Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-15
PINCHOT's MESSAGE

~ IFFORD PINCHOT'S statement Is
IT clear. plain, convincing. There
is no longer any reason for Civ
ing the president the benefit of a
doubt, for there is no room for doubt.
Pinchot was removed because he was
obnoxious to predatory interests and
Indicators of great wealth, and be-
cause he insisted that the Republican
party and the present administration
were under a solemn and sacred obli-
cation to the American nation to carry
out the Roosevelt policies
Reviewing the history of Roosevelt
ism and the conservation movement
Mr. Pinchot says the : osevelt confer
enee of governors led to the appoint
ment of the national conservation
commission, the work of which gave
the nation a new conception of the
value of national resources. Special
recommendations were made. and it
seemed as If the wisdom and patriot
ism Of Roosevelt and his commission
and the special knowledge, practical
ability and experience of Clifford Pin
chot, man whom no interests could
fool or get past" had established for
the nation one of the finest and most
far reaching policies of its history,
that of. preservation from wanton
waste or pilfering predatoriness of a
great and important part of the ma
tional wealth.
Says Mr.. Pinchot: "At this critical
period, when the goal was in sight,
enemies of conservation in congress
not only succeeded in preventing an
the work, but attempted to forbid its
passage by the Tawney amendment to
the last sundry civil bill. Thereupon
the work of the national conservation
commission was stopped. The recon-
mendations of the commission still
walt for action. All wise men will
agree that the situation is serious.
THE TAWNEY AMENDMENT WAS
MORE THAN A MISTAKE; IT WAS
A DELIBERATE BETRAYAL OF
THE FUTURE. The dangers which
confront the conservation movement
today must be met by positive action
in congress. NO ACTION WILL Be
EQUIVALENT TO BAD ACTION.
and will have the same results. Tn
less congress acts. the water power
will pass into the hands of special in
terests without charge and without
limit of time. So with the phosphate
deposits on public lands, when the
withdrawals that now protect them are
removed
Mr.. Pinchot uses plain language With
regard to the theft of public lands,
saying the thieves STEAL HOMES
FROM MEN AND WOMEN Who
NEED THEM.
He points out that in the absence of
proper action two great conservation
plans for the public welfare may fail. |
The first is the control of water pow
er on navigable streams in the public !
The second is the construc-
ton of the deep waterway from the |
great lakes to the gulf The unani-
nous opinion of the Mississippi valley
recognizes this wa 'cwa5 as a COM
mercial necessity. 1t believes with
reason that the cost, which is already |
officially known, will be trivial when
compared with the benefits conferred.
Transportation facilities create |
traffic. The failure to develop our
waterways, together with adequate
terminals and connections by rail,
leaves to the railroads a complete mo-
nopoly of transportation in the Missis-
sippi valley"
AS a practical method of preventing
the loss of water power and the loot !
of the coal lands, Mr.. Pinchot urges
the people of the United States to i'm
press on their representatives in con-
gress- their firm intention to hold them
RESPONSIBLE for
the rights and property
of the people.
Mr.. Pinchot's message is much more
than that of the president. |
1t sounds like Roosevelt"