The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-30
Answers Callbreath.

The attack made In the afternoon by
Mr.. Callbreath upon the conservstionists
was answered in the evening BY former
Governor George w. Pardee OF California
He repudiatod the comparison with an
inoian who cannot use the resources
ninself and wants on one else to use
them. The conseryationst lie said
wants the resources used. but doesn't
want Them wasted and. above all does
not want them grabbed and put In cold
storage so they cannot be used
Governor Pardee cited the coal Of Utah,
Wyoming, California and Alaska as an
instance OF resources 5tron away and
held In cold storage by private interests.
He referred to various potential water
powers that we're held in private hands
unused. "lf there is any cold storage
to be DONE he said ''let it be done by
the masses OF the people who own the
resources now" For every ton OF coal
that has been mined. said the speaker a
ton has been wasted by allowing Il To
remain In the mine not because II could
not be mined and sold at a profit, but
because there was more money in going
after fresh coal.
The timber resources were being used
In the same way. he declared. Forests
he said, will always be eXterIninated II
they are allowed 10 fall into privat-
ownership"
Mentions Socialists.
Charging that The opponents OF conser-
vation seek to picture the conservation
lists as Socialists. Pardee said:
All Socialists arc necessarily conser-
vstionists. but all conservationists arc
not Socialists. We believe IN letting pyi-
vate enterprise make ell the money II
can while serving the needs OF the masses
Of the people.
One of the most eloquent addresses
TO which the Transmssissippi congress
has listened was that delivered tonight
by ex-Gov. Jared Y. Sanders Of Louisiana
in making plea for the regulation and
control by the national government OF
the flood waters of the Mississippi river.
Saying that II was right for the gov
eminent to furnish money 10 store the
waters OF the west for Irrigation pur-
ernment function ito keep your water
off the fertile lands OF our Mississippi
valley Thirty-two states dump their
water down upon us This makes the
government regulation and control OF
these waters national question. II ia
not q question Of charity. not question
OF aid-only question OF money No
Colonel Goethals at the Mississippi with
the money at his disposal. after he has
finished the Panama canal. and he VII,
without knowing lie has done any work.
Tells About Levees.
The former governor told Of the 400
miles OF levees In Louisiana which have
TO be maintained and rebuilt every seven
years and the 40 miles OF levees along
the Arkansas bank that Louisiana had
TO keep up TO protect It's own levees,
The remedy he proposed was the mat
tressing OF the banks OF the stream. thus
absolutely protecting the levees and set
Ting the flood question forever This.
he said, could be done at "A total cost OF
$50. 600. .000 a bagatelle compared with the
food losses. which have amounted to
$500 900 900 this year
The final address OF the evening
an address by Senator Chester l. Long
of Kansas. who explained the influence
OF the TransmlssissippI congress on leg
slation by the fact that II was truly rep
rcseptative and represented no one-sided
policy. --st-s