The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12
PROPOSED new
PARTY Is GIVEN
Big RECEPTION
PinchOt and Garfield Banqueted
by the st. Paul ROOse-
welt Club
Former Chief Forester Says
That Conservation Has
Captured the Nation

Secretary Of the Interior James r. Gar
field were guests of honor at recep-
tion and banquet given by the st. Paul
Roosevelt club at the Ryan hotel to-
night The decorations Of the speakers
table consisted of miniature mountains
forests, waterfalls and roads, with a
miniature train propelled by electricity
whizzing past.
Justice L. A. JaGgard OF the Mime
sofa supreme court was toast master.
Introducing Judge Jaggard, President
Hslbert Of the Roosevelt club awakened
The enthusiasm Of the banqueters by
q reference 20 an unnamed new party,
some Of the leaders Of which" he said,
were present He said in part;
The Roosevelt club has consistently
stood for conservatism Of fdeals and the
conservation of men and women against
plunder and graft
This country has lived on its capital,
but at last has awakened TO the fact
that ii viii soon exhaust its natural
resources by the inequitable distribu-
tion OF its wealth in erect violation of
the law OF equal opportunity of its
citizens.
NAMELESS NEW PARTY
This condition has brought about
the formation Of a new party without
name. but not without an issue nor
without leaders.
That party may be unnamed, but its
leaders are Theodore Roosevelt and our
-honored guests, Clifford PinchOt and
james r. Garfield"
Garfield talked on the Ultimate Re
suits Of Conservation" and the set ad-
dress Of the evening was that by Pin
chot, who spoke on Our Natural Re
sources and How to Conserve Them.
Pinchot said in part:
Conservation has captured the
nation. Its progress during the
last y months is amazing. Of
fetal opposition to the conserva-
tiOn movement. whatever damage
j has done or still threatens to
the public interest, has vastly
strengthened the grasp of con-
serVatiOn upon the minds and con-
sciences Of our people
The conservation issue is a moral
issue. and the heart of Ii is this:
For whose benefit shall our natural
resources be conservation the
beneht OF US all or for the use and
profit of the few This truth is so
obvious and the question itself so
simple that the attitude toward
conservation of any man in public
or private life indicates his stand
in the fight for public rights.
Because the special interests are
IN politics. we as a nation have
lost confidence in congress. This
is a serious statement to make, but
II is true. It does not apply, of
course, 10 the men who really rep
resent their constituents and who
are making so fine fight for the
conservation of self-gOvernmenf
AS soon as these men have won
their battle and consolidated their
victory confidence in congress win
return
The tariff, under the policy of
protection. was originally means
to raise the rate Of wages. 1t has
q l-n
cost Of living. The wool schedule.
processing 10 protect the wool
grower, is found to result in sac
rihcing grower and consumer alike
10 one Of the most rapacious of
trusts,
The cotton cloth schedule was
increased in the face Of uncontra-
dicted public testimony of the man
ufacturers themselves that it ought
10 remain unchanged.
The steel interests demanded and
by a trick secured an indefensible
increase in the tariff on structural
steel.
The sugar trust stole from the
government like a petty thief, yet
congress. by means of a dishonest
schedule, continues TO protect it
in bleeding the public.
GUGGENHEIM TRUSTS
At the very time the duties on
manufactured rubber were raised
the leader of the senate, in COM
pany with the Guggenheim syndi-
cate, was organizing an interna-
tlonal rubber trust, whose charter
made 1t also a holding company
for the coal and copper deposits of
the whole world.
The whole nation is in favor of
protecting the coal and other nat
uraI resources in Alaska, yet they
are still In grave danger of being
absorbed by the special interests.
And as for the general conserva-
tlOn movement, congress not only
refused TO help 1t on, but tried to
forbid any progress without its
help. Fortunately for US all, in
this attempt il has utterly failed.
This loss Of confidence in con-
gress IS a matter for deep con-
cern TO every thinking American.
\ representative of the people who
wears the collar Of the special in
terests has touched bottom. He
can sink no further.
Who is to blame because repre-
sentatives of the people are so
commonly led to betray their
trust2 We allGpre-we who have
not taken the trouble to resent and
put an end TO the knavery we knew
II Is a greater thing to be a good
citizen than 70 be good repubH-
can or good democrat
MORALITY BREAKS IN POLITICS
a new life is stirring among the
dryboneS OF formal platforms and
artificial issues Morality has
broken into politics. Political
leaders, trust bred and trust fed,
md il harder and harder to con-
ceal their actual character The
brass bound collar of privilege has
become plain upon their necks for
all men 10 see. They are known
for what they are, and their time is
short. But when they come to be
retired 1t viii be of little use to
replace an unfaithful public serv-
ant who wears the collar by an
other public servant with the same
collar around his neck. Above an
what we need IN every Office is free
men representing a free people
The people Of the United States
demand a new deal and a square
deal. They have graSped the fact
that the special interests are now
in control of public affairs They
have decided once more to take
control of their own business
To drive the special interests out
OF politics is a vast undertaking.
for in politics lies their strength
Ii they resist, as doubtless they
will. il will call for nerve, endur-
ance and sacrifice on the part Of
the people. 1t will be no child's
play, for the power of privilege is
great. But the power OF our peo-
pie is greater still, and their stead
fastness is equal to the need.
Two things alone can bring sue
cess. The first is honesty ia pub
lie men. without which no popular
government can long succeed The
second is complete publicity of all
the affairs in which the public has
an interest, such as the business of
corporations and political expenses
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