The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-11
REFERS TO OIL
TRUST CHIEF
BENEFACTOR
DIR. w. j. McGee Insists John D.
Charges Less for Fluid
Than Water BarOnS
Says Government Could Well
Profit by Example of Astute
Businessman

try not only with arms. but with his
vote and his contribution to public /
opinion as the man with a permanent !
stake in it-the man who owns the
land from which he makes his living"
ROCKEFELLER A PHILANTHROPIST
John d. Rockefeller as phipalthro-.
pist and as an example for the nation |
10 copy was held up to the kindly con-
sideration Of the national irrigation
congress this afternoon with the adj
Vice that the life of the oil magnate
be studied as a business ideal
The newest exponent of Rockefeller
was DR.. W. ). MCGEE. secretary of the
inland waterways commission of Wash
inetOn. D. c.
DR.. MCGEE frankly said he admired
John d. Rockefeller He said though
much sneered at. the president of the
Standard oil is a man among millions.
and yet though Millionaire he be, there
IS no reason why a million other men
can not be as successful as he.
DR.. MCGEE was speaking Of water as
& thing which in value to the human
race in proportion to all other neces-
saries is as 100 to /. He urged the con-
servatioa of water on three particulars
z
And yet" said he. with water thus
valuable and necessary to the human
race John u. Rockefeller charges less
for a gallon of oil after it has passed
through many processes than spring
water concern does for gallon or
mineral water which has not been
treated in any way.
Il regard MIR. Rockefeller as at once
q generous public beEefsctor and
wise and careful businessman. He has
had all the opportunity in the world TO
exact an eNorbitant toll from the pub
lie. and yet he charges less 70 roll than
IS paid every day for common water.
Frankly. ] admire the man, and I
say that the United States government
could do no better than profit by the
example Of a businessman so astute who
so well conserves natural resources"
LITTLE APPLAUSE FOLLOWS
However this portion of DR.. Nc
Gees speech did not elicit the applause
which followed his address in general
concerning the cOnservati ton of natural
energy.
Clifford Pinchpt. chief forester of the |
United States caused perhaps the chief |
sensation of the day when he took
occasion to denounce the activities of
the water power trust, which, he said. /
though still in its inception, bids fair 1
10 OVershadOw all other trusts. He
charged that the irrigation congress
is being made the tool of the corporate
interests whose agents are being made
members of important committees for
the purpose Of dOmineering the actiyi- !
ties Of the congress.
And" said he. Il believe 1 could !
point out one genial and urbane gem /
tleman, an attorney for the interests, |
who is here now"
George s. Long, representing the |
Inn -n-f-r-u- -Hr
connected with a big lumber concern i
in Seattle, denied that the interests of /
the lumbermen are inimical to those of /
the consumer. He said that the lum- /
herman is only trying to supply a /
health ydemand and that reforestatiOn /
viii begin in earnest when the demand |
has reached the high price point
7. 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 also |
were made by z. Griffith of Wisconsin |
and Z. T. Campbell of Canada.
WOULD ENLARGE WATERWAYS
J. X. Teal of the joint conservation |
committee made an appeal for the en-
larEement of the scope Of waterways |
on the Pacific coast. He showed the |
possibility Of making navigable the /
Columbia river for a distance of $500 |
battleship TO the work. He declared |
that river transportation is the great /
est Of automatic rate adjusters andl
cited the case of the Columbia river |
Improvement recently made
). f. Chilberg. president of the Alaska |
Aukon-Pacific exposition at Seattle, was
speaker in the afternoon. He invited
the delegates to attend the exposition /
and concluded with an appeal for con- |
servation through reforestration in the |
mountains for the protection of the |
streams.
Alexander Mcpherson, secretary of |
the Idaho state board Of horticultural /
inspection, described the methods in /
vogue in his state for irrigation
PLEADS FOR BOND ISSUE
A resolution was offered, which will /
be acted upon Thursday, urging upon l
state legislatures that a proportion of |
the taxes Of farmers be RENTED where |
these farmers shall have planted trees
along ia roads adjoining their property. |
Politics did not enter the lobby dis
cussion today, but much comment was
heard for and against the resolution |
which viii be proposed by Secretary
Hooker Of the board of control, asking |
q bond issue Of $4,000. 100000 by the 1
national government, to be used as an /
irrigation fund. which may be loaned /
10 irrigators unable to carry out pro- |
3ects which need only financial aid to /
make them immensely valuable 1t is /
expected that this resolution will call /
forth much discussion, and opinions |
are pretty evenly divided.
This afternoon the commercial bodies /
gave a parade, illustrative of the COM /
mercial development OF the Northwest /
The parade passed a huge reviewing 1
stand, occupied by the delegates Two /
other parades of a like character will |
be given before the end of the week.
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