Bisbee daily review., 1910-06-12
.P|NCHOT HOLDS TO SCORN
BETRAYAL Of PEOPLE BY
REPUBLICAN CONGRESS

ST, PAUL. June l1.-Former Chic
Forester Clifford Pinchot and forme
Secretary of the Interior James
Garfield were guests OF honor at
reception and banquei given by tn
ST Paul Roosevelt club at the Rya
hotel tonight.
The decorations OF the speaker
table consisted Of miniature noun
tains, forests, waterfalls. and road
with miniature train propelled b.
eleetrici y. whizzing past.
Justice ]. A. Jaggard. OF the Mime
sofa supreme court. was toastmaster
Introducing Judge Jaggard. Presiden
Halbert, of the Roosevelt club, awak
cned the enthusiasm of the banqueter'
by reference TO an unnamed new
rarity some of the leaders of which
he said. were present.
He said: The Roosevelt club has
consistently stood for the conserva
ton OF ideals and the conservation
Of men and against plunder and graft
This country has lived on its cap
itial. but at last has awakened TO the
fact thai it viii soon exhaust its nat
ural resources by the inequitable dis
tribution OF its wealth in direct viola
ti6n Of the law of equal opportunity
Of its citizens. This condition has
brought about the formation of a new
par 4 without name, but not with
out an issue nor without leaders
That party may be unnamed but
its leaders are Theodore Roosevelt
and GU honored guests. Clifford Pin
chot and James r. Garfield
Clifford Pinchot said.
Conservation has captured the na-
ton It's progress durilg the las
twelve months is amazing Official
opposition to. the conservation move
neat whatever damage it has done
OF still threatens to the public in
teres has vastly strengthened
the grasp OF conservation upon the
minds and consciences Of our people.
Efforts to obscure or belittle the is
sue have only served to make it larg-
ar and clearer in the public estima-
ton The conservation movement
cannot be checked by the baseless
charge that it viii prevent develop
meut, or that every man who tells
the plain truth is either a muck-raker
or a demagogue II has taken firm
hold on our national moral sense. and
when an issue does that it has won
The conservation issue is a moral
issue and the heart of it is this: For
whose benefit shall our national re-
sources be conseryed-for the bene-
fit OF US all. or the use and profit Of
the few? This truth is so obvious and
the question itself so simple that the
attitude towards conservation Of any
man in public or private life indi-
Gates his stand in the fight for pub
tic rights.
All monopoly rests on the unreEllat-
ed control Of natural resources and
natural advantages. and such control
by the special interests is impossi-
lie without the help Of politics The
alliance between business and poll
tics is the most dangerous thing in
our political life II is the snake
that we must kin. The special inter
ests must get cut Of politics. or the
American people will put them out of
business. There is no third course.
Because the special interests are
in politics, We as a nation have lost
confidence in congress. This is a
serious statement TO make but it is
true. It does not apply, of course. 20
the men who really represent their
constituents ard who are making so
fine a fight for the conservation OF
self-government As soon as these
men have won their battle and consol-
dated their victory. 3onndeLce ia
congress viii return
But in the meantime the people
Of Che United States believe that.
as whole, the Senate and the House
no longer represent he voters By
whom they were elected. but the
special interests by whom they are
controlled They believe so because
they have so often seen Congress re.
jet what the people desire. and dc
instead what the interests demanded
And Of this there could be no better
illustration than the tariff.
The tariff. under the policy OF FRO
lection. was originally a means q
raise the rate OF wages. II has been
made a tool to increase the cost Of
living. The wool schedule, profess
ing to protect the wool-grower. is
found TO result In sacrificing grower
and consumer alike to one Of the most
Tapacious Of trusts.
The cotton cloth schedule was in
creased in the face OF the uncontra
dicted public testimony Of she manu-
facturers themselves that 10 ought
10 .'em1in unchanged.
The Steel Trust demanded and b.
trick secured an indefensible in
crease in the tariff on structural steel
The Sugar Trust stole from the
government Ike petty thief. yel
Congress. By means OF a dishones
schedule. continues 10 protect IL fl
bleeding the public.
At the very time the duties on man