Arizona republican., 1909-08-11

q stand for the Roosevelt policies because they set the common good of all of us 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 pres ent at the cost of robbing the future; because they demand the complete, sane, and orderly development of all our natural resources, not forgetting our rivers; because they insist upon equality of opportunity and denounce monopoly and special privilege: be- cause discardlng false issues, they deal directly with the vital questions that really make a difference with the welfare of us all-and most of all, because in them the plain American always and everywhere holds the first place. And I propose to stand for them while l have the strength to stand by anything"
 George s. Long, representing the lumbermen of the northwest, himself connected with a big lumber concern at Seattle, denied that the interests of the lumber men were inimical to forestry policies. He said the lum- bermen were only trying to supply a healthy demand and reforestation would begin in earnest when the de- mand had reached the high point.
 E. 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 o nthis subject were made also by F. M. Griffith of Wisconsin and F. T. Campbell of Canada J. N. Teal of the joint con servation commission made an appeal for the enlargement of the scope of waterways on the Pacific coast. He showed the possibility of making navigable the Columbia river for a distance of 2,500 miles by applying the cost of single battleship to the work. He declared that river trans portation was the greatest of auto matic rate adjusters and he cited the case of the Columbia river improve ment recently made.
 J. F. Chilberg. president of the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition at Seattle was a speaker in the after noon. He invited the deelgates to at tend the exposition and concluded with an appeal for conservation through re-forestation in the noun tains for the protection of streams. Alex McPherson. secretary of the Idaho state board of horticultural in spection, described the methods in vogue in his state for irrigation.
 sl..fl rt~flI be acted upon Thursday urging upon state legislatures that proportion of the taxes of farmers be remitted where these farmers shall have plant ed trees along roads adjoining their property.
 Politics did not enter the lobby dis cussion today. but much comment was heard for and against the resolu- ton which will be proposed by Sec retary Hooker of, the board of con- trol asking that a bond issue of $5,00O.OO0 by the national government to be used as an irrigation fund which may be loaned to irrigator un- able to carry out projects which need only financial aid to make them i'm mensely valuable.
 It 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 commercial development of the north west The parade passed a huge re- viewing stand occupied by delegates. Two other parades of like character will be given before end of the week.