Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-02
Ex-FoREsTER PlNcHoT.

Some of the reputable papers OF the
country are swatting Mr.. Pinchot on
the knuckIes in a way which puts un-
der suspicion their purpose to queer
a man before he has been fully heard,
and Mr.. Ballinger has made his full
answer. 1t is apparent that Mr.. Pin
ollot is familiar enough with commit
tee methods in Washington to see the
necessity Of getting his case before the
country in full as he views 1t, rather
than by piecemeal as the skilful ex
aminers would get it before the public
from hearing to hearing When the
submarine boat scandal investigation
is brought to mind, it is plain enough
why Mr.. Pinchot strove to make his
statement clearly in advance, for it is
the only protection he has. 1t may
appear to be irregular, it may leave
him open TO the Severest criticism, but
1t gives him a protection he is not
sure of getting in any other way. The
committee appears to be very anxious
to save the dignity OF the president,
and to keep him from getting drawn
into the controversy, but we cannot
imagine his predecessor. Mr.. Roose-
welt, doing anything under the cir
cumstances except inviting the fullest
inquiry regardless of who is involved,
and showing his own readiness to have
everything submitted to the commit
tee and himself appearing as a wit
ness if necessary.
The Bridgeport Standard states the
case fairly when it says: This mat
ter has come to pass where the
charges and counter charges must be
made good or disproved, and Pinchot
must be shown a defamer or Baliinger
a man unfit for the place he holds.
One or the other is true, and the
sooner the demonstration is made the
better for all concerned as well as for
the country at large. No big corpora
tons are to be allowed by one kind OF
hocus-pocus or another to seize the
rich and immensely valuable public
lands of Ala ska or anywhere else in
the country. That sort of business has
gone far enough and must be stopped
and whoever directly or indirectly
plays into the hands of the spoilers, be
he high in office or of no official ac-
count, will be spotted and condemned
as an enemy of the public
TEN MILLIONS FOR SCREENS.
It is stated as a fact that the Amer
lean people spend ten millions q year
kitchens, dining rooms, restaurants
and sleeping rooms, and that to make
the protection complete four times
this sum would be required, which
show that the fly is an expensive Tit
tie kuss." as Artemus Ward would
have said, aside from the seeds of dis
ease and death he is charged with
treading into the food we eat. And
the flies do not appear to decrease as
fast as the war upon them would lead
us to expect them to. The real men
ace appears to be the manure heaps
of the city stables in which the flies
establish their metropolises. DR.. How
ard of Washington Is sure that if the
health department regulations regard
ing manure in stables were rigidly
enforced ninety-nine out of every hun
dred flies in the cities would go out
of busintss because they would find
it impossible to make a living. This
is a straight tip to health boards ev-
erywhere to do their duty and thus
reduce these fleet-winged germ car
riers from establishing such populous
centers in filth that has no good de-
fence for existence. The screen side
of the battle is important but not
half as important as ,wel1-enforced
anti-fly regulations.