The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-12
ROOSEVELT CLUB
| HONORS P|NCHOT
Ex.FORESTER AND JAMES F
GARFIELD GUESTS OF BIG
BANQUET.
.P|NCHOT MAKES SPEECH
Exto.s Conservation Policy Of Ex.
President Roosevelt and De-
nounees Officials who are
Bleeding the People

st. Paul June 11.--Following an in,
formal reception to Clifford Pincho'
and James r. Garfield, here this
evening, about five hundred mem
bers and friends Of the st. Pau
Roosevelt Club held banquet as 9
q tribute to Pinchot and Garfield II
recognition OF their work in assisting
Roosevelt in his efforts for conser
walton.
Governor Eberhardt, Mayor Keller
President Hugh T. Talbert, of tht
club, ami several Yale alumni friends
Of PincAct lyefe at tie speaker
taglc,
The decorations at the speakers
table consisted of miniature mount
aims, forests, waterfalls and rail
roads, with miniature train whiz
zing past
Justice r. A. Jaggard, of the Min
nesota supreme court. was toa I
mast = Introducing Jaggard, Taf
bert said: 'eThe Roosevelt club has
consistently stood for conservation OF
ideals and conservation Of men and
against plunder and graft. This coun
try has lived on its capital, hut al
last has awakened to thefact that II
will soon exhaust It's natural re-
sources hy the inequitahe dlstrhu
tion Of its wealth in direct violation
of the law of equal opportunity to lts
citizens. This condition has brought
about the formation of new party
without name, but not without az
issue. nor without leaders.
THAT party has two wings com
posed of taoes called conservativ
and those called progr asiVcs, but
thc real division in composed o
those who favor tho rights of The
people againt tSose VINO favor mo
nopoly of the benefits of public do
main, That party may be unnamed
! but it's leaders are Roosevelt, Pinchot
an Garfield
What Pinchot Said.
Conservation has captured the ma
ton. Its progress during the last
twelve months is amazing. Officia
opposition to the conservation move
ment. whatever damage it has done OF
still threatens to the public interest
has vastly strengthened the grasp ot
conservation upon the minds and con
science of our people. Efforts to OBJ
scure or belittle the issue have only
! served to make it larger and clearel
| in the public estimation. The con
servaton movement cannot be check
! ed by the baseless charge that it will
prevent development, or that every
man who tells the plain truth is eithet
IA muck-raker or demagogue. |
has taken a firm hold on our natona
moral sense, and when an issue does
, that il has won.
! The conservation issue is mora
issue, and the heart of it is this. Fo
whose benefit shall our natural re
sources be conservation the benefi
tof us all, or for the use and prof
of the few? This truth is SO obviou
and the question itself so simple tha
the attitude toward conservation of an,
man in public or private life indicate
! his stand in the fight for public rights
| All monopoly rests onn the unregs
lated control Of natural resources an
natural advantages, and such contrc
by the special interests Is impossibl
without the help Of politics. The a
lance between business and polite
1 is the most dangerous thing in on
political life, 1t is the snake that W
must kill The special interests mus
get out of politics, or the America
people will put them out of business
There Is no third course.
Because the special interests are
politics, we as a nation have lost col
fidence in congress. This is seriou
statement to make, but it is true.
does not apply, of course, to the me
who really represent their constit1
, ents and who are making so fine
fight for the conservation of self-go'
ernment. AS soon as these men hav
won their battle and consolidated the
victory, confidence in congress wi
return.
/ But in the meantime the people {
the United States believe that as
whole, the senate and the house Il
Longer represent the voters by whol
| they were elected but the special Il
| terests by whom they are controlle,
] They believe SO because they have s
1 often seen congress reject what tt
4 people desire, and do instead what I'll
. interests demand. And Of this thel
{ could be no better illustration tha
7 the tariff
i The tariff, under the policy OF pr
lection, was originally 2 means
raise the rate Of wages. 1t has bee