The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-25
PRESIDENT WARMLY
GR[[TS FORESTER
Meeting Of Taft and PinchOt in
Presence of Ballinger an
Interesting Incident
Secretary OF Interior and Chief
of Bureau Fail to Speak
to Each Other

of fact and see exactly what it is that
we are doing in order to measure what
we have accomplished in the way Oh
! government by the people. Take so,-
| 600 900 or 10000, 600 of people-f 1
were speaking in the conservative east
I should say so, but speaking in the
/ ina ginative west, whose thoughts are
| elevated by the mountains around anu
| the clear air, I will say so. Now. In
| some way or other we have to interpret
into controlling force the resultant
united opinion of those SO.000.o00 or
80, 900 900 people and put IL INTO
government direction. Hence IL is
| that we have to make a continuous
compromise and each section has got
to give ND something in order that
other sections, themselves giving UP
| something, shall agree with them IN
| the resultant legislation and the re-
sultant administration.
Talks of Beet Sugar.
| Now, just for instance. because | al
ways like to deal with delicate subjects,
take the matter of beet sugar l am
very much interested to help along
some people for whom I was long
| time the only representative. and that
kind of informal representative In
Washington, by letting some of their
sugar. was in favor of letting all
their sugar-into this market, because
I did not think it would hurt You out
| here a bit You are going ahead so
rapidly that when 1 talk with man
out here and he Is not thinking OF the
tariff he will tell me tales of the manu-
facture of sugar that will just make me
| think I want to invest all my money
in 1t at once. But what did we do?
We compromised. and we said TO the
people of the Philippine islands, We
| will let you into our market to the
| extent of 100000 tons, and no more;
| and then the home industry will go on;
will not be injured certainly by that
Importation And we made the COM
promise.
| Now, that is what we do in congress,
and through the executive all the time;
| and while theoretically that may seem
| a rather rule of thumb method of gov
eminent, in the long run as you look
back through the history of the coun-
try you will find that the course pur-
sued. which was the result of compro-
missing the views of the many into one
! sound and middle course, was very
much better than If we had followed
some doctrinaire and tried to follow his
theory to the uttermost
In other words, we can trust to the
| common sense of the American people
| through their representatives to work
| out the problems we have, and In. that
working out to give effect to the views
of all the people, not all the effect TO
the view of every one, but to give some
effect to the views of all, and under that
system it is perfectly true what Sena-
| tor Smoot says that we have the best
/ government on earth, and i, represent
| ing that government, / have attempted
| to take journey through the country
| of some Is 900 or $4,000 miles for the
afn II
can, that every man, woman and child.
| born or naturalized. in this country has
! voice and a right to be heard at
| Washington, and that his interests are
the subject of careful consideration by
| those who represent the government at
that place. 1t is, / hope. not a partisan
| journey and will not be regarded as
| such.
II congratulate you on the wealth
! your valley shows and on the industry
| of the toiling hours that 1t indicates
| the inhabitants of this valley have
| given to the production of the wealth
which is yours. 1 congratulate you on
| the institutions of learning that you
| have. congratulate you on every evil
dence that you are community or law,
abiding by the laws of your country,
and determined that every community
| of which you are a part shall be
| lawful community.
MuSt OpnOl0 the Law
Il can not speak too emphatically
| on this subject because at times there
! is a disposition to trample down law
| with the theory that we reach some
| greater object; but on the whole ii will
| be found that the best way to do if the
! laws are not right is to obey them
and repeal them, but all the time hold
| ing the law up as something to be re-
! spected until by the popular voice you
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| the effect of the law then you might as
| we'll give up government, and if we are
| not to have government and are to have
| anarchy and socialism, to be governed
| by committee that is going to appor-
ton what belongs to each man and not
allow the ordinary laws of supply and
demand and of reward for industry,
and lack of reward for negligence
| apply-then all / have got to say is
that 1 want to be on the committee
that makes the apportionment.
Now my friends. l have talked
great deal longer than l intended to-
but when you have got an audience
that responds as well as you do there
is temptation to go on and continue
to talk. I can only add a renewed ex-
preston of my gratitude for your cor
dial reception. and as you have said
God bless our president 1 want to
say, God bless the people of Provo"
At the dinner tonight at Fort Doug
las President Taft spoke briefly in
compliment of the service rendered to
the country by the regular army
Among the guests at the dinner was
Chief Forester Clifford Pinchot. Secre-
tary Ballinger also was invited, but /
the last moment declined The sec
rotary has been suffering from sore
throat for several days.
Pinchot contemplates returning east
| tomorrow. He. had no. engagement to
meet President Taft when he came to
the city today. Friends of Pinchot
secuted the idea today that the chief
forester had at any time entertained
the thought of resigning from the
service.