Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-03
GARFIELD is
OVERLOOKED
COMMITTEE TAKES SECRETARY
FOR PRosPEcToR
HIS PLAIN CLOTHES CONFUSE
BUSINESS MEN
Member of Roosevelt's Cabinet Taken
Over Part of Route of Conduit,
His Department Will Grant
Rights of Way
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serve the people of the west to their best
interests" he said, "is by becoming ac-
| quainted with them and their desires.
To make these acquaintances is the OBJ
ject of my trip
The secretary passed few pleasantries
and then urged the cooperation of men
of business in the question Of holding
| public lands.
| He recited that Ohio almost before the
people of that state realized it, had failed
| to obtain the benefits which it might
have had from lands and other resources,
| because the state had not awakened to
| land values, nor to the fact that monop-
| olies were creeping in.
At the chamber of commerce a quarter
of an hour later President w. d. Stephens
introduced to a large assemblage Senator
Flint, who in turn introduced Secretary
Garfield
The senator referred to Mr.. Garfield's
youth-he is only Al years of age-and
spoke of the great responsibilities which
devolve upon him as the head of a great
department of the government.
I'VE know that his department will do
everything in it's power to further the
Owens river project" declared Senator
Flint, and there was prolonged applause,
which was duplicated when the senator
referred to the secretarys father, James
"a. GdIutlu, anu IcuOuDlCu WITCH IiC oSS-
retary himself was introduced.
Great Opportunities in West
Mr. Garfield spoke first of his apprecia-
tion of the fiattering reception accorded
him in Los Angeles.
II have come into the west" he said,
"to learn the needs of the people of the
west, and / have found out that the
greatest opportunities ever presented to
the people of the United States are right
here In the west"
storm of applause followed this state
ment, and the secretary was again cheered
when he said that there is no longer a
boundary between east and west; that
the Mississippi river means nothing.
MANY have pursued the phantom called
west" he declared, but there is no west.
The same spirit which actuated the
earliest settlers of the east, that of over
coming obstacles, has actuated the spirit
of the so-called westerner, and we are all
alike"
The secretary spoke against monopolies.
stating that wood, fuel water and all
other utilities must be held by the people
for the uses of all the people.
Referring to railroads. he mentioned the
monopolies which existed in early days,
and paid the present administration a
pretty compliment by saying that for the
first time in twenty-five years the little
man. and the "big man" are on an equal
| basis when 1t comes to railroad rates.
Competition Made Condition
II was competition among companies
which made the deplorable condition pos
sible, according to the speaker, and he
| was thankful that a remedy had been
| found.
On the water question Mr.. Garfield
aroused his audience to the highest pitch
| of enthusiasm.
why" he asked, has not the city oi
Los Angeles the right to go far away into
| the hills and find water? Who is to pre-
vent this community from bringing to its
very doors that which is as essential
as air?
| "The law gives you the right to go far
| away and get it-and the federal govern
ment, ladies and gentlemen, did all in its
power to clear away the obstacles which
| you were met with.
ut will be my greatest pleasure to do
! all 1 can to help you carry out this
splendid project"
The speaker said that the government
was doing all in its power to prevent
| monopolies controlling the water power
of the country.
"I do not mean by this said he. that
the government will interfere with the
proper use of individual rights. but there
must De no uOS-lL'tue -PoiASJ'
whereby clique obtains the rights to
certain public utilities in their infancy
and holds them from the public until a
profit is held out for a sale"
Stop Waste of Timber
On the subject of forest reserve Secre-
tary Garfield said that the government
had decided that 1t was time to stop the
great waste and misuse of timber which
has been going on for more than fifty
years, and which, if continued, would
cause lumber famine"
There are $50, 100000 acres of land in the
United States devoted to the raising of
timber, and the secretary expressed his
personal wish that there might be more.
The secretary spoke also of the plan OF
the government to prevent coal COM
bine by holding ground beneath the sur
face, which may be readily brought about
by laws governing locations, and he eX-
pressed the opinion that oil should be
controlled by the same measures
II do not mean to attack the vested
rights of any corpora tion," he said, but
those necessities which concern the pub
lie must be held for the use of the pub
lie rather than for the benefit of the few
'I have no use for a man who stands
to one side and denounces the politician;
nor have l any use for politician who
abuses his office But politics, my friends,
Is a profession in which every true Amer
lean citizen should be an adept, and those
who say they are against the politician
because he is a politician are not good
citizens"
Pays Tribute to Women
Secretary Garfield paid a pretty trib-
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