Show Ir i i TWO To GREAT ISSUES I 1 ARE NOW AT STAKE they Are Conservation of Natu Natural ral Resources and Conservation Of Popular Government d DECLARES GIFFORD PINCHOT nu ITa N No Comment to on EClUs but to Stay Iii the 1110 Fight Washington Y Jan conserva tion Ion or of and the con of oC popular are arc I both at stake The one needs consor conser no less than the tho other epitomizes the for tor forI I mat announcement m lle public to I J sIght b by Pinchot recently re reI 1 I J moved as chief of oC the forest service I i TIe The former armer official declares the great I moral that now races the tho cowl coun not no Ul the loss ot of n natural tural re resources ao much WI as whether Interests Or the tho people shall rule rulo The Tho tj mont ment In part ill Is us as follows STATEMENT At this I 1 have hae no comment to on recent events Whether hethel In or oUt of oC the thc government service I 1 pro propose pose to stay In the tho fight for tor con conserve ena I and equal opportunity Ever Every Everyl l and measure from whatever that tends to advance conser I end promote b by I men for tor human welfare I try 1 10 help Every movement nd measure from whatever source that thal hinders con and promotes government by byi i monc money or profit I endeavor to The supreme test or of move ik monts and measures Is 10 the tho welfare of oC I 2 the plain people X I am as read ready to tor r support the all ministration adminIstration when It 11 Itt t moves toward this paramount end as I are am to It when It moves awa away Mr lr his profound regret at leaving the rOle forest t senko and Ia tribute tributo to the tho ss and high qua quality lit of rendered by the men with whom ho worked Out ot of the tho york work of the tte forest service ho declares Slew grew the conservation move movement movement ment To Today 11 a that movement expresses ono one ot of our deePest national con I ho 81 und the prIncIples principle for 1 which It stands arc received n as It Is only the of that I which remaIns In doubt The great conference ot of governors In the WhIte House In May la 1908 led to the appoIntment or of the national ton Conservation whose report a now flow conceptIon or of the value of our national resources I It told U us whet what Is needed for tor their prompt Ind and orderly development and for Cor their safety and perpetuation Together with PresIdent Roo message meSne transmitting Is its report the re of the commission fur Cur furnished I a complete statement or of the tho conservatIon polIcy met our nee focUs s Suar squarely y antI prescribed the tho remedy The They practical re recommendations recommendations commendations for tor the tho protectIon ot of tore forests t against fr lire and tor foi equitable forest taxation The or of tIm tho do domain maIn was stronglY urged and principles pIes ples for tor Is UIO use and were laid down The Tho for tor preservIng Ing the tho fertility of oC our soll soils and do their agricultural value b by and was yas covered and partIcular attention n given to the tho ot of retaining our lands then In danger ot of absorptIon b by n ft foreign MI Mr then traced the ho of oC the conference ap and them al all allIn In a word he said the report or of the lon and the mes message taken together set act forth Corth a com compro pre le statement for tor the con or of our natural resources A CRITICAL PERIOD tt t thi thIs crItIcal when the tho goal wal was In enemies of conserve goal In Congress ot only succeeded In lon nn an aPproPrIation with which to pursue tho work worl but at attempted t tempted to forbId Its pro progress b by the Tawney amendment to the last sundry civi civIl bl bIll Thereupon the work of oC le flO natIonal conservatIon lon was stopped The of oC tie the corn com comI mission s alt for acton actIon Al All wise I then men wi will agree agro that the tho situation Is 13 serious The Tawne Tawney amendment was snore moro than a was wa The Tho dangers or of the future which confront the conservatIon corn com mIssIon today must bo be snot met with pool tive actIon In Congress No action wl wIth bo equIvalent to bad actIon and wi wIll hove have the same samo results Unless Congress acts the he water powers wi pass Into the hands or of special interests without charge and without limIt of oC time So with the phosphate depo ls on public lands when the tho withdrawals which now protect them are removed So with tho enormously valuable coal deposits In Alaska which the tho present law would soi soIl for rOI 10 per acre The danger ot of legislation is 18 no less serious The specIal Interests must no longer be allowed to take what they choose out or of the geat great property o Of ni all the people Those who steal public lands steal homes from men and women who need thorn them Congress cn can stop the pillage or Conless Congress can let It go o on In the absence of oC propel proper action two great reat conservation plans for tOl the public welfare may rai fell The frt first Is the control of oC water powers on naI able streams In the public interest The second Is the tho construction ot of the deep waterway Irons the Great Grent Lakes to the Gul Gulf The unanimous opInion of oC the MII Mis recognizes this water WI vas a as a commercial necessity I It b be hieves with reason that the cost for Cor which Is alreadY known wl will willbe be trivial when compared wih with tho benefits conferred Transportation ta fa duties create traffic The failure to do de elop our together with adequate terminals and connections b bri by ri rail leaves to the raIlroads I a complete monopoly of transportatIon In the MIs I vale alley The former forester then cals calls upon ulon every man nian ot of good wi wIll to male make It clear to hl his representatives In Con gross his firm Int intention to hold thom personally responsIble for safeguarding the rIghts and property of oC the pee peo plo i In such action says sas Mr Pinchot I les lies the tho remedy GREAT IMMEDIATE D DANGER NGER Tho first great immediate danger Is that the water powers wi wIll be lost the second that tho cal coal lands wi will be lost I concludes nut flut these specific danger dangers or of publIc loss are aro mere merely merely ly parts arts ot of the tho great Issues between the tho specIal interests and the rest rost of oC us That issue ISue Is whether this countr country shall bo be managed b by men for tor human welfare ox 01 by mono money for tor profit I It Is a tremendous Issue tar far geat greater 01 than an any mans personal feelings or personal fortunes I It leR hie between the people and their representatives on one Hile side and the tho Interests and their on the other side between progress and reaction between special privileges and squar square deal I repeat that the supreme test Is the welfare or of orr r e plain people I It Is time to apply appl Government tonight declined to make any reply to the statement Is Issued issued sued b by Mr Pinchot because owing to the lateness Of oc the hour at which It was given out they did td not have havo time timeto to examine It carefully I It Is not be hewed however that any formal reply wi will be made mado to Mr 11 defene defense of oC his aton action Inasmuch ns as ho he no longer Is an official or of the government |