Arizona republican., 1910-01-14
4 STATEMENT BY P|NCHOT There Are Two Kinds of
 Conservation Necessary OF NATURAL RESOURCES
And That of the Right of the People to Rule as Against the Power of Special Interests to Di- rect Legislation.

! Washington, Jan. 13.-"The conser- vation of natural resources and the conservation of popular government are both at stake. One needs con- servation no less than the other"
 This statement epitomizes a formal statement made public tonight by Clifford Pinchot, recently removed as chief of the forest service.
 ! The former official declares that a great moral issue now faces tine coun- try-not the loss of the natural re- sources se~ much as whether the spe- cial interests or the people shall rule The statement, in part. follows:
 At this time I have no comment to make on recent events Whether in or out of the government service. I propose 10 stay in the fight for con- servation and equal opportunity. Every movement and measure. from whatever source. that tends to ad- vance conservation and promote gov errment by men for human welfare l shall try to help. Every movement and measure from whatever source that flinders conservation and pro- notes government by money for profit | shall endeavor to oppose. The su- preme test of movements and meas ures is the welfare of the plain peo- pie. l am as ready to support the administration when it moves toward this paramount end as I am to op- pose it when it moves away. Today that movement expresses one of our deepest national convictions"
 Mir. Pinchot then traces the recom- mendations of the governors in the White House conference in May. 1908, and says:
 At this critical period. when the goal was in sight, the enemies of conservation in congress not only succeeded in preventing an appropria- tion with which to pursue the work, but attempted to forbid it's passage by the Tawney amendment to the last sundry civil bill Thereupon the work of the national conservation commission is still awaiting action. All wise men will agree that the sit- uation is serious. The Tawney amend ment was more than a mistake: it was d deliberate betrayal of the fu- tuft iHt utnSeTS WHICH cOt1IrOnt the conservation movement today ! must he met by positive action in 1 congress. No, action will be equiva- lent to bad action and will have the | same results.
 Unless congress acts. the water l power sites will pass into the. hands of | special interests. without charge and | without limit of time. So with the phosphate deposits on public lands i when the withdrawals which now protect them are removed. So with | the enormously valuable coal depos- it's in Alaska. which the present law | would sell for s10 per acre.
 Tn the absence of proper action | two great conservation plans for the ! public welfare may fail. The first is 1 the control of water power sites on l navigable streams in the public in- | terest The second is the construc- i ton of a deep waterway from the | great lakes to the gulf
 The former forester calls upon ev- ! cry man of good wilf' tO make it | clear to his representative in con- | gress that it is bis firm intention to ] hold him personally responsible for i the safeguarding of the rights and | property of the people,
 aIn such action." says Mir. Pinchot, l lies the remedy. The first great inn mediate danger is that the water | power sites will be lost the second. ! that the coal lands will be lost
 The statement concludes:
 But these specific dangers of pub lie loss are merely parts of the great | issue between the special interests | and the rest of us. That issue is | whether the country shall be man. aged by men for human welfare, or by money for profit.
 Tt is a tremendous issue. far great CT than any mans personal feelings 1 or personal fortunes. It lies between the people and their representatives on one side. and the interests and their representatives on the other side; between progress and reaction; between the special privilege and tho square deab I repeat that the su- preme test is the welfare of the plain people. It is time to apply it
 Government officials tonight de- clned to make any reply tp the state ment issued by Pinchot. because. owing to the lateness of the hour at U which it was given out. they did not have time to examine it carefully. I'
 It is not believed, however. that a formal reply will be made to Mir. Pinchst's defense of his action, inas-
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