Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-11
Although Young It Already Bids
Fair to OvershadoW
ATT the Others.
HE CREATES A SENSATION
CHIEF Forester Charged. That Irrign-s
ton Congress Is Made Tool OF
Corporation Interests.


an example for the nation to copy was
held up to the kindly eonside ton Of
the National rigation congress this
afternoon with the advice that the
life of the oil agnate be studied as
a business ideal. II 6.
was DR.. w. j s NJ Gee, secretary of the
Inland Waterways COM mission at
NVashingt oll,f D. G. y M
4 John d. Rockefeller He said that
though much sneered at the president
goffthe Standard Oil company Is q man
among millions and yet though billion
Eaire he be, there Is no reason why a
million other men cannot be as sue
Hcessful as he.es Il: ,s4
83s& DR. MCGEE was speaking of water
as "a thing which in value to the
human race In proportion to all other
the conservation of water on three par
&ticulars--powe irrigation and trans
&portation. IN
& and Vet, . he said. with water thus
valuable and necessary to the human
race, John ID. Rockefeller charges less
& for gallon&of oil aftersit has passed
many proc sses than a spring
water concern does for agallon Of 5min-
8eral water that has not been treated In
any way. i555 S a5
81 regard Mr. Rock eller as at once
a. generous public benefactor and q
wise and careful business man. He has
had all the opportunity in the world to
exact an exhorbitant toll from the pub
Hlic and yet 4 he charges less for oil.
than is paid every day for common
water. @ 81
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say that the United States government
could do no better than profit by the.
example 8of a business man SO astuteh
and who SO well conselyes natural;
resources.
However. this portion of Or. Me-
Gees speech did not elicit the a pplause,
that followed his address in general
concerning the conservatio ion of natural
energy
PINcHoT CREATES SENSATION.
clifford Pinchot, chief forester Of the
United States. caused 'perha ps the chief
sensation OF the day, beginning with y
+ minute ovation given him when
he tookfthe rostrum and attending with;
IA similar ovation and three cheers
and a tiger" when he ended He took
the occasion to denounce the activi-,
tiles of the water power trust. which,
he said. though still in Its INCEPTION.
bids fair to oyershadowi all other!
trusts. 55issI VIII IA
He charged that the irrigation con-
gress is being made the tool of the COR
J. rorate interests whose agents are be-.
{ ing made members OF important COM
mittees for the purpose of dominating
4 the activities of the congress.
And" said he, ct believe could
poirt out one genial and urbane gem
Ftleman, an attorney for the interests,
who is here now
George S. Long. representing the.
lumbermen OF the northwest, himself;
connected With u big lumber concern
In Seattle. denied that the interests Of
1.-THE lumberinen are inimical to those.
lumberman Is only trying to supply a
healthy demand and that reforestat,ons
Will begin In earnest when the demand
has reached the high price point.
E. T. Allen. United States district
forester, elected applause when he APP
pealed for safe and sane numbering
and for the conservationgof water. Adj
dresses oil this subject also We're made
by p. NJ. Griffith of Wisconsin and e.
T.. Campbell of Canada.
j. N. Teal of the point conservation
committee made an appeal for the en-.
largenent of the scope OF waterways
on the Pacific coast. He pointed out
tthe$pOSSlD1llly OF making naNlEable4th the
Columbia river for distance OF $500
miles by applying the cost of a single
battlcship to the work. He declared
that fiyer transportation is the greatest
of automatic rate adjusters
j. b. Chilberg, president of the
Alaska Yukon-Pa cific exposition at
Seattle, was a speaker in the afternoon
He invited the delegates to attend the;
exposition and concluded with an ap-s
peal for reforestation of the mountains
for the protection of the streams
Alexander Mcpherson, secretary Of
inspection, described the methods In.
vogue in his state for irrigation
A resolution was offered which will
be acted upon Thursday, urging state
Legislatures TO remit a part of the taxes
of farmers who plant trees along the
roads adjoining their property.
EXTRAVAGANCE RESOLUTION.
Politics did not enter the lobby dis
cussions today, but much comment was
heard for and against the resolution,
which will be proposed by Secy. Hooker
of8the board of control, asking a bond
issue of So, 100000 by the national;
government to be loaned to finance ir-
rigation projects.
This afternoon the commercial bodies
of Spokane gave a parade Illustrative
of the commercial development Of the
northwest. The parade passed a huge
reviewing stand occupied by the dele
gates, Two other parades of similar
character will be given before the ond
of the week.