The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-07


strong federal control and a modifica.
ton of many present methods are
necessary properly to conserve the
neutral resources of the country for
the benefit of all the people, Francis j.
Heney, of California, electrified the
eighteenth National Irrigation Con.
gress by attacking what he termed
methods ''by which the great corporate
interests are endeavoring to grab the
energy-producing agencies"
Mr.. Heney reviewed the extrava-
gance of the country in it's early his
tory with reference to the disposition
of public lands and resources, the
awakening and the endeavor now be-
ing made to save the remaining por.
ton of the American birthright from
the grasp of corporate interests.
He said that the supporters of fed.
eral and state control were divided in
to two camps; that the corporations
were supporting the state advocates,
because they saw in this an easier op-
portunity to obtain the desired con-
troll
Former Gov. Adams, of Colorado, de-
Tended states rights.
The report of the resolutions COM
mittee was read by Gov. ]. H. Kibbey,
of Arizona, and adopted after the con-
vention laid on the table resolution
advocating states rights.
Pinchot Also Makes Plea.
Clifford Pinchot, wildly cheered,
pleaded for harmony between states
rights men and Nationalist" in his
address before the National Irriga-
ton Congress in session here. Only
by working together, he declared.
ton be fought successfully, and natur-
al resources be kept in possession of
the people.
There is one enemy we all have to
fight" he said. 'It is the man in poll.
tics to feather his own nest. Any scat
tering of our power, therefore, is harm
full, so make this plea:
do what you can to get the state
and nation together to fight the COM
mon enemy and stop any attempt to
start antagonism between the two,
thereby creating gap, where the enc
mics of both will best flourish.
"The last year has been the turning
point and the people realize that while
we have right and duty to use all
we need of minerals, forests, lands and
waters, behind and above all, is the
equal or stronger duty to administer
our birthright so that we may hand it
down to future generations, a nation
richer, stronger and purer than the ma
ton we inhabit today
Mr.. Pinchot declared the loudest
cries against the new policy and the
most bitter fight against it have come
from individuals and organizations
whose profits are in danger.
For Small Man.
"Any fight of this kind must have a
focal point. Any great contest always
centers around few men and organi-
cations. The basic principle OF this
fight of yours and mine is that it is
better to help the small man making a
living than to help the big man make
profit; to endorse the idea that the
natural resources do not belong to a
few rich men, mainly in Wall street,
but that they belong and must be kept
in the possession of the people.
81 believe that the contest of states
rights and federal, so prominently be-
fore this congress, would never have
arisen, il the government had not un-
dertaken to control some of the special
interests, which believed they could
avoid control by taking refuge behind
the states.
Calls for Cooperation.
ssMy view is this-there are certain
Things in which the state is obviously
incapable of asserting as useful power,
as useful control, as the national gov
eminent. In those the national gov
eminent should control. There are
many places in which the protection Of
the rights of the people belongs to the
state and in those, the state should
have full swing. In both cases, de-
precate all efforts to raise this quarrel,
because in the muddy water there is
refuge for the man who wants to
escape all control. I believe in coop
Grafton between the states and the ma
ton"
To Probe Land Frauds.
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