Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-11

tion can doubt that the time for effect
i've protest is very short. If we do not
use it to protect ourselves now, we may
be very sure that the trust will give
hereafter small consideration to the
welfare of the average citizen when in
conflict with its own.
THE man who really counts is the
plain Ameican citizen. This Is the
man for whom the Roosevelt policies
were created, and his welfare is the
end to which the Roosevelt policies
lead. AS a nation we are fortunate at
this time 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
the support of them.
L stand for the Roosevelt policies
because they set the common good of
all of use above the private gain of
some of us; because they recognize the
livelihood of the small man as more
important to the nation than the profit
of the big man; because they oppose
all useless waste at present at the
cost of robbing the future; because
they demand the complete, sane, and
orderly development OF all our natur-
al resources, not forgetting our rivers:
because they insist upon equality of
opportunity and denounce monopoly
and special privilege; because discard
ing false issues, they deal directly
with the vital questions that really
make a difference with the welfare of
us all-the most of all, because in
them the plain American always ana
everywhere holds the first place. And
] propose to stand for them while I
have the strength to stand for any
thing"
Denies Interests Are Inlmical
George S. Long representing the
lumbermen of the northwest himself
connected with a big lumber concern
in Seattle. denied the interests Of the
lumbermen We're inimical to those of
the consumer, He said the lUmberman
was only trying to supply healthy de-
mand and that reforestation would be
gin i'm earnest when the demand had
reached the high price point.
f. T. Allen, United States district
forester, brought applause upon him
self when he appealed for safe and
sane numbering and the conservation
Of water
Addresses ON this subject were made
also by +. NJ Griffith of Wisconsin
ana e. r. Campbell of Canada.
j. ~ Teal of the joint conservation
committee made an appeal for the en-
largement of the scope of waterways
on the Pacific coast. He showed the
possibility of making navigable tha
Columbia river for distance of 250l
miles by applying the cost of single
battleship to the work.
He declared that river transportation
was the greatest of automatic rate ad-
iusters, and cited the case of the CO.
lumbia river improvement recently
made.
J. f. Chiiberg. president of the
Alascka- Yukon Pacific exposition at
Seattle, was "a speaker in the afternoon.
lie invited the delegates to attend the
exposition and concluded with an APP
peal for conservation through reforesta-
tion i'm the mountains for the protec-
tion of the streams.
Describes Irrigation Methods
Alexander Mcpherson, secretary Of
the Idaho state board of horticultural
inspcction. described the methods i'm
vogue i'm his state for irrigation
A resolution was offered which will ho
acted upon Thursday, urging upon state
legislatures that proportion of the
taxes Of farmers be remitted where
these farmers shall have planted trees
along the roads adjoining their prop
ertE.
Politics did not enter the lobby dis
y
heard for and against the resolution,
which will be proposed by Secretary
Hooker of tho board of control asking
"a bond issue Of $5OOO.O00 0O00 00O by the
national government, to be used as an
irrigation FUND which may be loaned TO
iIrieators unable to carry out projects
which need only financial aid to make
them Immensely valuable,
It is expected that this resolution Will
call forth much discussion, and opinions
are pretty evenly divided.
This afternoon the commercial bodies
bave parade illustrative of the COM
morrial development of the northwest.
The parade passed a huge reviewing
stand occupied by the delegates.
Two other parado4 of "A like character
win he given before the end of .he
week.
New Mining Code Adopted
WASHIN NGTO% Aug lO.-IihcraI in