Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-09-09
ROOSEVELT URGES
FEDERAL CONTROL
Differs With Administration on
Water Power Sites.
PRAISES The PRESIDENT
Colonel Comes Out Against Those
Who Favor State Jurisdiction Over
Water Power Sites and AIIiens Him.
self With Pinchot.

Water Power Sites and AlIiens Him.
self With Pinchot.
Mr.. Roosevelt visited another state
capital He came into Minnesota with
the cheers of the west still ringing i'll
his ears. He was received by thou
sands of men and women, who were
wild in their enthusiasm
1t was the grandest reception that
the colonel has yet encountered on
his tour, and no one realized it better
than he.
The colonel talked conservation in
st. Paul. and he took occasion to en-
dOrse part OF President Taft's address,
but he was careful his praise did not
go far. His position in regard to the
control of natural resources was made
unmistakibly clear, for he hammered
away at that phase of the new ma
tionalism that insists that federal con
troll shall be stronger than state con
troll
When he did refer to Mr.. Taft and
the reference was a compliment. dele
gates and the thousands in the CALLER
les cheered. The reference was an in
terpolation in the former presidents
set speech. 1t was
Much that ! have to say on the
subject of conservation will be but
repetition Of what was so admirably
said from this platform Monday
Again he said
All friends of conservation should
be in heartiest agreement with the
policy which the president laid down
in connection with the coal, oil and
phosphate lands, and | am glad to be
able to say that at it's last session con
gress finally completed the work of
separating the surface title to the land
from the mineral beneath it.
Strong For National Control.
The question of federal or state con.
troll of water power sites is the one
before the congress that has given
rise to the most animosity. The presi.
dent avoided committing himself on
this point leaving it for congress to
decide The colonel declared himself
vigorously for federal control. In this
connection he said:
There is apparent to the iudicious
observer a distinct tendency on the
part of our opponents to cloud the is
sue by raising the question of state as
against federal jurisdiction. We are
ready to meet that issuc If it is forced
upon us But there is no hope for the
plain people in such conflicts of juris.
dictionS.
The essential question is not one
of hairsplitting legal technicalitiCs. 1t
is simply this: Who can best regulate
the special interests for the public
good? Most OF the predatory corpora
tions are interstate of have interstate
affiliations. Therefore they are largely
out of reach in effective state control,
and fall of necessity within the teueral
jurisdiction. The most effective wea-
pom against these great corporations,
most of which are financed and owned
on the Atlantic coast, will be federal
laws and the federal executive. That
is why | so strongly oppose the de
mand to turn these matters over to the
states"
In a number OF other parts of his
his attitude was for strong national
control. He made strong plea for the
development and regulation of all the
waterways and urged specifically that
these be guarded from the interests"
and that the railroads be prevented
from controlling them, in the future as
they have in the past.
Here the president injected extern
poraneously There are classes of
bulk freight which can always go
cheaper and better by water if there
Is an adequate waterway, and the. eX-
istence of such type of waterway in
itself helps to regulate railroad rates"
He declared that any railroad con
nection with water lines should be I'M
der the "strictest regulation of the in
terstate commerce commission He
also asserted that the necessity of
federal control of the forests had been
proved and urged the formation of a
federal bureau of health declaring the
financial waste to the nation in sick
ness and preventable deaths to be ap-
palling.
Raps Congressman TaWney.
The former president took a little
shot at Congressman James A. Taw-
ney, of Minnesota. 1t was ostensbly to
combat the denomination of Mr. Taw-
ney that Clifford Pinchot absented him
self Monday when President Taft was
here.
When Colonel Roosevelt came to
that part of his speech referring to the
national conservation commission. he
told of the introduction into the house