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Show Delegates in St. Paul Warned Against Men Yho Posing as Disinterested Citizens, Are Paid Agents of the Special Interests '"Former President Answers the Opponents of Conservation sue by raising the question of stale as against federal Jurisdiction. We are ready to meet that issue if it 1 forced upon us. But there Is no hope for the plain people in such conflicts of Jurisdiction. The essential question ques-tion Is not one ot" hairsplitting legal technicalities, it is simply this: Who enn best regulate the special Interests Inter-ests for the public good? Most of the predatory corporations are interstate inter-state or have, interstate afniUth'Us. Therefore they are largely out of reach of effective state control, and fall of necessity within the federal Jurisdiction. One of the prime objects ob-jects of those among them thai are grasping and creed. v is to avoid any effective control either by the slate or nation: and they advocate at this time ctate control simply because they believe !t to by the least c-ffec- ( Continued on Taif.e Seven.) . Paul. SepL 0 Thedc.:v Roose-. veka speech on con K'rvatio.i, ne'lv-erd ne'lv-erd today at I ne national tonsei va-. ;ioQ congress, was n ceivtd wlGi Uic I r.ildcst applause K was r.evcml isin-utu isin-utu after he arose to r.peak before ho could make nimlf heard, :o p.-rs-lst-ttitly did the 'nrons cheer him. Colonel Roosevelt outlined his ideas aj to conservation, saying that the reckless and uncontrolled waste f tlx past must be stopped. Ho declared de-clared himself In favor of rigid hUps to preserve tho country's natural re-tources re-tources for tho benefit of the whole people, and to check tho power ct monopolist lc corporations. "Much that I have., to say on the jbjrci of conservation will vc but a rf-petlticfa of what was so adnvrably fald from the platform esterdiv,'' ' tald the colonel. His compliment to the president was received with a cheer. .vlinnesota, ho gald had be-n "one of the first to take hold of thy cou-fcrvation cou-fcrvation policy in practical fashion." "And," ho added, "6he has ljne great work representing a policy well cl forth In your governor's address delivered yesterday. I am glad llm consrress Is held In a Ptate where we can listen to euch addresses as havo h-n made by your goternor, who has a right to speak for conservat Ion.'' In speaking of tho control of waterways water-ways by the railroads. Colonel Roosevelt Roose-velt warned the people not to hit mi-pine mi-pine and let the railroads get control, OLiy io say later that Uiose at the head of the railroads were very bad Den. , J Si. Paul, Minn., Sept. C. Theodotu Roosevelt delivered tho following address ad-dress In this city today: "America's reputation for cflleiency Mands deservedly high throughout the world. We are eiliclent probably lo Ihe full limit that any nation can at-lain at-lain by the methods hitherto used. There is great reason to be proud of our achievements, and yet no rea-fun rea-fun to believe, that we cannot excel our pa:it. Through a practically unrestrained unre-strained Individualism, we have reached reach-ed a pitch of literally unexampled material ma-terial prosperity, although the distinction distinc-tion ot this prosperity leaves much to b de.-.lred froirr the standpoint of Justice and fair dealing. But we have not only allowed the individual a free hand, which was in the main right: we have alto allowed great corporations cor-porations to act as though they were Individuals, and to exercise the right! of individuals. In addition to using the vu.st combined power of high organization organi-zation and enormous wealth for their own advantage. This development of corporate action,, it is true, is doubtless doubt-less iu large part responsible for the gigantic development of our natural resources, but it Is not leas iespon-Mble iespon-Mble for waste, destruction, and monopoly mo-nopoly on an equally gigantic scale. The method of reckless and uncontrolled un-controlled private use and wate ha. done for us all the good it ever can, and it Is time to put an end to It before be-fore it ibes all the evil it easily may. We have passed the time when needless need-less wa;te and destruction, and arrogant arro-gant monopoly are any longer permissible. per-missible. Henceforth we must seek national eiflcioncy by a new and a better way of the orderly deve lopment an, uk coupled with the preservation, preserva-tion, of our national resources, by iT.a'K'.ng the most of what we have fur ttie benefit of all of us. Instead of leaving the sources of materlaV pros-peiiiv pros-peiiiv open to Indiscriminate exploitation. exploita-tion. These are BOnie of the reatnnt vchy it li wife that we should abandon the old point of view, and'vvhy eon-icrva'.lon eon-icrva'.lon has In come a patilotlc duty. Waterways. "One of the greatest of our rnnserv-i'Mo,, rnnserv-i'Mo,, problems is the wise and prompt development and use of the waterways water-ways of this nation. The Twin titles, lying ax they do at the headwaters head-waters or the Mississippi, are not up n the direct line of the proposed IakeK to the gulf deep waterway. Yet they are deeply interested in its Prompt completion, as well as In the dcip alng and regulation of the .Mis-MMppl .Mis-MMppl to the uiouth of the Ml.noiitl and to Ihe pulf. The project f or a rent trunk waterway, an arm of the extending from the OoH of Mexico Mex-ico to the firent lakes', should not be ?lundiDed. The laVes to ibe gulf Wp waterway, and the development '(be ilvers which Row Into It. hould liepu-bed to completion vigorously iod without delay. But we numi rec ' iriile at the outM-t that there ar. I certain condition without which the i ! -ople cannot hope tu derive from It j 'b benefits they have a right to ex- l'it. j "In nearly every river city froin Si. I I'io.'l to the gf the water front is I fontrollr-d by the railways. Nearly ever ev-er tirtlfufal waterway In tr-e United Mntev, cither directly or indirectly, i-i I'i'br l'o fame control. It go )th o't saving that (imb-rH ibe people pre-"til pre-"til It In advance i the rallwavs will attempt to take control of cur water-Aih water-Aih f i s-1 :tf ti'ey are Improved ':r.i ( riin plti d : l-or would I iiluuf ' ru h" we, tbe :eopIe. ;ue ?i:plne Pi !' matter. W' lllU-l fee lo it tbll ; ''-mi. ate term.'jlrf are pnnld-'J pi "rv city ar. town on mr' im I""oved vvtersy. teriaiii.i.1 open uu ,vr reason ivio conditions to the hh '' ' v,-r !t!-.M. and rigidly pi otertcd pel the railways to co-operate with i the waterways continuously, effectively, effec-tively, and under reasonable conditions. condi-tions. Unlc-ss we do so, the railway lines will refuse to deliver freight to the boat lines, either openly or by Imposing prohibitory conditions, and the waterways once Improved will do comparatively little for, the benefit of the people w ho pay the bill. ' "Sir Horace Plunkett, ror many years a Wyoming cattleman, and now devoting himself in Ireland to the country life problem there. haR wig gestrd In his recent book on .be "Country Life Problem in America," the creation of a country life Institute as a center where. the work and knowledge of tho whole world concerning country life may be brought together tor the use of every nation. I am strongly In sympathy with this Idea, and I hope to see it cnrrled out with the co-operation and assistance of our own people. Last fpring. while visiting the capital of Hungary, Budapest. 1 was Immensely impressed by the Museum of Country Life, containing an extraordinary series se-ries of studies In agriculture, in stock raising, In forestry. In mining; the exhibits ex-hibits were of the utmost prucUoI Importance, and were also intenselv Interesting and instructive. I greatly wish we had such a museum in Washington, Wash-ington, and some of your farmer congressmen con-gressmen ought to get a full and detailed de-tailed report of this Budapest museum to be printed as u public document for distribution. Human Efficiency. "As a people we have not yet learned to economize. One of tho virtues vir-tues we Americans most netd is thrift. It is n mere truism to say that luxury and extravagance are not good for a nation. So far as they affect character, charac-ter, the Iosh they cause may bo beyond be-yond computation. But In the material ma-terial sense there is a loss greater than Is caused by loth extravagance and luxury put together. I meaa !he needless, useless and excessive loss to our people from premature death and avoidable diseases. Wholly apart, from the grief, the suffering, and th wretchedness which they cause, tho material loss each year has been c?l dilated at nearly twice what it costs to run the federal government. In ad dltlon to the state and city health orP-ccrs orP-ccrs and organizations, there i :t-gently :t-gently needed a federal bureau of health, to act, so far as the national government properly may, to relieve our people from this dreadful burden, i The National Ccnservation J Comrri Rsion. "One of the rno.t lmporLmt meetings meet-ings in our recent history was that of th.. governors in the White Heiu.. in May. 1 911.3, to consider the conserva lion question. By the advice of the governors the meeting was followed by the appointment of a national con-nervation con-nervation commlssfrm. The mcoiii of the governors directed the a'teii-tlon a'teii-tlon of the country to conservation nothing else could have done, vvhllo the work of the commissi. vn give; tt.e movement definlteness nnd supplied If with a practical prog'vni. But a the moment when the commission wan ready to begin the campaign for putting put-ting its program into en"ct."in amendment amend-ment to the sundry civil service bill was introduced by a congressman In Minnesota with the purpose of putting a stop to the- work so admirably bo-gun. bo-gun. Congress passed the amendment. amend-ment. Us object Whs to pu: an et.d to the work of a number of comtiiU-Mlons, comtiiU-Mlons, which had been appointed by the president, and whone contribution to the public welfare had 'een slmpiy Incaleulable. Among these were the commission for reorgnnizinr the bui-Ii.hs bui-Ii.hs mefbod of the goveinmen-, the public lands commission, tl: couMr.' life nnd the nutional con pes Ion commission itself. When I ilzned rh. sundry civil service bill containing this amendment, I tj i.-.mji: '. vv.'h It as my last omcial act a memorandum, declaring that the i ii.endn.ent was void, because it was ir. --eiC'.-u.' ifu-tlonal ifu-tlonal Interference wnb m rights of the executive, and that if I were to ic main president I would pay to it iio attention whatever. The Na.lon.ii Cnervatlon Com-tnlbhion Com-tnlbhion tbeieupon bicaii:e dormant. The nuspen.vlon of il.H work came tt a licihl ftufoi lunate time, and there was serious danger that the progies already made would be lost. At this critical moment the National Conservation Conserv-ation association was organized. It took up the work which otherwise would not have been done, and It ex-i-riheil a moot uKeful Influence In pre-venting pre-venting bad legislation, la .securing the introduction of better conservation conserva-tion measures jit the paot nesdon of eougres. and in piomotlng the pas-age pas-age of wive laws. It deserves the confidence and support of every citizen citi-zen Interested In the wise dvelop-, dvelop-, ' m nt and preservation of our natural resource, and in preventing them lrotu pa- -in--' in'" 'h hands o; "uncontrolled "un-controlled monopolies, p Joips with the NHtloual Conservation Congrem in holding this meeting. I am here . I.v tb Joint Invitation of both. State and Federal Control. One of the moft important con i servatlon W.-tftionti of the. moment - r lares to th control of water power - monopoly In the public interest . There Im apparent to de Judicious ob I xervtr n dlMinct tendency on the- . part of cur ppoueot to cloud tho U' i our people, the fu-ht Is Renins sharp-' cr. Tho nearer we npproach to victory, vic-tory, the. bitterer the opposition that wo must ni.'et. and the greater the need for caution nnd wnlehfulness. Open opposition we can overcome, hut I warn yon especially acalnst the m-n who come to congresses such thi?. ostensibly as disinterested citizens, citi-zens, but actually as the paid agents of the special interest I heartily approve ap-prove the attitude of any corporation, interested in the deliberations of a meeting such us this, which comes hither to advocate, ,y its openly accredited ac-credited acents, views which it believes be-lieves the meeting should have In mind. Hut I condemn with equal readiness read-iness the appearance of a corporate apent before nny cnnventlou who does not declare himself franklv as such. "This congress Is a direct appeal to the patriotism of our whole people. The nation wisely looks to such path-c path-c rings for counsel and leadership, Ijct that leadership be sound, definite, practical and on the side of all the people. It would be no small misfortune mis-fortune If a meeting such as this should ever fall into the bands of the open enemies or false friends of the i great movement which it represents." ROOSEVELT TAKES SLAP AT SNEAKS IN CONSERVATION CONSERVA-TION CONGRESS, (Continued from l'age One) live. In the great light of the people to drive the special interests from the dominion of our government, the nation Is stronger and its jurisdiction jurisdic-tion Is more effective than that of any state. The most effective weapon npalnst these great corporations, most of which are financed and owned on the Atlantic coast, will be federal laws and the federal executive. That Is why I so stronxly oppose the de- mand to turn these matters over to the states. It Is fundamentally a de- ( mand against the Interest of the plain people, of the people of small means, ntalnst the interest of our children and our children's children; nnd it Is primarily In the Interest of the preat corporations which desire to escape all government control. The Conservation Fight. "One of the difficulties in putting into practice the conservation Idea h that the Held to which It applies is constantly growing In the public mind. It has been no Blight task to bring before fioi 0.,ooi people a great conception con-ception like that of conservation, and convince them that it Is right. This much wo hae accomplished. But there remains much to be cleared up, aud many misunderstandings to removed. re-moved. These misunderstandings are due In part at least to direct mlsrenre-sentation mlsrenre-sentation by the men to whose Inter-est Inter-est it Is that conservation should not prosper. Kir example, we find It constantly con-stantly said by men who should know better, that temporary withdrawals, such as the withdrawals of coal land.-), will permanently check development Yet the fact is that these withdrawals withdraw-als have no purpose except to prevent the coal lands from passing into private pri-vate ownership until congress can pass Jaws to open them t development develop-ment under conditions Just alike to the public and to the men who will do the developing. If theie Is delay, the responsibility for it rests, not on the men who made the withdrawals to protect the putilic Interest, but on those who prevent congress from passing wise legislation, and so putting put-ting an end to the need for withdrawals. with-drawals. "Abuses committed in the name of a just cause are familiar to all of us. Many nnwlde things are done and many unwise measures are advocated In the name of conservation, cither through ignorance, or by those whose Interest lies not in promoting the movement, but ip retarding It. For example, to stop water power development devel-opment by updless refusal to Issue permits for water power or private Irrigation Ir-rigation works on the nubile lands inevitably in-evitably leads many men. friendly to conservation and believers in Its general gen-eral principles, to assume that its practical application is necessarily a check upon progress. Nothing could be more mistaken. The idea, widely circulated of late, that conservation means locking up the natural resources, re-sources, but to consider our pons aud daUKhters as well as ourselves; Just as a farmer uses his farm In ways to preserve its future usefulness.-Conservation is the road to national efficiency, ef-ficiency, and it stands for ample and wise development. "Hut in splto of these difficulties, most of which are doubtless Inevitable Inevita-ble In nny movement of this kind, conservation lias made marvelous progress. I have been astounded and delighted on my return from abroad at the prrgTer.s made while I was away. We have a right to congratulate congratu-late ourselves on hls marvelous progress; prog-ress; but there Is no reason for believing be-lieving that the fight Is won. In the beginning the special interests, who are our chief opponents in the con-rcrvatlon con-rcrvatlon fight, paid little heed to tho movement, because they neither understood un-derstood it nor saw that if It won they mut lose. Rut with the progress prog-ress of conservation In tb minds of |