The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-10-06
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chy and Iawlessness throughout the
whole body polite.
Conservation.
The conservation OF ou1 natural re-
sources is one of those far-reaching
and momentOus questions calling for
the highest class OF craftsmanship and
the most patriotic effort upon the part
of our citizens. Its most pronounced
and distinguished advocate, the man
who gave life and scope and purpose
to the cause is that remarkable per-
sonality, the most imposing figure in
the politics of this county since Lin
coin, ex-President Roosevelt. Cap
plause.) That we should through the
intelligent means at our command pre-
vent waste and extrayagant exploita-
ton; that we should through all pro-
per and available methods withhold
from the control of monopolies and
under system Of regulation and con-
troll dedicate these natural resources
to the economic use Of the people,
seem to commend the approval of all
right-thinking men, The Republican
party is thoroughly committed to this
task. President Taft during his adj
ministration has brought to this sub
JuCL HIS USSt anu Ill n U1CSL
practical and statesmanlike manner
pointed out and secured most import
ant legislation looking to proper So
luton of this question. There has been
studied and persistent effort to mis-
represent the west upon this subject.
But the west is thoroughly in favor of
protecting and conserving the vast
wealth which makes Of it an empire
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resources SO used, SO developed, SO re-
gulated and controlled as to render
them indeed the wealth of the people
In speech delivered in the city of
Denver a few weeks ago Colonel
Roosevelt said Conservation does
not mean non-use or non-development
1t does not mean the tying up of the
natural resources of the states. 1t
means the utilization of these re-
sources under such regulation and
control as will prevent waste and ex-
travagance and monopoly, and at the
same time not merely permit but en-
courage such use and development as
will serve the interests of the people
generally" The west accepts without
hesitation this policy thus announced
by most advanced leader upon this
subject. We want chance to devel-
op, we want chance to grow We
want to care for our people, to have
the property upon which we can place
the burdens of taxation and build UP
great commonwealths.
One of the most accomplished arts
of the demagogue is to try to interest
the people in an effort to do an i'm
possible thing in order to escape the
responsibility of doing a possible anG
right thing. Instead of addressing
themselves to the task of practical leg
islation, of eliminating the crudities
of the present system and making il
serviceable to the people, through {
studied and persistent effort some ars
seeking to engender the belief that The
/, western states under the somewha
! discredited phrase of Estates rights
are asking that the national govern
ment withhold the exercise of it's con
stitutional powers in this great work
They would have the people believ
} that there is a great conflict on be
/ tween the national government and tn
states, and that a few sel-elected war
rors are destined to again become pre-
servers of the Union. 1t is an en-
> HANGING vision. The western states no
: only accept but they encourage the ex
ercise of the constitutional and nation
al powers to the end that our natura
powers to the end that our natural re
sources may be properly protected
The western states claim no rights
seek to exercise no powers other thai
those powers guaranteed by the plat
| terms of the charter, rights enjoyed b
| every state CT the Union, rights estab
1ichnJ NV af
dents both in the courts and in legis
lation. Does any man bid defiance t
the whole framework of our govern
ment by denying us these rights?
is the duty Of the people to get benin
both sovereignties in this work. LIE
J. each sovereignty do the work plainl
belonging to it under the constitution
Colonel Roosevelt, speaking in CO
lumbus, said. "The first requisite t
I the establishment of justice is the es
Enlistment of law and order, and wo
to the man, public official or privat
citizen, who fails to realize this fact.
/ No sounder or more statesmanlike an
nouncement could fall in these day
from human lips. But it covers al
the highest and the lowest 1t mus
not be applied alone to the man har
pressed in the struggle for existenc,
crowded to the limit by those who cor
| troll his wage; it must cover the higf
| est and most powerful, it must appl
not only to the statutes passed for tn
| punishment of the lowly, but to thos
| whose business it is to protect tn
= whole framework of the governmeI
under which we live.
In his message to the Governor
Congress Colonel Roosevelt said: II
matters that, relate only to the peopl
within the state, of course, the stat
is to be sovereign and should hay
mower to act. If the matter is sue
| that the state itself cannot act, then
wish on behalf of the state, that til
national government should act" \
one can possibly find fault with tn
rule.
Mistaken Position of West.
1t is said by those who have sinh
| ter motive for misrepresentation tn;
i the waStprn stotns arc inpapab1a