.
Mr. Needham. I think we ought to have full hearings, and let everybody have opportunity to speak at length.
The Chairman. We have a little more than an hour now.
Mr. Miller. I think Mr. Fordney's suggestion a good one, and I should think that we had better hear first gentlemen who are in favor of the repeal of the law, and let them determine among themselves who of them shall present the matter from their standpoint.
Mr. Hogg. If there are to be any further hearings I would like to have opportunity to appear before the committee on this Question, because it is one of a great deal of importance to us in Colorado. But there are others here who will take up the time, and I would prefer to be given some time at a future hearing.
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