The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08
BELLTGERENT NOTE SOUNDED
BY PINCHOT AT ST. PAUL
Deposed Forester Declares
He Is No Soft Pedal
ConServatiOniSt.

st. PAUL. Aim. Sept. S.-Declarin-
that he was no soft pedal conservation
ist- Clifford Pinchot sounded the doc
triue of the movement before the Ma
tionsl Conservation Congress here to-
Ca--
The former chief forester asserted
that the opposition To conservation Is
the best proof that il is live move
meut FOR the public good. and denounced
TIE special interests seeking refuge
behind Sta.e rights.
During the first part Of the aEita-
ton for conservation said Pinchot
conservation met with little opposition.
for u iuterfered with no mans private
profit
Conservation has now PASSED into
the stage of "a practical fighting at
tempt 10 get thinSs dore. Tt has be
gun to step on the toes Of the bene-
ticiaries of unjust privilege The result
ing opposition. IS one OF the lest proofs
that conservation is a live movement for
The public good
'.The demand for the opponents is
not that we shall abandon the principle
% the greatest good fer an OF MS for the
longest time. The soft pedal couserVa-
zionist merely asks that cOnservatiU3
SlaH 6e safe. sane and practical.
safe and sane legislation means IeEisIs-
ton not Unfriendly TO The continued
control Of our public affairs by the
special interests Real conservation IS
putting public welfare ahead Of corDo-
rate profit and keeping II there
No Soft Pedalist.
The sanity and safety Of conserva-
ticn were never called into question I'M
III conservation began to be really en-
5arrassing TO the grabbers and effective
20 the public interests I'm not a soft
pedal conservatiOnist myself
THE one great obstacle TO practical
progress Of conservation lay in the pO-
HticaI power Of the special interests.
so long as the political domination Of
the great interests eudures- corrupt con-
troll Of legislation VIII carry with It the
monoDolis1c control or natural re-
sources
In the effort to conserve our natural
resources. combinations against the pub
lie welfare which extend beyond the
State lines can be met effectively only
5v agencies equally capable Of operat-
ing across such boundaries It is clear
taat the control of interstate commercial
power IS possible only by the use OF
Interstate Federal power
While I do not believe that the State
alone can carry out the conservation
program, I do not IAN 10 recognize the
great and useful Part which the States
must play in this great movement Also.
appreciate now as have always done
that IN much OF the work ahead CO.
operation between the States and the
nation Is an essential condition Of Sue
cess
But when see the special interests
attempting To take refuge behind the
. doctrine or states rights. I propose 10
speak out and say so"
Monument To Pinchot.
The national forests stand today as
the greatest demonstration OF practical
conservation and as the monument 10
the real founder OF this great national
movement, Clifford PinchoJ.-
With this tribute Henry : Graves
appointed by President Taft to succeed
FinCnOt as chief forester. closed his
address mere today
Conservation IS threatened by lack
OF money and by opposition from
those who fear that their Immediate
interests may be adversely affected,
The Western forest fires this year
prove COncluSIvelE that with proper
equipment and men forests can be
protected from FIRE under the most ad-
verse cIimaiCal conditions. Graves
asserted
Graves gave warning Of the vanish
ing timber supply The annual
growth, he said IS only One-third the
quantity used and destroyed Yet
there Is in the country enough land.
better suited 10 forest growth than
handled all the timber needed by the
nation