Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-23

: western states in securing national
legislation.
4 am thoroughly provoked, however,
after we have gone to the extremes we
have to bring out a two-sided discus
sion of this conservation subject, by
bringing together all the leading advo-
Gates of both conservation and anti
conservation, to read the vilifcations
of a contributor to a morning paper.
signing himself Ed f. Browne, to the
the effect that this convention of the
American mining congress is being so
manipulated as to bring together a
crowd of sloppy sentimentalists, wild
eyed political reformers and down
right socialists and referring to the
fact that we. are 'toadying 10 this
marplot,' meaning Clifford Pinchot.
when Mr. Browne says that we
propose to lionize Mr.. Pinchot l wish to
say publicly to him that he is guilty,
Willingly or unWittingly, of a false
hood. If he wishes to attack MI. Pin
chot that is his prerogative, but not
Vestige of right is given him to i'm
pugn wrong or Interior motives 10 those
who have invited Mr.. Pinchot to this
convention. Mr.. Pinchot is, next to
former President Roosevelt, the chief
apostle of conservation, closely fol-
lowed by former Governor Pardee of
California and former Secretary of the
Interior James r. Garfield AS SUCH
Messrs. Roosevelt, Pinchot, Pardee and
Garfield have been invited to meet the
oil and mining men of the country at
the American mining congress and ex-
plain their real conservation policies
IGNORANT OF CONSERVATION
There is not one man in a hundred
in the west, who can give clear, Well
defined outline of what conservation
is or how the conservationists really
intend to bring their policy into full
est operation and inject it in our pres
ent industrial or commercial life. l un-
dertake to say that Mr.. Browne him
self cannot give us a definition of con-
servation that will stand the test of
other conserVationists.
inspired by the same motives that
induced us to invite Mr.. Roosevelt,
Mr.. Pinchot and others to attend the
American mining congress- We have
likewise set in motion every effort to
induce. the nti-cOnservauonists to
come also, including such men as Sem
ators Borah and Hepburn of Idaho,
Governor Clark of Alaska, Governor
Hay of Washington and a half dozen
others, and would be pleased if Secre-
tary BallingeT would attend. Then we
went further and have achieved
splendid success for this American
mining congress in securing a confer
ence of all western governors to meet
our delegates and members
1T is true that we shall endeaVor
to show Mr.. Pinchot and his asso-
ciates conspicuous consideration, be-
cause they represent tremendous
movement in this country, but we shall
accord the very same consideration to
anti-conservation governors and 9TH
ers, including Mr. Ballinger.
I'VE have asked Mr.. Pinchot to come
to California and visit the oil fields to
gain a clearer understanding of our
conservation problems and TO adjust
his opinions, if he can, to something
that is broad enough to satisfy the oil
operators. He will be placed in the
hands of an oil delegation.
DENOUNCEs BROWNIES STAND
so far as 1 know the oil men of
California are very much pleased at
this consummation and If they are,
then l am forced to believe that 1t is
their own personal business to the en-
tire exclusion of what Mr.. Browne
may think of it.
IF we wish to treat Mr.. Pinchot
like a gentleman while our guest, we
must plead guilty to the fact that we
do so merely because we like to be
gentlemen ourselves, and not Doors. II
he can enlighten us, we wish to learn |
it. If he can help US, we want help. |
But we have a right to hear both sides
of this conservation question and mean /
to have it. The Sierra Madre club and |
the American mining congress are /
composed of many men fully capable |
of attending to their own affairs. If |
he wants to scOld Pinchot that is his |
privilege, if he knows he is right |
While personally I like Mr. Browne |
very much, l resent his attack on 'the /
American mining congress and indi- |
rectly on the Sierra Madre club, as |
sponsor for this years convention, in |
in wholly unfair way, to
cast suspicion on the managers of this |
convention.
''Vilifcation and personal abuse can
not settle this conservation ques- |
tiOn,'