The Prescott daily news., 1910-08-29
ROOSEVELT FOR
 FEDERAL CONTROL
Believes Government Should Gen. orally Be Leader in Con-
 Servati0n.
SAD EXPERIENCE IN EAST
Addressing Public Meeting In Denver, Ex-Pres ident Discusses Water Pow CT, Coal Lands, Ranges and Forests Powerful Plea for Conservation.

POWerful FIed TOT COnScTNdIiOUs
 Denver, Colo, Aug 29.-Colonel Roosevelt arrived in Denver from Cheyenne this morning, and after a parade in which representatives of the state and city, the Live Stock asso- citation and the Spanish War Veterans took part, was the guest of the Den yer Press club at a cowboy luncheon at Overland park. In the afternoon he delivered a public address at the Auditorium and later spoke to the Spanish War Veterans, and then he was the guest of honor at round up" dinner at Eljebel Temple.
 Talks on Conservation.
 MT Roosevelt's main address was on conservation, and was as follows: This country has shown definite signs of waking up to the absolute necessity of handling its natural resources with fore sight and common sense. The conserva- ton question has three sides In the first place, the needless waste of the natural resources must be stopped It is rapidly becoming a well-settled policy of this peo- pie that we of this generation hold the land in part for the next generation, and not exCluslVely TOT our own SelnSn enJOy- ment Just the farmer Is a good citi- zen if he leaves hts farm improved and not impaired for his children. and bad citi- Fen If he skins the land in his own selfish Interest, the Nation behaves well if 1t treats the natural resources as assets which 1t must turn over to the next gen eration increased and not impaired in value, and behaves badly if 1t leaves the land poorer to those who come after us
 In the second place. the natural re- sources must be developed promptly completely. and In orderly fashion. It is not conservation to leave the natural re- sources undeveloped Development is an Indispensable part of the conservation plan. The forests the mines the water powers, and the land itself, must all be put to use. Those who assert that con servation proposes to tie them up depriv- Ing this generation of their benefits in order to hand them on untouched to the next. miss the whole point of the con servation idea. Conservation does not mean depriving the men of today of their natural rights in the natural resources of the land All 1t means is that we of this generation shall so use our rights as not to deprive those who come after us of their natural rights in their turn
 In the third place. SO far as possible these resources must be kept for the whole people and not handed over for
 
 not intend to discourage individual enter prise by unwiseiy diminishing the reward Tor that enterprise. On the contrary we believe that the men of exceptional abili- ties should have exceptional rewards up to point where the reward becomes dis proportionate to the service up to the point where the abilities are used to the detriment of the people as a whole We are for the liberty of the individual up to and not heNond the point where it be- comes inconsistent with the welfare of the community Thus our consistent aim is to favor the actual settler-the man who takes 1a much Of the public domain as he ltr' lf can cultivate. and there makes p'rnauent home for his children who rcnle after him hut we are against the man no matter what his abil'tv who tries to monopolize large masses of public land
 State and Federal Control.
 Now, to preserve tbe general welfare to sec to it that 'ho richts of the public are protected and the liberty of tre indf- Vliual secured and encouraged aq lopg as consistent with this welfare. and eurhed when it hecsmos Inconsistent herewith if 1s necessary to invoke the aid of the government There are points in which thls governmental aid can best be rem dered by the states that is. where the exercise of states rights helps to seeur.
 
 in states rights But there are large classes of cases where only authority or the National government will secure the rights of the people and where this is the case I am a convinced and a thor oush-going believer in the rights of the National government Biz business for instance. is no longer an affair of any on. state; big business has become national ,zsd, and the only effective way of con- trolling and directing 1t, and preventing abuses in connection with tt, is by having the people nationalize this control in order 70 prevent their being exploited by tho in. diVduals who have nationalizsd ths busf- ness All commerce on a scale sufficient " large to warrant any control over 1t by the government is nowadays interstate or foreign commerce, and until this fact Is heartily acknowledged and acted upon by both courts and legislative bodies, Ma uonsl and state alike the interest of the people will suffer.
 Ia the matter Of conservation, I heart Wy approve of state action where under our form of government the state, and the etats only, has the power to act I cor olally join with those who desire to see the state. within its own sphere, take tho most advanced position in regard to Inc whole matter of conservation. I have aken exactly this attitude ia my own state Of New York. Where the steta alone nsd power e set. have done al could to ret 1t to aot In the uost aAvareed Iaanner;-and where the Nation e.. act