Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-15
PINCHOT COMES,
LAUDING VICTORY
OF INSURGENTS
Former Chief of Forestry Bureau
Arrives After Tour of
Oil Fields
NEW ERA OPENING, HE SAYS
Resources of National Domain to
Be Protected, Asserts For
mer Official
NEW ERA OPENING, HE SAYS
BY t. SHELLEY SUTTON

u llINllOLs lOlAlACA1y Cl1Sl VI lllo
forestry bureau of the department of
agriculture, dismissed by President
Taft because of his conservation poll
cies and his opposition to the methods
of Secretary of the Interior Ballinger,
arrived in Los Angeles last night, ac-
companied by his brother Amos, Pres
ident A. e. Montgomery and Secretary
Sidney Norman of the Sierra Madre
club of Los Angeles, and Parker Bar
rett, ]. P. Dunn and Professor F. ].
Merrill, state mineralogists of New
York.
The party arrived by automobile from
Bakersfield, fresh from q tour of the
oil fields, but apparently not the least
fatigued.
The former forester and his brother
are registered at the Van Nuys, but
will leave this morning for San Glenn
ente island where they will remain
during the next ten days, hunting sand
fishing. On his return to Los Ange-
les Mr. Pinchot stated that he would
probably remain for several days and
would address the Mining congress to
convene here September 26.
Mr.. Pinchot was smiling radiantly
when he stepped from the automobile.
His smile is not of the superficial va
riety, suggestive of the politician.
ENrIIUsED BY INSURGENTS
"What do you think of the insurgent
victory in Washington" I asked him.
"It has enthused me-" he replied,
quietly. insurgency is nationwide.
The country is aroused. The people
are waking up. California and Wash
ington may be proud that they have
been among the first to Join in the
great protest"
Don't you think the victory of the
insurgents in Washington is in the ma
ture of a Reputation of Secretary Bal
linger?" / asked.
Mr. Pinchot smiled. It was typically
a Pinchot smile--there is no other way
| to describe it. There was something
Rooseveltian in it's significance; but he
looked steadily at the reporter and
seemed bit disappointed that so per-
tinent a question had been asked of
him.
"Well now, I hadn't thought of that.
I prefer not to discuss It," he said.
"Seattle also has rolled up a heavy
vote for the insurgents. That is Mr..
Ballinger's home city," I suggested.
yes And he smiled again,
thoughtfully.
'rThe Democrats have carried Maine,
however. To what do you attribute
that?"
ITO the failure of the progressive
Republicans there to organize" he re-
piled, unhesitatingly.
OPENING UP NEW ERA
"Of course, you were gratified by the
insurgent victory in California;?
"Gratified does not express 1T. The
insurgents are going to control the ma
tional party. The old order of things
is passing We are on the Threshold
of a new era"
"The new Republican party will not
countenance the policies of the old?"
Again he smiled, almost affirmative
Iy. but with an evident disposition to
discuss other features of his visit here
"You are making friends with the
oil men?"
'eT believe so. There seems to have
been a misunderstanding relative to
nv attitude toward the oil producers"
"There was some criticism of your
conservation policy in the matter OF
oil lands, I believer"
yves Through McKittrick and the
other oil districts from which 1 have
just come, however, I was accorded
a hearty welcome by the oil men, and
have carefully investigated the con-
ditions prevailing there. I have prom
ised not to discuss my findings, but L
can assure you that all the oil men
with whom I have discussed my poll
cies have gone away my friends; and
I believe they will stand by me-"
"Do you think Mr.. Roosevelt VIII
openly sustain you, or that he will dis
cuss your treatment by Mr. Taft?"
at prefer not to discuss national af-
fairs, if you will pardon me-" he said
again smiling significantly.
"It has been some time since you
have visited Southern California.
What is your impression Of u?
"I can hardly express it. You have
a wonderful country Everything IS
so beautiful and so prosperous and
progressive that I am almost dunn
founded"
CONSERVATION HIS HOBBY
And this was about all Clifford Pin
chot would say. But it was enough to
reveal his nature and his life purpose
TO the average individual. Every mo-
ment OF his time is taken up with
study and research. Every action
tends toward the accomplishment of
an end. Conservation is his hobby,
and believing that he is backed by the
great body of the American people, he
has set about to achieve his mission, to
protect the resources of the national
domain, to conserve them for future
generations, prevent the corporations
from lootlng the storehouses of the
people economize, the national wealth
for posterity, protect the streams and
forests, and achieve the great conser-
walton reforms advocated by former
President Roosevelt and executed by
Mr.. Pinchot until his dismissal from
office by President Taft.
Pinchot is q hard worker-a thinker
of remarkable personality, natural and
unaffected. Those who may have pic
tured him as a greatly wronged man.
bent on revenge, would be disappointed
even to glance at him. There Is moth
ing in his appearance or in his man.
ner that would even suggest to his
closest friend that he remembers the
national episode in which he figured
so dramatically less than a year ago.
Apparently he has forgotten II. His
smile Is significant. 1t won't rub on.
for It is pregnant with meaning--with
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