Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-10
WILL BE FINISH FIGHT
Clifford Pinchot Tells Of Opposition to
Conservation Movement on Part OF
Special Interests-Visits De' MONIES
As Guest of Henry WaIIace-compli-
nents cummins.

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Des Moines, Sept. lo.-Gi1ioro
chot the worlds most successful oe-
fender of conservation, visited LES
,1oines as the special guest Of Henry
wallace the newly elected head OF the
National Conservation Assoc1atlon' anu
tool, lunch with a score OF Des MONIES
men, following which ne spoke piiel''
49,, the theme uppermost in his mind.
Mr. Pinchot spoke plainly OF the
character of the conservation move
ment from his standpoint, and OF the
fact that he and his friends are IN the
frht to win, and he paid compliment
ia Mr.. Wallace and to Senator cum
minis. Having briefly outlined what the
movement means and barely suggested
some of the immediate problems con-
nected Herewith, Mr.. Pinchot told or
the DEVELOPMENT of the moral phase or
the issue.
$50 long as conservation was a gen.
eral proposal that everybody DE gooo
and do right and that care be taken TOT
the future" he said, nobody opposed
the movement. With nobody actually
doing anything to make conservation
an actually it was agreeable to every
one. But as soon as We commenced
to do something, we came up against
monopoly, the greatest foe to conserVa-
ton, and we soon were confronted by
the lawyers and agents Of the special
interests making war on what we were
trying to do for conservation. They
soon found objections to every step
taken for actual conservation. They
put obstacles in the way at every turn.
int n OH
with the special interests" he said.
1--WE did not believe it necessary and it
took us a long time to discover that we
would have to do so. But 1t was in
evitable; and now that we are in it we
intend to stay to the finish. There is
no other way of accomplishing any
thing.
Before we had got thru we found
that at bottom this was moral ques-
ton. Until that fact became plain 1t
was not possible to make Of 1t a MAJ
tional issue. But it has a moral issue
that it becomes the hope of the nation.
The issue is a clean cut one OF right
or wrong and this must continue to be
the dividing line for the battle Of the
future
In regard to Senator Cummins, who
had introduced him, Mr.. Pinchot said
that the senator was in the fight years
before others had known there was a
moral issue involved here. Il am glad
to be able to say that for years Senator
Cummins has been fighting along the
lines which we have found it neces-
sary to follow. I had been in the fight
long time before 1 found that the
conservation issue was absolutely
bound up with the fight against monop-
oily and special interests, and that Is
the fight you have been making here"
Mr.. Pinchot also paid a high compli-
ment to Mr.. Wallace and said that he
laid the foundation for the success at
st. Paul by taking the hide off James
j. Hill and hanging 1t on the fence
to dry. 1t was fortunate for the con-
gress that Mr.. Wallace should have
been available for president. Il have
never before" said Mr.. Pinchot seen
anyone so impress his personality up
| on a body of men as did Uncle Henry
Wallace at the convention in ST. Paul"
| Mr.. Pinchot had not before appeared
| in Des Moines since during the last
session of the legislature he addressed
the Joint assembly by special invitation
Of that body and aroused great en-
thusiasm for his work In forestry and
conservation. He was warmly received
| by the business men of Des Moines
without regard to politics and his earn
est remarks were listened to with rapt
attention.