The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30
PLEAFOR HARMONY
MADE BY PINCHOT
Former Chief Forester Urges
COnservationists TO Save
Energy for Opponents
"Get State and Nation To-
gsther, lie Says, ito Fight
Common Enemy"

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Common Enemy
PUEBLO. Cole sept. 2s.-Ginort
Pinehot. wildly cheered. pleaded today
for eoncilation Of the enemies of ma.
tional conservation and for harmony
between states rights men and ma
tionalists" in his address before the
national irrigation congress in session
here Only by working together, ht
declared. could the opponents of al
conservation be fought successful,
and natural resources be kept in pos
session Of the people He said:
There is one enemy we all have
TO night. II is the man in politics
70 feather his own nest. Any scat
teflng OF our power, therefore, is
narmful, SO ] make this plea: Do
what YOU can TO get the state and
nation together TO fight the COM
mon enemy and stop any attempt
70 excite antagOnlsm between the
TWO thereby creating a gap In
which the enemies of both viii
best flourish
OPPOSITION FOR PROFIT
P,pchot declared that the loudest
cries against the new policy and ths
most bitter fight against it have come
from those individuals and organiza-
tons who see their individual profit:
are in danger He said:
Any fight of this kind must have
local point. Any great contest
always centers around a few men
ana organizations. The basic prin-
clple of this fight Of yours and
mine is that it is better to help the
Smal man make a living than to
help the big man make a profit; to
lnoorse the idea that the natural
resources do not belong TO a few
rich men, mainly in Wall street.
put they belong and must be kept
IN the possession Of the people.
believe that the contest of
states rights and federal, so prom
inently before this congress, would
never have arisen if the govern
ment had not undertaken to con-
trol some Of the special interests,
which believed they could all con-
trol by taking refuge behind the
STATE AND FEDERAL CONTROL
Ny view in this-there are GER
tain things in which the state is
= obviously incapable of asserting as
Lsetul power, as useful control as
tne national government In those
ne national government should
control There are many places in
Wnlch the protection of the rights
Of the people belongs to the states.
snd IN those the state should have
kun swing In both cases ] depre-
cafe All enorts TO aise this quar-
rel hecause in the muddy water
theEe IS a refuge for the man who
wants 10 escape all control. / be-
leve IN cooperation between the
states and the nation.
SIC STICK FOR ROOSEVELT
c Z. Bailreich OF Pueblo presente,
70 Pinci"ot. As trustee a gnarled bis
stick cut from the forests OF Colorado
studded with Colorado gems and pre-
cious metals. with the Injunction Il
deliver il to Theodore Roosevelt. tn,
man whN is wise and strong enougl
10 use 1t lmpartially for the benefit o.
all and the only man strong enough
and gentle enough to use the big stick
ts a shepherds crook"
Colora0os controversy with New
Mexico and Texas over state and fed.
eral control OF waters Of the Ric
Erande was aired on the floor of IN.
congress this afternoon. but that bod,
reserved nnal judgment until tomor
sow
federal CONTROL FAVORED
Action = the resolutions committe
Indicates that the con gress viii indors,
federal control. though Colorado viii
present minority report relating t,
ihis feature.
When the Rio Grande -controvers,
was at its height lack Cobb of Texas
declared Theodore Roosevelt estab
hshed the principle of federal contro
q interstate waters, William J. Bryal
sfom this platform upheld that doc
crime and no man can pull down tn,
Sag"
The California clash Of yesterday re
appeared today in a brief tilt betweer
C. Finkle and Francis Cuttelle
tinkle admitted that he was consult
Ing engineer FOR a large power com
pany, but said that he expressed onl,
MS personal views in dissenting or
the matter Of federal control Cuttell,
rephed that he not only represented
his own views, but spoke for 5000 friIi
growers in southern California.
kilograms were read from the stat,
engineer and conservation commission
Of Nebraska indorsing federal contro
Of waters.
HENEY on LAND LAWS
The afternoon session closed with ar
address by Francis J. Heney on safe
He said:
All the present land laws are
ineffective in preventing corpora
tlOn theft Of natural resources and
should be repealed; Strong fed
eral control Of oil. natural gas
water power and coal is necessary
Tor these are the energy producing
agencies without which corpora
mons can not Cypress the people.
Addresses were delivered BIZ Huel
Mckenzie, Australian minister of pub
lie lands; Or. Elwood Mead. chair
man OF the water supply commission
victoria, Australia; Dr. n. Kaumanns
special commissioner OF Germany. ans
r. 6koriakoff, consulting engineer O.
Russian agricultural department.
Greetings on behalf Of the foreign
r countries were extended to the con.
gress BY Chevalier de Grivic of Austro.
Hungary.
Brief reports were made by the fol.
lowing foreign representatives- p II
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