The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-09-22
NEW ORDER OF THING.

NEW ORDER OF THINGS.
James R. Garfield, former secretary
OF the interior, discussed THE Fed.
eral Governments Relation. to Con.
servation." After defining the general
powers of the president and other ex-
ecutive officers Mr.. Garfield said:
'If the conservation problem had
simply to do with the distribution of
what remains of the public domain the
solution of the problem would be freed
from many difficulties, but distribution
is only small part of the problem;
the most important duty is to provide
against such distribution as will result
nopolistic control over the resources
of timber water, fuel and phosphates
Under our former system of dispo.
sition of public lands by both nation
and state We have permitted individ-
uals and corporations to acquire great
portions of our natural resources. We
have given away special privileges of
great value and made grants of ire
mendous industrial power The use of
those special privileges and the exer-
else of those powers have given rise
to serious political and industrial ques-
tons, which are now parts of the con-
servation problem.
Much has been said in recent years
about executive usurpation in admin.
istering the land laws, but have yet
to learn of a specific case. The courts
are open to test such a case, but none
has been brought
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+ orous enforcement of the land !.
+ laws and the opponents of the :.
\ measures proposed to improve !.
< land laws are not really inter. +
+ ested in the abstract theory !.
+ of executive power. They OBJ !.
!. jected to the new order of !.
!. things because it prevented !.
+ them from stealing public \
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Exactly as the cry of executive
usurpation was raised, so now the
ghost of states rights Is dragged out
to brighten the public. There is no
real conflict between nation and states
in dealing with the public lands and
the use of natural resources Each
jurisdiction has great interests to
safeguard, great duties to perform for
the common good and, whenever the
jurisdictions overlap, neither should
withdraw, but by cooperation provide
for such regulation as will prevent pri-
vate and special interests from escap-
ing effective public regulation and SUI
pervisiOn."
6EvERIDGE ADVOCATES
NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY.
United States Senator Albert ].
Beverage of Indiana strongly advo-
Gated national over state sovereignty
of natural resources.
Dwelling on history from the days
of colonial America to the conserva-
ton movement the senator developed
point after point showing state fail.
ure as against national success in all
problems concerning the welfare of
the people.
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i. "All this waste and robbery !.
+ Of the peoples wealth must be j.
+ stopped. No ancient and pro- !.
!. vincial Interpretation of states i.
+ rights must prevent the en- i.
+ forcement of the peoples i.
+ rights. No special plea for !.
i. local hasty development must !.
!. hinder healthy development !.
!. No temporary state politics, !.
1. compelled by the wealthy few !.
\ must impair permanent nation !.
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"Had we kept the national reSou. cSs