The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-06
ROOSEVELT AT ST. PAUL
TALKS ON HIS FAvORITE
SUBJECT
RAps woUlD.DE OEspOlLERS
or NATIONAL RESOURCES
Declares That Protection 0
Tho Forests Is Duty OF
tho Nation

(By Associated press.)

st. Paul Min. Sept 6-Theodors
Roosevelt In his address delivered N
this city today. said in part;
Americas reputation for efiicienc,
stands desewedly high throughout
the world, we are efficient probabl,
10 the full limit that any nation cal
attain b. the methods hitherto used
There is great reason to be proud
OF our achievements, and yet no reas
on to believe that we cannot exec
our past Through practically unre
krained indiyidualism, We have
reached a pitch, of literally mexam
pied material prosperity; although
the distribution of this prosperit,
leaves much TO he desired from tht
standpont OF Justice and fair deai
ing. but we have not only allowed
The individual a free hand, which wa
in the main right, we have also al
lowed great corporations to act az
though they We're individuals, anc
10 exercise the rights OF individuals
in addition 10 using the vast combin
ed power of high organization an,
enormous wealth for their own ad
vantage. This development of cor
porate action, II is true, is doubtless
jD large part responsible for the 81!
glntic development Of our natural
resources, but Il is not less response
Bile for, waste, destruction, and mono
poly on IAN equally gigantic scale.
Waterways
rOne of the greatest of our conser
vati0n problems Is the wise and
prompt development and use of the
Waterways of this Nation. The pro
jcct for a great trunk waterway, AZ
arm OF the sea, extending from tn,
Gulf OF Mexico to the Great Lakes
should not be abandoned. The Lakes
to the Gulf Deep waterway, and the
deyelOpmtnt of the rivers which flow
into II. should be pushed TO compile
tion vigorously and without delay
nut we must recognize at the outse
that there are certain conditions with
oilt which the people cannot hope &c
derive from It the benefits they Aay'
Alright to expect.
.'In nearly every river city from
st. paul to the Gulf the water from
Il controlled nv the railways. Near
IL every artificial waterway in the
United States. either directly or in
directly is under the same control
II goes without saving that (unless
the people prevent II In adyance) tn,
railways will attempt to take control
OF our waterways as fast as they
are improved and completed; nor
would | blame them II we. the peo-
ple. are supine in the matter. We
must see to II that adequate termin.
ais are provided in every city ana
town on every improved waterway,
terminals open under reasonable con
ditions to the use of every citizen
sid riHdly protected against monopo'
~. and we must compel the railways
TO cooperate with the waterways con-
tinnously. effectively. and under reas'
enable conditions. Unless we do SO
the railway lines win refuse to deliv-
er freight TO the beat lines, either
openly or by imposing prohlbltory con
ditions, and the waterways once I'M
proved viii do comparatively little
for the benefit OF the people wAo pay
the blu.
Drainage
Where the states are unwilling OF
unable to undertake II. the drainage
of swamp and overflow lands By the
Federal government is a wise and
necessary measure. Much Of 1t must
he done BY the Nation in any case