Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-09-10
URGES WATCH
over COAL LANDS
Roosevelt Warmly Praises the
Forestry Service.
TAKES RAP At BALLINGER
Colonel Gives His Idea on the Con.
servation Of Natural Resources tr
Vigorous Language.

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ed by a salute Of twenty-one guns
The eX-president received the most
enthusiastic reception OF his tour and
was kept on the move all day. He first
reviewed parade and then attended
banquet given by the Denver Press
club. In the afternoon he addressed
the Colorado legislature
AT a mass meeting I'm the Auditor
ium he was wildly cheered by an an.
dienCe numbering 1900. when he
gave his idea on the conservation
of the nations natural resources. and
in doing so made some references that.
had bearing on the bitter contro
versy betkeen Clifford Pinchot the for
mer chief forester. and Richard A
Ballinger. the secretary OF the interior.
Neither was mentioned by name.
but the forest service. OF which Pin
chez was so long the head and the
mouthpiece for the PRONUNCIATION OF
the Roosevelt conservation policy re-
ceived unstinted praise. on the other.
hand. what was considered by many.
or the former presidents audience a
direct slap az Ballinger came in his
discussion of the Alaska coal lands
These coal mines" declared the
colonel. should be leased. not sold
and those who mine the coal should
give back part OF their profit Co the
people Then no added.
1T is the right and the duty OF the
people 10 demand tho most vigilantI
trusteoship ON the part OF that branch
OF the federal government in charge
o.
States"
This he urged for the industrial de.
velopment OF the west and the needsI
OF tho navy in the Pacific
Colonel Roosevelt made no direct
reference TO the Tart administration.
but he denounced in strong terms bills
that were introduced In the last SEES
sion OF congress with the purpose oil
transferring water power sites I'm the
national forests and the public domain
20 the control of the states
Then swinging rapidly into the dis.
cussion of the forest service. OF which,
Pinchot was so Ions the controlling
factor he said
Tho forest service has enemies De.
cause it is effective MuchI
n.
like much of the opposition 90 conser-I
walton. takes the form OF direct mis-
representation Like the for
est service the reclamation service
has FLASHED with certain private I'm
terests and mas had to pay the pen
atty boz the form OF bitter
opposition"
New York state politics crcpt into
the speech for a minute when the
former president regretted that heI
would not bee able 90 attend the SEES
sions OF the National Irrigation Con
gress the latter part of Septembe-.
just about the time the Republican
convention viii meet az Saratoga. y
y. 81 must" DC said che in the east
az that time"
Colonel Roosevelt also aroused con
siderable interest by a definition Of.
Interstate commerce Included in his.
speech
"Al commerce on n scale sum
cientlN large "a warrant any control
over &c hy the government is now
adays interstate or foreign commerce" 80.
he said. Until courts and legislative
bodies reooeniz,d this he declared
tho Interests OF the people would suf-
fer
SooseVelts Conservation Ideas.
y do not believe that single acre
or our public lands should hereafter
pass into private ownership except for
the single purpose OF homestead set
Element This is absolutely necessary
on the agricultural lands. II Is al least
lands"
The forest service has enemies be
cause 81 is effective. Some OF its hest
work has been met by the bitterest
opposition"
Much OF the opposition % the for.
est service. like much OF the oppoSi-
ton 10 conservation. takes the form OF
direct Misrepresentation.
Like the forest service. the recla.
nation service has clashed with Ger
tain private interests and has had toI
pay the penalty Of its service to the
public In the form OF bitter opposition
from those with whose profit IL has ia
terfered"
This country has shown definite
signs of waking mp 10 the absolute ne
N'ooi'N " hdNAiihE It's natural re
sources with foresight and common
sense"
In the first place. the needless
waste OF the natural resources must
be stopped.
I'm the second place the natural
resources must be developed prompt
~. completely and in orderly fashion
In the third place. so far as posi-
BILE. these resources must be kept "a
the whole people and not handed over
Tor exploitation 10 single individuals"
Denver Wild Over Roosevelt.
The tonr OF Mr.. Roosevelt throuEs
the west is becoming more interestins
every day. Denver turned out in Iarp
numbers TO bid him goodby and go
speed. The capitol OF Colorado We
wild over Roosevelt. The newspaI,
praised the colonel TO the skies. Most
OF the political sharps out here seem
10 think that il Mr.. Roosevelt wants
the nomination IN 1912 he can have 1t,