The Washington herald., 1910-02-16
CANNON DECLARES
ROOSEVELT IS MOST
POPULAR AMERICAN
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there in an airship or a flying machine
amused US ali greatly, and relieved US
all that while he was gone We were not
the subjects of his Dreamland In the Chi
cago Record-Herald. Now, hope comes
back to me. This south pole proposition
is going to keep Peary busy. 1 hope he
will find it. Whether we will plant po-
tatoes and raise cucumbers there or not
is yet to be demonstrated, but the great
thing to my mind is that there Is occu-
patton for Welman with safety
I have told you that my hobby is
watching other peoples hobbies. Theo-
dore Roosevelt is a great mantle great
est press agent l ever knew. He is a
courageous man. and the most popular
man in the United States in my time,
save only Lincoln, andanere popular than
Lincoln was when he was alive. more
popular than Grant was when he was
alive. He is a great force.
In my humble sphere as Il member of
the House, I co-operated with Roosevelt.
Yet through the influence of some Of our
specialists the country at large believes
that I stood IN Roosevelts way: that I
was the hy on the ointment. And vet.
under Roosevelts leadership, with a
House and Senate fairly in harmony
with him, there was more legislation and
better legislation during his term Of
office OF a little less than eight years
than in any other sixteen years Of our
history, save alone the period of the civil
war and that which followed.
But suppose we had written into law.
Brother Clark. all that he recommends
in all his messages. Why. it is a thou
sand million dollar Congress annually
now Let me look you IN the eyes and
tell you that II PinchOt and Wiley and
Willis Moore and all these other spe-
eialists had had their way. and Roose-
velt's messages had materialiZed into law
let me tell you, Mr. Champ Clark, the
budget would be two thousand million
dollars every year
PinchOt Defines Hobby.
Mr.. Pinchot said. THE first thing TO be
said about conservation is that it stands
first of ALL for development. ! want tc
make that point just as strong as I can
Conservation does not mean the tying-uT
Of the natural resources Of any country
or the part Of any country. Instead oi
meaning no use. conservation means the
best and wisest use Of all the resources.
IF the conservation people had been in
charge when white men first landed or
the Eastern coast OF this continent. il
they had known any more expeditions
way OF cutting the timber of the land
that was needed on which to grow corn
they would have used that instead OF tho
methods that were actually employed
They want every drop Of water that vii
make power to be developed just as rap
IDLY as possible
THE only point they do want 10 make {,
that in the condition surrounding that de,
velopment they shall not turn the peopl,
over TO the mercy of a great monopoly
which. It seems 20 me. is a perfectly rea-
sonable condition, especially when the two
things do not go easily together. The con
ditions which prevent monopoly do not &
for development.
In the second place. conservation
stands for the prevention Of waste, abou
which I need stop to make 10 explana
tion al all. I think. We are the mos
wasteful nation In the world. AS III
chairman has said. we are gradually re
covering from it. and one Of the mos
important things the conservation peo
Pile have got To do is 10 call attention
70 the fact that waste does not Aneces
sarily mean prosperity, or have any re
lation to IT,
AS ! have said, conservation stand
for development and the prevention O
waste. and the third thing it stands 20
is the principle so often enunciated
namely. that the people who come ate
US have just as good a right TO be pros
porous as We have. and while we hav
every right To use the natural resource
that we have now for the development
Of this country. we have no right so q
use them where 1t can reasonably b
avoided as to cut into the welfare O
those who are 70 follow US and who's
prosperity will be just as dear to then
then as our prosperity is dear to u
now"
Peary Suggests Race.
AT the present time my hobby is ant
arctic exploration. said Commando
Peary. Tn the first place antarctic ex
ploration can be divided into two gen
eraI classes. first, that which has 70