Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-07
NEW NATIONALISM
SUBJECT Of T.R.'S
ST. PAUL ADDRESS
Declares Federal Government
Only Can Exercise Effective
Control of Corporations
PAYS A COMPLIMENT TO TAFT
Crowds Are MaSSed Wherever
the Colonel Goes About
the Twin Cities
PAYS A COMPLIMENT TO TAFT
Associated Pressl

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. 6.-The doc
trine Of new nationalism," which for
mer President Roosevelt enunciated in
his speech at Osawatomie, Kas., last
week, was set forth still more clearly
by him in his speech today before the
National Conservation congress.
He declared emphatically for gov
ernment control of the country's ma
tural resources.
"If it had not been for corporate
interests, especially those which may
be described as predatory, we would
never have heard Of this question of
state rights" he declared.
And later he said: at is not really
a question of state against nation. 1t
is really a question of special oorpor-
ate interests against the people"
Colonel Roosevelt outlined his ideas
as to conservation, saying that reck-
less and uncontrolled waste must be
stopped he declared himself in favor
of rigid steps to preserve the country's
natural resources for the benefit of
the whole people and to check the
power of monopolistic corporations.
Much that 1 have to say on the
subject of conservation will be but a
repetition of what was so admirably
said from this platform yesterday"
said Colonel Roosevelt His compli-
ment to the president was received
with a cheer.
He said the corporations were
anxious to have the states take up
the work that they might escape all
effective control.
GREETED WITH APPLAUSE
Great outbursts Of applause greeted
Colonel Roosevelt as he delivered his
speech in the Auditorium.
Everywhere he went about the Twin
cities masses of people lined the
streets to see and cheer him, and when
he arrived at the capitol the presiden-
tial salute of tWenty-one guns was
given.
Col. Roosevelt arrived in Minneap-
oils at 7 o'clock. After breakfast he
came by automobile to st. Paul, made
his speech at the Conservation con-
gress and then went to the state fair
grounds where he addressed the larg-
est crowd of the day on the subject of
good citizenship. He left tonight for
Milwaukee.
Speaking of the federal control OF
corporations he said:
"In addition to the fact that the fed
eral government is better able to ex-
act justice from the corporations 1 also
believe that 1t is less apt In some gust
of popular passion to do injustice to
them"
Roosevelt referred to his national
conservation commission, for which no
appropriation was made, in a manner
indicating a threat at Congressman
Tawney.
Col. Roosevelt's speech was, in part,
as follows:
ROOSEVELT's SPEECH
Americas reputation for efficiency
stands deservedly high throughout the
world. We are efficient probably to
hA full 1fV,off fhnf NJ
tain by the methods hitherto used.
There is great reason to be proud Of
our achievements, and yet no reason
to believe that we cannot excel our
past. Through practically unre-
strained individualism we have reached
pitch of literally unexampled ma
terial prosperity. although the dis
tribution of this prosperity leaves
much to be desired from the stand
point of justice and fair dealing. But
we have not ouly allowed the indi-
vidual free hand, which was in the
main right, we have also allowed great
corporations to act as though they
were individuals and to exercise the
rights of individuals, in addition to
using the vast combined power Of high
organization and enormous wealth for
their own advantage. This develop
ment of corporate action, it is true,
Is doubtless in large part responsible
for the gigantic development of our
natural resources, but it is not less
responsible for waste, destruction and
monopoly on an equally gigantic scale.
1.-THE method Of reckless and uncon-
trolled private use and waste has
done for us all the good it ever can,
and it is time to put an end to 1t be-
fore it does all the evil it easily may.
We have passed the time when heed
less waste and destruction and arro-
giant monopoly are any longer per-
missible. Henceforth we must seek
national efficiency by a new and a bet
ter way, by the way of the orderly de-
velopment and use, coupled with the
preservation, of our national re-
sources, by making the most of what
we have for the benefit Of all Of US,
instead of leaving the sources of ma
terlal prosperity open to indiscrim-
inate exploitation. These are some of
the reasons why it is wise that we
should abandon the old point of view
and why conservation has become
patriotic duty.
WATERWAYS
zone of the greatest of our conser-
walton problems is the wise and prompt
development and use of the waterways
of this nation. The Twin cities, lying
as they do at the headwaters of the
Mississippi, are not upon the direct
line of the proposed lakes to the gulf
deep waterway. Yet they are deeply
interested IN its prompt completion, as
well as in the deepening and regula-
tion of the Mississippi to the mouth
of the Missouri and to the gulf. The
project for a great trunk waterway,
an arm of the sea extending from
the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes,
should not be abandoned. The lakes
to the gulf deep waterway, and the
of the rivers which flow
into it, should be pushed to compile
tion vigorously and without delay.
But we must recognize at the outset
that there are certain conditions with
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