The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-06

corporations. most of which are r.
nanced and owned on the Atlantic
coast, will be Federal laws and the
Federal executive, That Is why I
SO strongly oppose the demand to
,urn these matters over to the States,
1t is fundamentally a demand against
the interest of the plain people, OF
the people of small means, against
the interest of our children and our
children's children; and 1t is pri-
marily in the interest of the great
corporations which desire to escape
all Government control.
The Conservation Fight.
One of the difficulties in putting
into practice the Conservation idea
is that the field to which it applies
is constantly growing in the public
mind. 1t has been no slight task
to bring before 100, 100000 people
great conception like that of Con-
servation, and convince them that II
is right. This much we have accom-
plished. But there remains much to
be cleared up, and many misunder-
standings to be removed. These
Misunderstanding are due in part
at least to direct Misrepresentation
by the men to whose interest it i
that Conservation should not pros
per. For example, We find it con-
stantly said by men who should
know better. that temporary with
| drawals, such as the Withdrawals OF
| coal lands, will permanently check
development. Yet the fact that
these Withdrawals have no purpose
except to prevent the coal lands
from passing into private ownership
until Congress can pass laws to open
them to development under condi-
tons just alike to the public and to
the men who do the developing. II
there is delay, the responsibility for
it rests, not on the men who made
the Withdrawals to protect the pub
lie interest, but on those who pre-
vent Congress from passing wise
legislation, and sc putting an end
to the need for Withdrawals.
Conclusion.
1t is our duty and our desire to
make this land of ours a better home
for the race, but our duty does not
stop there. We must also work for
a better Nation to live in this better
land. The development and conser-
walton of our National character
and our free institutions must go
hand in hand yith the development
and conservation of our natural re
sources, which the Governors Con
ference so we'll called the founda-
tions of our prosperity. Whatever
progress we may n AXE as a Nation
whatever wealth we may accumulate
however far we may push mechan-
ical development and production
we shall never reach a point where
our welfare can utptHu III tiie ido'
analysis on anything but honesty,
courage, loyalty and good citizenship.
The homely virtues are the lasting
virtues. and the road which leads
to them is the road to genuine and
lasting success.
What this country needs is what
every free country must set before
it as the great goal toward which
it works-an equal opportunity for
life, liberty, and the pursuit OF hap
piness for every one of its citizens.
To achieve this end we must put a
stop to the improper political domin-
ion, no less than to improper eco
nomic dominion. of the great special
interests. This country, its natural
resources, its natural advantages,
its opportunities, and it's institutions,
belong to all it's citizens. They can
not be enjoyed fully and freely un-
der any government in which the
special interests as such have voice.
The supreme political task of our
day, the indispensable condition OF
National efficiency and National vel
fare, is to drive the special inter
ests out of our public life.
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