The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21

Conservation identified the local offender
Policy against truth and decency in this relation
The Chronicle always eager back the
f power grabbers and the associated land
thieves has invented quite imaginary conservation and
daily proceeds with soemnity demoish the
Tor example:
And now come the professional
that all the most Xaqabe western whose title & still IN the
Of the Of California that be taxed support the
And secondly they declare that derived from natural
but to the federal treasury 9 for the benefit the
absolutely be taxed
support government California considerable part of the
distributed among local governments
money collected California expended
within its limits partly the forestry service and by
appoonmen among the counties concerned With the develop
because OF the policy OF conservation let
the natural wealth OF the country lie faow but the contrary
development fair and reasonable basis will be promoted
every possible The whole of the power grabbers
the hood that conservation prcude development AS Mr.
Pinchot explained:
Are our opponents % charge ad4oang @ 6ottng up all the coal
n @ not m % b % @ all to @ dc % b fbsP so | @ pP s1d gentmS @ fSe 6
principle development We have only the right but
benefit the generation eath the coal oil and timber
the old when timber Are to let the water
unused to the ocean OF course not Let us use the water
because @ @ @ a % @ that f1 therefore e @ people @ h unted @
to the people possible and as much useful to the trusts
Ehs clear of the policy of applied
California 1t has commended itself the people and the only
opposition from those interests which forever seeking
public property and privileges without having pay anything
therefor OF these interests the Chronicle is the representative
the and its chief ahood and misrepresentation Of
the situation There will be botng up but see
repeated the by which under color of law the valuable
the have been seized and monopozed
withost- compensation for taking public property.
M UGH expected Of the newly established federal
IVl mines created under the of congress- California
mining interests have striven for years obtain government
recognition such lines, CON
A Winning Duredu did give them all that
With Limited the functions of the bureau doubt be
Functions e<'enGed Dy SUBSEQUENT leglsiaton lhe law
provides that the director of the shall
make dgen investigation OF the methods mining especially
relation the safety of the appliances adapted
which mining operations and
other mineral substances the of explosives electricity the
of accidents and other inquiries technoogc
such public of the work. investigations information
obtained the secretary of said department may direct
recommendation of such bureau
the secretary of the interior and its present
of function be largely confined making
mendaons which the federal power carry
The recommendations of the bureau will doubt have great
weight with the legislatures in the regulation of
but the bureau will the
mineral industry that the department of agriculture farming
rather small federal government to refuse
pay expresage the silver which people need for
making change The fault lies the door congress- which
= :, refused grant the customary appropriation
stupid ana for this purpose and this is niggardy as
Improbable well as short sighted policy because gov
Economv ernment makes clean profit of cents
' on every silver dollar that goes into circulation
this part of the country be thrown on
circulating medium of dirty shnpasters small
pocket change
Besides it no light thing the obstreperous
this policy among
We expect another Crime
secuted people the greedy devourng Money
Frewn will illuminate filling columns in the
newspapers burdened with impending calamity 1t should
noisy time.
This the fact that silver
the money for small
and the makes large profit the circ
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