Milford chronicle., 1910-09-02
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 In
Vigorous Language.

Colonel Roosevelt arrived in Den
yer, Colo, on Monday and was greet
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 a parade and then attended
a banquet given by the Denver Press
club. In the afternoon he addressed
the Colorado legislature
At a mass meeting in the Auditor
ium he was wildly cheered by an au-
dience numbering 12OOO when he
gave his idea on the conservation
of the nations natural resources. and
in doing so made some references that
had a 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
chot 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
OF the former presidents audience a
direct slap at 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 to the
people" Then he added:
1T is the right and the duty of the !
people to demand the most vigilant |
trusteeship on the part of that branch I
of the federal government in charge |
of the fuel resources of the United .
states"
This he urged for the industrial de-
velopment of the west and the needs
Df the navy in the Pacific.
Colonel Roosevelt made no direct
reference to the Taft administration,
but he denounced in strong terms bills
that were introduced in the last ses-
lion of congress with the purpose OF
transferring water power sites in the
national forests and the public domain
10 the control Of the states.
Then swinging rapidly into the dis
Cusslon of the forest service. of which
PinohOt was so long the controlling
factor, he said
THE forest service has enemies be-
cause it is effective Much
of the opposition to the forest service,
like much of the opposition to conser-
walton, takes the form of direct mis-
representation Like the for.
est service. the reclamation service
has clashed with certain private in
terests and has had to pay the pen.
atty in the form Of bitter
opposition"
New York state politics crept into
the speech for a minute. when the
former president regretted that he
would not be able to attend the ses-
sions of the National Irrigation Con
gress the latter part of September
just about the time the Republican .
convention will meet at Saratoga. N
Y 81 must" he said. "be in the east
at that time"
Colonel Roosevelt also aroused con
siderable interest by a definition of !.
interstate commerce included in his
speech.
"All commerce on a scale suffi- !.
ciently large to warrant any control }
over it by the government is now
Rdays interstate or foreign commerce." 5
he said Until courts and legislative I
bodies recognized this. he declared. d
The interests of the people would suf-
fer. a
RooseVeIt's Conservation Ideas. n
81 do not believe that a single acre Il
Df our public lands should hereafter $
pass into private ownership except for Il
the single purpose of homestead set II
Element This is absolutely necessary
On the agricultural lands II is at least
equally necessary on the mineral
ands"
THE forest service has enemies be- j.
,ause it is effective. Some of its best
work has been met by the bitterest
P
Much of the opposition to the for al
st service. like much of the opposi-
ion to conservation. takes the form OF di
Iirect misrepresentation"
Like the forest service the recla- b.
nation service has clashed with GER to
ain private interests and has had to OF
iay the penalty of its service to the al
ublc in the form Of bitter opposition &,
rom those with whose profit 1t has in az
m
This country has shown definite ia
igns of waking up to the absolute ne to
essity Of handling fits natural re-
ources with foresight and common ,
ense"
in the first place the needless E..
'aste of the natural resources must - -
e stopped" ~
'Tn the second place. the natural ~ ~
must be developed prompt 70
: completely and in orderly fashion" an
''In the third place. so far as possi- -
e, these resources must be kept for 10
10 whole people and not handed over
r exploitation to single individuals"
Denver Wild over Roosevelt.
The tour of Mr.. Roosevelt through en-
e west Is becoming more interesting res
cry day. Denver turned out Ia large wr
imbers to bid him goodby and god wa
eed The capitol Of Colorado went ers
Id over Roosevelt The newspapers ce'