Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-23
Former Chief Forester
Makes Declaration of
Presidential Choice
INTRODUCES WISCONSIN
SPEAKFR DECLARES GROWTH OF
PROGRESSIVE AND COSSEIs-
NATION MOVEMENTS HAS
EEEN PARALLEL.
By Associated Press

By Associated Prsss
New York, Ian. 22.-Senator La
Toilette was given a rousing recep-
ton at the Carnegie Hall mass meet
ing OF progressive Republicans to-
night, Clifford Pinchot presided at
the meeting and introduced LaFol-
lette az the candidate ! support for
the Republican presidential nomina-
ton" l.aFollette declared himself in
favor of the recall for the judiciary
with restrictions and reservations
with which should not surround the
recall OF legislators or executives. "
He favors equal suffrage.
Mr. Pinchot said
Two great parallel movements are
today in possession Of the public
mind, the Conservative movement
and the Progressive movement. Each
is so simple. so sound, and so certain
20 prevail that IL is but natural TO
find them both taking thei- rise
from the same great principle. the
principle of making the best I'VE of
what we nave for the general welfrrc
now and hereafter
rhc idea which underlies tho OK
traordinary rise OF tho Conservation
movement is 10 make the best uss OF
our forests, our lands, oud wa',rs
and our minerals for the general well
fare, beth IN the present and in
the future The idea OF using wha.
we have So as TO make Il yield the
best results for the longest tine for
all our people Is the idea upon which
National efficiency must OF necessity
be based The efficient use of rvery
resource. every institution. and every
agency for the general govd Is the
grca, object OF civilization.
The institutions and the policies Of
social and civic life are useless eN-
cept as ihev foster the effiCien'y and
the welfare OF our people. Tha, Is
what they are for. We mist rake
and change laws elect our officials,
protect sound business suppress or
regulate monopoly. revise the tariff,
and conserve our resources. always
TO help the people. and never for any
,es, by which all measure and all
men should be tried Is the welfare
of the plain pcople. In the :rrest
sense welfare and efficiency arc the
same
Efficiency is the OPPOSITE OF waste
To attain efficiency. We must ermin
ate waste. Were II not for the ;oss
and the waste OF misdlrected liye' oi
spiritual and physical energy misap'
phed. OF resources monopolized. OF
had laws and imperfect institut 'ons
there would he more thar enough .or
all to live In comfort fair dr' ''hl
md content.
" we could do away with vast. -
cial problems which trouble us today
Waste In our greatest peril. anC th'
elimination OF waste. or the best us'
of all We have for the best gool o
all is our Fundamental task.
In all the great lines Of Ma: ona
li,c. We suffer too much from wrste
Tn. reedless destruction OF our for
oets. the washing away OF or riches
soils. the -rahhing OF water prwer
and coal hv monopolistic srecial IN
teres,s. are merely examples % hov
our natural resources are so wrs."'
az 20 contrihute to the general wei
fare ~ lcss than they should.
In the relations ~ labor and cap,
tai there In flavrant waste. III
necdless loss from strikes and lock
outs the unfair distribution y. a.
products OF labor. the bitterness j
the struggle for mere existence on TO
small a wpRe, the disruption n d.
tradat''n Of families by industriu
accidents. IN" deadening oprres' r
of too long hours of work ali thes
waste the powers both of oPpital an
OF labor for the cmTn good
The cncentration and control G
wealth In few hands. the unfair nj
vantares OF the trusts in competitio
or in monopoly. the discrimination
prac ised nv great corpora On
against the people. all reduce eft
cheney, and lead to waste.
Taa waste In politics h. vCry. c
all, for its perpetrates all othe
wastes by blocking the road 10 be
ter thinTs. The existence Of the r'.s
system, the scsndalous alliance b
tween the bosses and the special II
tcrets for purposes OF profit. ~" r.
pud,ation ~ their own political into.