The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-18
TAFT AND P|NCHOT
ON ONE PLATFORM
President and Forester He
Fired Make Addresses Before
Civic Federation.
MANY VITAL PROBLEMS
ARE UNDER DISCUSSION
PinchOt Talks of Conservation
From Broad, Philosophic
Viewpoint.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 17-President
Taft and Clifford Pinchot. whom the for
mcr recently removed from his position
as head OF the forestry bureau, spoke to-
day from the same platform in address,
ing the National Civic Federation, In
session here to discuss problems Of uni
form state legislation.
Representatives of almost every branch
OF human activity met at the confer
cnce to talk over ways and means for
bringing about uniformity OF laws re-
lntlng to child labor. marriage and d.
vorcc. pure food and pure drugs. conser-
walton OF natural resources and laws re-
latng to negotiable Instruments, bills OF
lading and ether matters affecting the
business and social life Of the nation,
Taft on Uniformity.
President Taft spoke at the morning
session and seHiouS attention was accord
ed him throughout. His speech was n
careful presentation of the needs OF uni
formity upon the part OF the states In
laws looking to an amelioration OF ex-
isting conditions.
CLIFFORD PInchot was one OF the prInci-
pal speakers at the afternoon session. he
said that subjects such forestry pres
ervation had been advocated by Ameri-
cans for more than n hundred years but
that tho control OF water monopoly In
the present century.
I'VE have come at last to the point of
action" he said; and we must either
In his judgment, the present situation
offers a field for further action and for
cooperation between tho states them
selves and between them and tho ma
ton As result OF the White House
conference n few years ago, forty five
state committees looking TO the conser-
walton OF natural resources, have been
apDOinlpl
Now Is Time to Act.
"The great principles we have been
working for" said Mr.. Pinchot, must
be written in our laws now or the chance
may pass Public sentiment is prepared
and awake, For the second time a presi-
dent OF the United States has Endorsed
these principles In a message TO con-
gross. Most of the recommendations
we'll known 10 friends of conservation
and well approved. II 1t has omissions
or passages with which 1 disagree, l
have no concern from them today,
The president urges that the measures
he recommends be taken up and disposed
Of promptly without awaiting the inVcs-
tisdtlon that has been determined upon.
echo his desire There can be no reason
To await the result OF the Investigation
before acting on these measures. They
stand by themselves.
Plea for United Effort.
'Tn the face of this great opportunity
let us go further and. so far as these
issues are concerned, lot Is disregard
the controversy altogether in general
effort 10 secure what every good citizen
earnestly desires. Our duty Is TO look be-
yond these. above all lesser strife: in a
common effort to reach objects OF such
transcendant Importance to all the peo-
pie"
In addition to the presidents speech
al the morning session, Seth Low, preSl-
dent OF the federation, and Judge Alton
3. Parker, temporary chairman OF the
conference. also spoke,
With President Taft as the central fig
ure, there were gathered on the stage
notable group OF men. Labor was rep
resented by Samuel Gompers and John
Mitchell the law by Senator Root, Alton
3. Parker and EX-Assoclate Justice
Brown; business by John Hayes Ham
mond, Ex-senator John T. Dryden and
others.
President Lowe explained the purpose
OF the meeting. pointing out that uni
form legislation is equivalent in legisla.
ton to standardization in mechanical
construction"