The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-02
Roosevelt Warmly Praises the
Forestry Service,
TAKES RAP At BALLIEGER
Colonel Gives His Idea on the Con-
servation Of Natural Resources In
Vigorous Language.

yer. Colo, on Monday and was greet +
ed by a salute OF twentyone guns. .
The ex-president received the mo'' f
enthusiastic reception OF his \ am
was kept on the move all day hfst .
reviewed a parade and then ATTENDED .
a banquet given by the Denver Press .
club. In the afternoon he addressed /
the Colorado legislature.
At a mass meeting in the Auditor
ium he was wildly cheered by an au- .
dience numbering 10000, when he
gave his idea on the conservation
of the nations natural resources, and F.
in doing so made some references that
had bearing on the bitter conlro
versv betkeen Clifford Pinchot. the for
mer chief forester. and Richard a
Ballinger, the secretary of the interior.
Neither was mentioned by nam
but the forest service, of which FAD
chot was so long the head and the
mouthpiece for the FORMULATION OF
the Roosevelt conservation policy, re-
ceiyed unstinted praise. On the other
hand. what was considered by many
Of the former presidents audience a
direct slap at Ballinger came in his
discussion OF the Alaska coal lands.
"These coal mines" declared the
colonel SHOULD be leased. not sold.
and those who mine the coal should
give back part Of their profit to the
people" Then he added
1T is the right and the duty of TIE
people to demand the most vigIlar'
trusteeship on the part Of that branch
of the federal government in charge
of the fuel resources Of the United
States"
This he urged for the industrial de-
velopment of the west and the needs
OF the navy in the Pacific.
Colonel Roosevelt made no direct
reference to the Taft administration
but he denounced in strong terms bills
that we're introduced in the last ses-
sion of congress with the purpose OF
transferring water power sites In the
national forests and the public domain
to the control Of the states.
Then swinging rapidly into the dis
oussion Of the forest service. Of which
Pinchot was SO long the controlling
factor, he said:
"The forest service has enemies be-
cause It is effective. Mucn
Of the opposition to the forest service
like much of the opposition to conser-
walton. takes the form Of direct mis-
representation. Like the for
est service the reclamation service
has clashed with certain private in
terests and has had to pay the pen.
atty in the form OF Dltter
opposition"
New York state politics crept into
the speech for a minute when the
former president regretted that he
would not be able to attend the SEES
sions of the National Irrigation Con.
gress. the latter part of September.
lust about the time the Republican
convention will meet at Saratoga. y
Y. 81 must" he said. "be in the east
at that time
Colonel Roosevelt also aroused con.
siderable interest by a definition OF
interstate commerce included in his
. speech
"AH commerce on a scale suT
GENTLY large 10 warrant any conro.
over It by the government is now.
adays interstate or foreign commerce.
D he said. Until courts and Legislative
r bodies recognized this he declared
the interests of the people would sui-
r fer
RoosevelTs Conservation Ideas.
Il do not believe that a single acre
of our public lands should hereafter
rass into private ownership except for
the single purpose Of homestead set
tlement This is absolutely necessary
on the agricultural lands. It is at least
equally necessary on the mineral
lands"
"The forest service has enemies be
cause it is effective Some Of its best
, work has been met by the bitteresi
! opposition"
Much Of the opposition to the for
est service. Ike iuN1u VI lht DDHDnl
ton to conservation, takes the form OF
direct misrepresentation"
4 like the forest service, the recla
! nation service has clashed with Ger
tain private interests and has had to
pay the penalty Of its service to the
public in the form Of bitter opposition
from those with whose profit it has in
terfered."
"This country has shown definite
signs Of waking up to the absolute ne
cessity Of handling its natural re-
! sources with foresight and common
sense"
"In the first place. the needless
b waste OF the natural resources must
be stopped"
"Tn the second place, the natural
resources must be developed prompt
". completely and in orderly fashion. "
ON the third place, so far as posi-
n T..