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just as clearly and undeniably to the
conservation of every interest and
necessity of the people.
The conservation point of view has
been education as it is in forestry. 1t
to the earth and its minerals. Mu-
nicipal franchises are so properly
within its sphere as franchises for
water power. 1t is patent to the sub
! jeet of the good roads as to that of
waterways, and the training of our
! people in effective citizenship is as
germane to 1t as the increase of pro-
ductiveness in our soils. Conservation
the application of common sense to the
common problems for the common
good, will lead directly to efficiency
wherever it is given control. We are
coming to see that conservation
will have two great results: To con-
serve the natural resources which guar
antees our welfare and to lead our
people to greater wisdom and effec-
tiveness in every department of our
common life. The outcome of con-
servation is national efficiency.
Commends ROOsevelts Policies.
| President Roosevelt himself said
that the policy of conservation was
the most typical example of the poll
cies which bear his mark. Fruitful,
vital and beneficial, these policies are
both deeply needed and widely cher
\ ished by our people. AS a nation we
are fortunate at this time (as l said
in my recent speech at Spokane) In
this fact above all others, that the
great man who gave his name to
these policies has for his successor
another great president whose admin
istration is most solemnly pledged to
support them.
Teal UphOlds PinchOt.
| Portland, Aug 26.-Joseph n. Teal
OF Portland, Ore, member of the joint
committee on conservation, yesterday
delivered the Keynote" address of the
opening session of the first National
conservation congress.
Teal spoke directly and did not
mince words
"At the bottom moral question is
involved" he said, 'and moral ques-
tions are never settled until they are
than any one man or set of men. 1t
is not a matter that involves some
lmere detail of administration. 1t is
Inot a question as to the construction
Eof some law, but the saving of the
heritage of all the people in the in
terest of all the people. Forces have
been set in motion which cannot now
be stayed. Unquestionaby the contest
Twill be bitter. With the enormous
stake at issue, victory will not be
complete until every possible effort OF
private interests to absorb the rich
prizes has been exhausted.
Conservation means that the well
fare of the people as a whole should
be considered rather than the enrich
ment of the few. The people are
awakening and the battle is now on
for the preservation of the rights of
the public to the public wealth"
Vested Interests Uphold Vested Rights
Teal argued that it Is morally wrong
for congress or any state Legislature
to grant rights to the public domain
in perpetuity, because the present gen.
Grafton, he said, has no right to legis-
late for future ones which have their
own problems to work out and their
own lives to live.
when any attempt is made to cor
rect evils resulting from this miscon-
ception of power, or misconduct of
our representatives, straightway there
is drafted into service the time saw
ing and ancient defender of every
wrong our well known friend, vested
rights. No matter what the basis OF
this right. whether the bloody sword
of the conqueror or the grating al
dermanic here of a Broadway steal
vested rights is there claiming pro-
lection for vested interests No mat
ter if the man who for consideration
rob the people, is clothed in the stripes
! of a convict, the vote he cast is po-
tent enough to grant to his successors
in interest, the ownership of, or the
, right to use exclusively forever and
, often without control streets or other
valuable rights or property belonging
to the people.
The Case of Water Power
"a striking illustration Of what
mean is the policy of granting water
power in perpetuity. If today it were
proposed in this state to grant under
a blanket law all of its water powers
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