Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-18
LAWS
AIM Of CIVIC
FEDERATION
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE
IN SESSION AT CAPITAL
President Taft and Clifford
Pinchot Among the NotabIes
Who Address the Convention
on Problems of LegiSIation


lBy Morning journal Special Leased Wirel
Washington Jan / President
Taft and clifford Pinehot. whom the
former recently removed from his po-
sition as head of the forestry bureau,
spoke today from the same platform
in addressing the national civic fed
Grafton in session i.ere to discuss prob
lens of uniform state legislation.
Representatives of almost every
branch Of human activity met at the
conference to talk over ways and
means for bringing about uniformity
OF laws relating to child labor mar
riage and divorce. pure food and pure
drugs conservation Of natural re-
sources and laws relating TO negot-
able instruments. bills OF lading and
other matters affecting The business
and social life of the nation.
President Taft spoke at the morning
session and serious attention was ac-
corded him throughout His speech
was a careful presentation Of the
needs of uniformity on the part Of the
tion of existing conditions.
Clifford Pinchot was one of the prn-
cipal speakers at the afternoon ses-
sion. He said that subjects such as
forestry preservation had been advo-
Gated by Americans for more than a
hundred years, hut that the control
of water power monopoly in the com
mon interests was Younger than Che
present century
we have come at last to the point
of action, he said and we must
either go forward or fan back"
In his judgment the present situa-
tion offers a field for further action
and cooperation between the states
themselves and between them and the
nation. IA result e the White
House conference few years ago
forty-five state committees looking to
the conservation of natural resources
have been appointed.
THE great principles we have been
working for said Mr. Pinchot, must
be written in our laws now or the
chance may pass. Public sentiment is
prepared and awake. F-or the second
time a president of the United States
has endorsed these principles in a
message to congress Most of the rec
concentrations which the recent mes
sage contained, are wen known to
friends Of conservation and well APP
proved If it has omissions or pass
ages with which | disagree, | have no
concern with them today
The president urges that the meas
ures re recommends be taken up with
out awaiting the investigation that has
been determined upon. | echo his de-
sire. There can be no reason to await /
the result of the investigation before |
acting on these measures. They stand /
by themselves.
In the face Of this great opportun- (
ity let us go farther and, SO far as /
the issues are concerned let us disre-
gard the controversy altogether in q 4
general effort to secure what every /
good citizen earnestly desires. our
duty is to look beyond these. above I
all lesser strife, in a common effort /
to reach objects of such transcendant /
Importance to all people.
In addition TO the presidents
speech at the morning session, Seth |
Low president Of the federation ana 4
Judge Alton B. Parker, temporary
hartman Of the conference also spoke,
With President Taft as the central
figure there were gathered on the
stage a notable group OF men. Labor
was represented by Samuel Gompers
and John Mitchell; the law by SEN
ltor Root. Alton b. Parker and OK
Associate Justice Brown business by
John Hays Hammond, ex-senator
John f. Dryden ana others
President Low explained tho pur-
pose of the meeting. pointing out that
uniform legislation is equivalent in
legislation to Standardization in me-
'hanical construction"