The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-23
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In acquiring these great Dodles Oh eoai
and oil. timber and phosphatea Are
thev not his ownf Whose business is
II ANYHOW how he mines or how he cuts
his luusber9 OF course he does 1t IN
tbe way that yields the largest returns.
That s what he is in business for. F1fty
ner cent. of the coal wasted7 -AH the
Young underground killeds Well, that's
because it doesn t pay to save it. You
don It expect him to waste his own ana
mis- stockholders money in OUTLAWS that
bring no return do yous so he 1usses
and fumes. He has not changed, nut
his standing in his community has. IL
is irritating beyond understanding. he
NAV even be threatened with indiet-
snei,t becanse it is found that he has
acquired his large holdings OF coal or
of timber in the usual way by using
dummy entrymen. He, the most proml-
nent man in the community criminals
IneoneeivabIe Who is this man Pm.
chot anvhow9 What is conservation
A fool and his fad. A dreamer and his
dream. Away with them. Let us have
a business administration.
This type of man has been passed
IN the evolution of public opinion.
few years ago he represented the
normal. usual attitude toward his busi-
ness. But the public conscience has
developed and now he represents only
ain irritated and decreasing minority.
But he has rights that must be re-
snected. He is not criminal in intent.
He deserves and will receive a hearing
and time to comprehend the change
nd t0 aR I
There is much discussion of and
much interest in, the attitude of the
present national administration toward
The conservation policies. The ultra
eonservationists profess to fear COM
plete reaction, while the enemies of the
movement seem to be afraid that after
all President Taft in his quiet but eff
fective way will prove as strong a.
friend of the doctrine as Mr.. Roose-
welt himself.
So far as we can Judge by the pub
lie utteranees of the President, the
truth as usual lies between these ex-
tremes. Tt is likely that Mr.. Taft
believes that too much has been claim
ed for conservation, and too much de-
fnanded in its name. He may think
that the movement has grown some
that too rapidly and that some prun-
ing is necessary in order that the final
growth may be well balanced. thor
oughIy healthy and truly vigorous. AS
an experienced statesman he knows
that progress in any great public move
men3 consists in series of advances
and recessians, each advance being
greater than the succeeding recession,
and an improvement over the preeed
ing advance in direction and yigor.
Ii may / think be accepted that he
regards his function in relation to this
policy like his function in relation TO
many other OF the Roosevelt policies,
namely that Of placing them upon a
firm legal basis. He is essentially a
great lawyer and great judge. Mr..
Roosevelt is essentially q great propa
gandist. The two men are close
friends and served together in various
relations throughout the Roosevelt
regime. Each Is a man OF vigorous
militant honesty, with high sense of
justice and fair dealing and high
ideal of citizenship and craftsmanship.
But in their methods of dealing with
men and problems they are wide apart.
No one | believe recognizes these facts
more clearly than the men themselves.
Mr.. Roosevelt has stated that he be-
lieves Mr.. Taft, the ideal man to
round out the work already begun. Mr..
Taft has repeatedly reiterated his be.
lief in the Roosevelt policies We can
not doubt then that Mr.. Taft viii en-.
deavor to right by legal methods the
inequalities and the injustices to which
the national attention has been called
by Mr.. Roosevelt in stirring messages
that were received with popular plaud
its but fell on deaf legislative ears;
and that he viii use every endeavol
to have translated into statutes the
many strong constructive policies enun
eiated by Mr.. Roosevelt and advanced
through their preliminary stages by
him. in some cases by the temporary
device of presidential decree
Conservation is one of these poll
eies. We may expect to see it Topped
free of such fads and impraeticablt
doctrines as have been attached to il
by false or unwise friends and thus
improved we have every reason to ex
pect that it will receive Mr.. Taft 4
vigorous and effective support. In
deed many practical steps are now be
Ing taken in quiet way toward the
enfore elnent of conservation principles
l may mention one striking example
that illustrates the tendency Goa
lands that form part of the public do
main Of the United States are NJ
longer sold for $1.25 per acre but ar.
now purchasable only at a price based
on the quality of the coal, its rela
tion to transportation and its estimat
ed tonnage. Under this policy maxi
mum prices of 5000 per acre are being
paid and these receipts go to swell tn,
Reclamation fund. This is indeed
practical conservation, and conserva
tion of this type in which you here il
Hawaii are especially interested, an,
in the PRONUNCIATION of which unde
the leadership of your territorial off
Gals YOU have already taken such ad
vaneed ground, is sure to go on.
The conservation movement, although
its name and its great prominence ar
recent, is not new. Like all great
right movements, it has long beel
growing slowly and had really acquire,
much quiet momentum before it foun,
powerful advocate in Theodore Roose
Welt
Men here and there all over tn