The sun., 1910-06-12
PNCHOT BURAHES CONGRESS-
HAS LOST THE CONFIDENCE or
THE PEOPLE, HE SAYS.

Teal " special lnieresta He ChargeA, IN
FIRST speech mat Iie HAs Made since
He Talked with Roosevelt speaks
% the RoSseNelt Club At -. Paul
ST PART MINI. June n Clifford
Pinchot made his first formal speech since
he met Theodorr Roosevelt in Italy a. a
dinner herr tonight u was before the
Roosevelt Club
/ Mr. Pinchot openly accused the Con
( grrss of the United States as being the
tool of si,ecial interests. He said that
as a whole the senators and Represent
atives mo longer r~presnt the voters :
Vie aaid various clauses Of the new tariff
law proved this. Tie declared that the
! peopl. were awake and the bosses would
have tO 90
l resources in Alaska were still in grave
danger He made no mention of Col
Roosevelt Mother was there any indirect
reference 10 him. Ralinger was ignored
entirely
Mr. Pinchot said
Conservation has captured the nation
I
is amazing The movement cannot be
checked hy tho haseless charge that Il will
prevent development. or that every man
who tells the plain truth is either a muck
raker or q dsmaEoguc. Il has taken Arm
hold on our national moral sense. and when
an issue does that Il has won
Because the special interests are In poll
tics We a. nation have lost confidence in
"a Vhna - q - -
make. hut II IL true The people of the
United states believe that ~ a whole the
senate and the House no longer represent
the voters by whom they were elected but
the special interests hy HON they are con-
trolled. They hsliey' - because they have
20 often seen Congress reject y hat the people
desire and do instead What the Interests
demand
And Of this there could he no better nlns-
tration Than the tsrih The tariff under
the policy ~ pro,ection. was originally
u means 20 RAISE the rate of wages li has
been made tool 10 increase the oO-t Of
living The wool schedule. protesting IN
protect the wool grower. h found n result
ln saCrihcing grower ana consumer alike
10 one Of the most rapariouz of trusts
The cotton cloth schedule We increased
IN lNlF law NN NV NNlAf hlNNN hiNNNlNN UNNNlh
testimony n Tho manufacturers themselves
thai % ought 20 remain unchanged
The steel interests by trick secured "a
ndefcn,ihle Increase IN the tariH on struct-
sral steel
Tho sugar trust stole frcm The Govern
ment lie p~tty thief ye, Congress. nv
means II dishonest schedule. continues
tu project t IN hlesiiuv me public
A. Tho very time the dutie- on manu-
ia'iurei ruhh~r urre rsi-ed me eader ~
th~ senate m rompsny Win the GuRgen-
helm >vndi'at" was organizing an inter
national rubber trust hose charter made
b. also 4 holding company for The coal and
roprrr deposits of he whole world
Tho v hole nation i In favor of rrotsrting
no 'oal and other natural resources In
Nl1sk,. vet they are still In grave danger
~ hstnr absorbed by tho special interests.
Md .- Tor the general ,on-~r, ation move
.sut. congress not only refused to hslp
f on hYt 'rird rn forbid any progress with
out boz. help Fortunately for us an In this
attempt 10 hns utterly failed
livery man Who SHOWS CONGRESS vol
knows ''v usuf, pf Senators and mo enbars
who br'rpr the people thrv were tod rr
represent and SHOWS liso th. names ~ ths
u7-fg~s ~ HON hoy Obey representative
~ tha prorIe uho wears tho collar ~ the
.r', IlI rrtsr--ts has iourhed bottom We
can .trk rn further Tho brand ~ politic.
served out fo uz nv tho professional poll
O.. au F1- long been composed llrWelv NJ
hot meals for On. interests and hot air Tor
th, people. tnd We have al known u
u tsa rreater thing 10 b. = good ci,igsn
than 10 h. % good Republican or = good
democrat
new life Is sfirTIrg among the dry bores
of formal platforms and rrrhrial issues
Morni,y has broken into politics Political
Isaders. 'rusi bred and trust fed. ind 10
harder and ha rider 10 conceal their actual
,haru,tsr Nhoya aIl vhai We need m
sycrv ONO i- 'rca men rrpre-snting q free
PEOPLE The motto in every primary IN
every ele"'ion -hould be the NO watch
dogs Of the Interests need spply
The people u tho Z 1ted Ststrs demand
"a new dsa' and To- square ieal The over
,hadouing question before he American
people to-day BE- thia shall the nation
govern 10 srlf ~ shall M, interests run thi-
country. 10 try 20 divert the march Of
a. aroused publc oorsrbncs from this
right ,ous inevitable conflict hv mean. of
Oh-0lstn political catChwOrd- - like irving F.
20 dam the Mis-i--ippi with dead leaves
10 drive The special interest," out Of poll .
tlc- i- q vast und-rakipg. iNr In politics I.
ls- their strength The task D. frsur~n-
dous one both In tho demands 10 will MAKE
aud the rewards 20 will bring Two things
alone ran hrlugsurccs- The first j. honesty
rU pubnr men. without whioh no popular
government can long succeed Tho second
Is complete publicity ~ an The affair. In .
" hirr fHe public has on interest such a.
tho nu-iurs- of Durporat ions and prlit cal
expense. during ,anratgus ard between
thsw Il
our people ar" hse o. hive ~ bees. full of II
agitation before fakirg hight N q better
place Also ther are ready 10 sting
CoTTON CROP OF 1910