Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-06

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ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept 6.-This Is
Roosevelt day in the twin cities.
Colonel Roosevelt arrived in Mime
apolis from Fargo at I o'clock this
morning, and. after taking breakfasr.
was escorted to st. Paul, where he IS
scheduled to make two addresses, one
before the National Conservat ton Con-
gress and one at the State fair
grounds
Colonel Roosevelt's Conservation
Congress speech was awaited with
great interest following the announce
ment early today that the address
would not be confined to the copy
given out in advance, but that Colonel
Roosevelt would take up other lines
as Well Many people interpreted this
as meaning that parts of President
Taft's speech of yesterday would lie
answered.
Address Feature.
In his address Colonel Roosevelt
spoke in part as follows.
"Amerieas s reputation for efficiency
world. We are efficient probably =
the full limit that any nation can az
tain by the methods hitherto usel.
There is great reason to be proud OF
our achievements, and yet no reason
to believe that we cannot excel orr
past Through a practically unre-
strained individualism we have reached
a pitch of literally unexamplsd ma
terial prosperity although the dis
tributon of this prosperity leaves
much to be desired from the standpoint
of justice and fair dealing.
But we have. not only allowed tie
individual a free hand, which was in
the main right; we have also allowed
great corpora tions to act as though
they were individuals and to exercise
the rights of individuals, in addition to
using the vast combined power OF hlEl
organization and enormous wealth fer
their own advantage. This development
of corporate action 1t is true, is doubt
less in large part responsible for rie
gigantic development of our natural
resources. but 1t is not less responslis
for waste. destruction and monopoly On
an equally gigantic scale.
1.-THE method of reckless and uncon-
trolled private use and waste done i'r
us all the good It ever can, and 1t y
time to put an end to it before 1t does
all the evil it easily may. We haze
passed the time when needless ware
and destruction. snd arrogant mnnopniy
are any longer permissible.
The Waterways Problem.
zone of the greatest of our conserya-
| tion problems is the wise and prompt
! development and use of the waterways
of this nation.
! 1.-THE project for great trunk Water
way. an arm of the sea, extending from
the gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes.
| should not be abandoned.
I'VE must see to it that adequate ter
minals are provided in every city ana
! town on every improved waterway, ter
minals open under reasonable eonai-
| tions to the use of every citizen, anu
rigidly protected against monopoiy'
and we must compel the railways to CO.
| operate with the waterways contlnu-
| ously. effectively and under reason
able conditions.
| where the states are unwilling or
unable to undertake it the drainage OF
swamp and overflow lands by the Fed
eral government is a wise and neces-
sary measure Much of it must be done
by the nation in any case, as an inte-
| sral mart of inland waterway develop
ment. 1t affords most promising nelu
for cooperation between the States ana
| the nation.
THE fight to create the Southern Ap-
palachian and White Mountain forests
| in the East is not yet over Inc pHl
has passed the House and will come be-
| fore the Senate for vote next Feoru-
ary. The people of the United states,
regardless of party or section snoulu
stand solidly behind 1t and see thae
| their representatives do likewise.
! Human Efficiency.
LAS a people we have not yet learned
to eoonomize One of the virtues we
Americans most need is thrift In ths
material sense there is loss greater
than is caused by both extravaganza
and luxury put together. I mean the
needless. useless and excessive less TO
our people from premature death and
avoidable diseases. Wholly apart from
the grief, the suffering and the wretch
edness which they cause, the material
/ loss each year has been calculated at
nearly twice what 1t costs to run tas
Federal government.
! Thank heaven. we of this continent
are now beginning to realize what IN
the end the whole world will realize
that normally 1t is a good thing for 3
nation to have its neighbor natic-
prosper We of the United States 4