The Detroit times., 1910-01-13
R00sEvELT'sPl PLANS
WILL LEAD PEOPLE
TO HIGHER AIMS
Former Secretary of the Interior
Says Dismissal Of Forester Pin
chot Will Not Stop Great
Fight for Peoples Rights.
Roosevelt's Policies Held Up As Con
structive and Suited To Present
.,is Day Needs.

~ JAS. r. GARFIELD,
Former Secretary OF the interior De-
nartmeut

partment.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 12.--I oapnot
forbear a personal expression regard
ing the Roosevelt policies at this time.
II II because one Of the men who have
stood nearest Roosevelt In the work
ing out of thos policies has only re-
Gently left public life. l refer to Gift
ford Pinchot.
There IL no man In our country to-
day who has done more for equality
OF opportu atty, for the rights OF the
great mas ses OF the people OF this
country. for the fight against special
privilege: md his separation from the
public service Is one. OF the greatest
losses that We have suffered.
But. Fortunately. IL does not mean
thar his work for every one OF these
policies will cease In any particular.
II merely means that II will be done
In another way; that he and the rest
OF the people who have joined In the
light for carrying on the Roosevelt
policies are engaged In fight which
a Is not for today, or one year or two
years but for generations to come
The policies that were initiated are
| the policies that must control II We
IRE to he what this nation ought to
| be In the future.
Il means that all right-minded men
4 and women must recognize that the
| things that are worth while are the
things that look to the future. that
| look to the individual betterment OF
| the people OF our country. that they
. cannot be gained In short time, by
short fight. by weak-heartedness.
"Rooseveit Policies"
| the last Vaar nf hfg admin G a.
| ton President Roosevelt al different
times announced through his mes
races and speeches some of the prin-
cfpal things for which he had work
. ed. come of the things that received
| the name of the Roosevelt policies"
4 II shall cite few quotations OF some
Of the things that he said. because hts
|&mmDsl~Us4U<AuxF1m1 -bg91ee~-than the
. words Of anyone else. what ne Md IN
| mind when he initiated these poiicies.
| He said:
This administration has achieved
some things II has sought but has
not been able to achieve others; 1t
| has doubtless made mistakes; but all
II has done or attempted has been In
the siukle. consistent effort to secure
and enlarge the rights and opportuni-
ties or the men and women OF the
United States
Our aim is. SO far as possible, to
provide such conditions that there
sshall be equality Of opportunity where
there Is equality OF energy, fidelity
and intelligence: when there Is q reas-
enable equality of opportunity. the dis
tribution OF rewards will take care of
itself"
The unchecked existence of mon-
opoly Is incompatible with equality OF
opportunity. The reason for the exer-
! else Of government control over great
monoEolies is to equalize opportunity.
We are fighting against privilege"
The man who serves the COM
munity greatly should be greatly re-
warded by the community; as there il
great inequality of service 80 there
must be great inequality of reward;
but no man and no set OF men should
lie allowed to play the game OF corr
petition with loaded dice"
While he recognized the great i'm
portance Of those questions that were
burely administrative or economic, yet
they did not appeal to him as did that
class Of questions which touched the
human side OF life and offered an OPP
| portunity to the individual citizens OF
.mss country; such questions as the
control Of corporations. the improved
condition OF the farmer and working
man.
When you study what was done by
that administration In dealing with
Industrial questions, you will ind that
I'm every measure suggested, In every
action brought In court, I'm every in.
vestigation made, the underlying pur-
rose was that already stated. It was
the desire to enforce equality OF op-
rortunity, decency OF conduct, hon.
esty of purpose. uprightness of life
I'm business, exactly as we demand
uprightness of life in our private rela-
tions.
Conservation Problem Vital.
Conservation, as It developed under
the policy Of Roosevelt, Is the most
vital single problem that we as a ma
tlon now have before us, because con-
servation means the efficiency OF the
nation. the efficiency OF every indi-
yidual In the nation.
II we fail to realize this we are in
deed going down hili In our progress.
The underlying policy Of conserva-
tion IL the improvement OF the life Of
the individual, and the increase of In.
\ dividual opportunity.
When dealing with coal. timber.
water and land, the policy of the
Roosevelt administration was to pre-.
vent monopoly OF any one of these
ereat resources. to give to each indi-
yfdual I'm this country an equal oppor-
tunity to use those resources, and to
develop them. Of course. for his private
gain, but at the same time for the
benefit OF the people as a whole.
There 10 no real conflict between
private gain and public benefit. pro.
vided we always recognize that the
public welfare Ia OF the greater I'M
portance, and II there be any conflict
between them, then every single time
private interests must give way and
| the predominating influence In the de-
| termination Of any question.
We must see to II that wherever
wrong is found. whether 1t be in bust,