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Show PULLING THE WOOL The interests tried to pull the wool over the eyes of the National Conservation Conser-vation Congress at St Paul by the old cry of states rights. They had some western governors lined up all right, but the common people wouldn't flock with them. What was the real issue anyway? Was it that the states should exercise more authority over their own affairs j and the government keep hands off of i local issues? Nay, nay. The issue was, shall the interests rule or shall the peo-j peo-j pie? Shall the wealth of this country i be gobbled up by Special Privileges and get into the hands of the few over-rich j or shall the whole people hold on to I their coal, timber, fertilizer, oil and - other necessities? ! Anyone can see how the cry of these i states rights might fool the people. It I was a clever play on local pride. But I what a dangerous thing! We have but j to glance at the daily page of history to j see how easily state legislatures can be i corrupted by Special Privilege. With a ! corrupt legislature what assurance have ! the people that their interests will be j safeguarded? 1 The government is slow and cumbersome cumber-some and costly, but that very slowness makes it more safe for the people who have vast wealth of natural resources to conserve. We cannot be too cautious in dealing ; with the problem of conserving our natural resources. We need keep an eye on those who cry, wolf! woh'! when their own hide smells of wolf. The Interests In-terests were beaten at the St. Paul meeting. The people still have a hand on the padlock of our resources. Sue- j cessi'ul Farming. ' ; j Now, wouldn't the above jar your i I teeth loose? It shows what frightful mistakes can be made by people who j are densely ignorant of a subject. Yet, it is only a short time since the scales ! ; dropped from the eyes of the people of ' j the West and they discovered what the conservation business as doing lor j them. Up to ihe Hale the meeting of the nine governors was held in Salt Lake and expressed themselves against ' having the natural resources of their states placed out of reach of the present ' generation, not a voice in any party had been raised against this "policy" ; bequeatned to Taf t py Roosevelt. Tliese ; men who had the foresignt to see -whither we are drifting are now accused 1 of being ''lined up" by the "Interests." j It all goes to show that there is con- j siderable to do yet to get the East to a ! reasonable understanding of tne needs j of the West. j |