TTTE 3I0RXIXO OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, SEFTEMBER 6, 1910.
TAFT TELLS STAND
ON CONSERVATION
President Makes His Policies
Clear in Speech at St.
Paul Congress.
POWER OF STATES SACRED
Preside nl's Appoal to Prrtk-l
Common Scnco in Sowing of
ProMe-m Wins Quick Ho
ponse From Audicnc.
MINXEATOL.IS. Sept. 5. After speaking-
at the Conservation Congrcu In St.
I'aul this morning and at t lie Minne
sota Slate Fair grounds. outside this
t Ity. thla afternoon, President Taft Irft
for Beverly to night by way if C'hi
raao. In hi conservation address the
President won a quick response from
his thousands of hearers by an appeal
In practical common sense In dealing
wltn conservation problems .
Xn the opinion of many who heard
him he also made answer to the recent
agitation of a "New Nationalism." nr a
Kcredal centralisation of power, by de
claring lhat the only safe course to
pursue was to hold fast to the limi
tations of the Constitution and to rc-
Kar l a sacred the power of the slates.
Mr. Taft made frequent references to
the serxlces of Theodore Roosevelt in
the cause of conservation, hut he de
clared the time for rhapsodic and
Kiltterins; ceneraltlles had passed, lie
suggested to the ton ureas that it should
inrlte Its speakers to come down to de
tails, to specific evils and to specific
remedies.
Audience- Itixro to Iccl.
These sentiments by the President
seemed to receive the approval of near
ly all his I carers. They came near
the end of Ions: detailed and exhaus
tive discussion of conservation, and he
ended his speech with the audience on
its feet.
Mr. Taft did not attempt to solve : e
problem of waierpower sites control, as
between the states and the general gov
ernment, but after statins: the argu
metits auvanced on both sides of the
subject he said he would submit the
whole matter to the Federal Congress
for determination.
At the fair grounds the President de
livered a laxr day address the most
notable utterances of which was a
statement that he knew of no intention
on the part of the (government to pros
ecute labor leaders under the antl-
trust law. At the same time the Presi
dent said he did not believe labor or
ganisations should be exempted from
such prosecution by specific statute,
tie declared that such a provision of
law would smack of class legislation.
Tuft's Welcome Warm.
He did not believe labor organiza
tions needed or desired class legislation
and he counted on their help in pre
venting such legislation.
The President received a demonstra
tive but not an uproarious welcome at
St. Paul. The streets were lined from
the depot to the reviewing stand, where
Mr. Taft witnessed the passing of the
I .a nor day parade. At tho Conserva
tion Congress the President .was wel
corned with prolonged cheering. After
luncheon in St. Paul he rode by auto
mobile to the State Fair grounds, and
received a tumultuous greeting from
throng which filled the grandstand and
overflowed Into the racetrack and In
field.
On the way to the Minneapolis Fair
grounds the President was greeted
noisily along the road, tie dined at
hotel here this evening, informally, and
then was driven direct to his train.
The President said:
Conservation as an economic and poli
tical term has come to mean the preser
vation of our natural resource for econ
omlcal use. so as to secure the greatest
good to tiie greatest number. In the de
elpment of this country, in the hard
ship, of the pioneer, in the energy of the
settler, in the anxiety of the investor for
t-uii-k return, there was very little time,
opportunity, or desire to prevent waste
of those resources supplied by nature
which could not bo quickly transmuted in
to monev': while the Investment of capital
was so great a desideratum that the peo
ple as a community exercised little or no
care to prevent the transfer of absolute
ownership of many of tho valuable natu
ral re-sources to private individuals, with
out retaining some kind of control of
their use. The impulse of the whole new
community was to encourage the coming
of population, the increase of settlement,
and t he. opening up of business: and he
who demurred In the slightest degree to
any step which promised additional de
velopment of the Idle resources at hand
was regarded as a traitor to hla neigh
bor and an obstructor to public progress.
But now that the communities have be
come old. now that the flush of enthusi
astic expansion has died away, now that
the wouid-be pionccrti have come to real
ize that all the richest lands In the coun
try have been taken up. we have per
ceived the necessity for a change of pol
icy Ld the disposition of our National re
sources so aa to prevent the continuance
of the waste which has characterized our
pnenomenal growth In the past. Today
we desire to restrict and retain under
public control the acquisition and use by
tho capitalist of our natural resources.
ConseTvation .Vffct-t All.
As President of the t'nitcd States I
have, as it Were. Inherited this policy,
and I rejoice In my heritage. I prize my
high opportunity to do all that an rlxecu
tive can do to help a great people realize
a great National ambition. For conserva
tion Is National. It affects every man of
us. every woman, every child. What I
can do In the came I shall do. not aa
President of a party, but as President of
the whole people. Conservation Is not a
question of pol'-tlcs. or of factions, or of
persons. It is a question that affects the
vital welfare of all of us of our chil
dren and our children's children, f urge
that no good can come from meetings of
this sort unless we ascribe to those who
take part In them, and -who are appar
ently striving worthily In the cause, all
proper motives, and unless we Judicially
constier every measure or method pro
possl with a view to fts effectiveness In
achieving our common purpose, and
wholly without regard to who proposes
it or who will claim the credit for Its
adoption. What I wish to emphasize Is
that a satisfactory conclusion can only
be reached promptly If we avoid acri
mony. Imputations of bad faith, and poli
tical controversy.
I shall divide my discussion under the
heads of n agricultural lands: 1 2) min
eral lands that is. lands containing
metalliferous minerals: 3) forest lands:
M coal rands: (& oil and gas lands; and
t phosphate lands.
There Is no crying need for radical re
form In the methods of disposing of what
are really agricultural lands. The present
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lass have worked well. The enlarged
hi'mcstead law has encouraged the suc
cessful farming of lands In I lie s miarld
recions. Of course the teachings of t lie
Agricultural Department aa to how these
suhnrid hinds may he treated and the soil
pre-iei-ved for vsffu! culture are of tho
very essence of conservation. Then con
servation of agricultural lands is shown
n the reclammiulon of arid lands by Irri
gation and I should devoto a few words
to w hat the Government has done and is
doing In this regard.
ICccluiiiullon Work Outlined.
By the rccla ma t ion act a fund has been
created of the proceeds of the public
lands of the United States with which to
construct works for storing great bodies
of water at proper altitudes from which,
bv a suiiable ss:em of canals and
ditches, the water Is to he dtxtrihuted
over the arid and miharld lands of the
Government, to be sold to settlers at
price sufficient to pay for the improve
m nts. Primarily, the projects are and
must be for the Improvement of public
lands. Incidentally, where private land
Is al.Mi within the reach of the water sup
ply, the f iimlxliing at cost or profit of
this water to private owners hy the Gov
ernment Is held by the Federal Court of
Appeal;' not to he ci usurpation of power.
But cerlainlv this ought not to be done
except from surplus water, not needed
for Government land. About 30 projects
have been set on foot distributed through
the public land states in accord with
the statute, by which tiie allotments from
ths reclamation fund are required to be
as near as practicable In proportion to
the proceeds from the sale of the pub
lic lands in the respective states. The
total sum already accumulated in the
reclamation fund is Jtio.3.2iS. and of
that all but $fi.491.&5.34 hB been ex
pended. It became very clear to Con
gress at its last session, from the state
ments made by experts, that these 30
projects could not be promptly complet
ed with the balance remaining on hand
nr with the funds likely to accrue In the
near future. It was found, moreover,
that there re many settlors who have
been led Into taking up lands with the
hope and understanding of having water
furnished in a short time, who are left
in a most distressing situation. I recom
mended to Congress that authority be
given to the Secretory of the In
terior to Issue bonds In antici
pation of the assured earnings by
the projects, so that the projects, worthy
and feasible, might be promptly complet
ed, and the settlers might be relieved
from their pre5ent Inconvenience and
hardship. I
Stairs'
Rights Sacred.
Suggestions have been made that the mothods of entering for agricultural
United States ought to aid In the drain- )iind8. Tne prcCedent he set In this
age of swamp lands belonging to the j maUer waa followed hy the present Ad
states or private owners, because. if ! ministration. Doubt had been exnressed
drained, they would be exceedingly valu
able for agriculture and contribute to
the general welfare by extending the
area of cultivation. I deprecate the agi
tation In favor of such legislation. It Is
inviting the General Government Into
contribution frgm its Treasury toward
enterprises that should be conducted eith- 1
er by private capital or at the Instance i
of tne state, in incse oays there is a I
disposition to look too much tnsthe Fed
eral Government for everything. I am
liheral In the construction of the Consti
tution with reference to Federal power;
out I am nmny convinced that the only
fe course for us to pursue Is to hold
fast to the limitations of the Constitu
tion and to regard as sacred the powers
of the states. We have made wonderful
progress and at the same time have pre
served with Judicial exactness the re
strictions of the Constitution. There Is
an easy y in which the Constitution
n be violated by Congress without Ju
dicial nhlbitlon. to wit. by appropria
tions from the National Treasury for un
constitutional purposes. it will be a
sorry oa ror tnis country If the time :
ever comes when our fundamental com-
pact shall be habitually disregarded in
this manner.
The proposal for the Government to
lease such mineral lands anrt denoslt.
and to Impose royalties might have been I
m tne beginning a good thing, but now
that most of the mineral land has been
otherwise disposed of it would be hard
ly worth while to assume the embarrass
ment of a radical change.
Nothing can be more Important In the
matter of conservation than the treat
ment of our forest lands. It was prob
ably the ruthless destruction of forests
In the older states that first called atten
tion to a halt In the waste of our re
sources. This waa recognized by Con
gress by an act authorizing the Execu
tive to reserve from entry and set aside
public timber lands as national forests.
Speaking generally, there has been re
served of the existing forests about 70
per cent of all the timber lands of the
Government.
Lands Wrongly Reserved.
In the present forest reserves there are
lands which are not properly forest land
and which ought to be subject to home
stead entry. This has caused some local
Irritation. We are carefully eliminating
such lands from forest reserves or where
PERSONS PROMINENT AT OPENING OF CONSERVATION CONGRESS.
their elimination is not practicable, lift
ing tht in for entry under the forest
homestead acl. Congrey ought to trust
the Kxecutive to us. the power of res-
ervatlonv only with resi.tect to land cov -
ered by timber or which will be useful in
the plan of reforestation. During the
present administration 6.23H.O04 acres of
land, largely nontimbcrcd. have !een ex
cluded from forest reserves, and S..V".""0
acres of land, principally valuable for
forest purposes, have been Included in
forest reserve." making a reduction in
forest rcMcrvra of nontlmbcred land
amounting to iTSo.oon Acres.
The Government timber In this coun
try amounts to only one-fourth of nil
the timber, the rest being In private
ownership. OnlyMhree per cent of that
which is In private ownership Is lokeJ
after properly and treated according to
modern rules of forestry. The usual de
structive waste and neglect continues
In the remainder of the forests owned
hy private persons and corporations. It
l-Aostlmated that Are alone destroys $."0.
000.000 worth of timber a year. The
management of forests not on public
land is beyond the Jurisdiction of the
Federal Government. If anything can be
done by law it must be done by the
State legislatures. I believe that it Is
within their constitutional power to re
quire the enforcement of regulations
in the general public Interest, as to fire
and other causes of waste in the man
agement of forests owner! by private
individual and corporations. Kxaetly
how far these rerrulatlons can go and
remain consistent with the, rights of
private ownership, It is not necessary
to discuss: but I call attention to the
fact that a very important part of con
servation must always fall upon the
State Legislatures, and that they would
be better up and doing if they would
save the waste and denudation and de
struction through private greed or acci
dental tires that have made barren many
square miles of the older States.
Fire Protect Ion Is Needed.
I have shown sufficiently the condi
tions as to Federal forestry to indicate
that no further legislation is needed for
the moment except an increase in the
fire protection to national forests and
an act vesting the Kxecutive with full
power to make forest reservations In
every State where Government land is
timber-covered, or where the land is
needed for forestry purposes. .
When President Roosevelt became fully
advised of the necessity for the change
in our disposition of public lands, es
pecially those containing coal, oil. gas,
phosphates, or water-power sites, he
began the exercise of power of with
drawal by executive order, of lands sub
nft hv Inw In hnmMttiuH iml 1Kb ntha.
In some quarters as to the power in
the Kxecutive to make such withdrawals.
The confusion and injustice likely to
arise if the Courts were to deny tho
power led me to appeal to Congress
to give the President the express power.
Congress has compiled. The law as
passed does not expressly validate or
confirm previous withdrawals, and there
fur. ju an an tho new i nn nuuu..i
I myself confirmed all the withdrawals
j which had heretofore been made by
uuin Auminmintiiuiis oy matting mem
over again. This power of withdrawal
is a most useful one, and I do not think
It is likely to be abused.
The next subject, and one most Im
portant for our consideration, is the dis
position of the coal lands In the L'nlted
States and in Alaska.
The present Congress, as already said,
has separated the surface of coal lands,
either classified or withdrawn for classi
fication, from the coal beneath, so us to
permit at all times homustead entries
upon the surface of lands useful for
agriculture and to reserve ownership in
the coal to the Government. Tho ones
tion which remains to be considered is
whether the existing law for the sale
of tht coal In the ground should con
tinue in force or be repealed and a
new method of disposition be adopted.
Public Ouns Third of Coal.
Authorities of the Geological Survey
estimate that in the l'nlted States today
there is a supply of about 3.000.000,000 of
tons of coal, and that of this. 1,000.
OoO.OuO are In the public domain. Of
course, the other H.OOO.OOO.OOO ate within
private ownership and under no more
control aa to the use or the prices at
which the coal may be sold than any
other private property. If the Govern
ment leases the coal lands and acts as
any landlord would, and- imposes condi
tions in its leases like those which are
now Imposed by the owners in fee Of
coal mines in the various coal regions
of the East, then It would retain over
the disposition of the coal deposits a
choice as to the assignee of the lease, a
power of resuming possession nt the
end of the term of lease, or of read
Justing the terms at fixed periods of the
lease, which might easily be framed to
enable it to exercise a limited but effec
tive control In the disposition and sale
of the coal to the public. It has been
urged that the leasing system has never
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been adopted in this country, and that
its ndoption would largerly interfere with
the Investment of capital and the proper
development and opening up of the coal
I resouiecs.
I venture to differ entirely
from this view.
Ky the opportunity to readjust the
terms upon which the coal shall bo
held by the tenant, either at the end
of each lease or at periods during the
term, the Government may secure the
benefit of sharing in the increased
price of .coal and the additional profit
made by the tenant. By imposing; con
ditions in respect to the character of
work to be done in the mines, the Gov
ernment may control the character of
the development of the mines and the
treatment of employes with reference
to safety. Uy denying the right to
transfer the lease except by the writ
ten permission Of the governmental au
thorities. It may withhold the needed
consent when it Is proposed to transfer
the leasehold to persons interested in
establishing: a monopoly of coal pro
duction In any state or neighborhood.
As one-third of all tV coal supply Is
held hy the Government, It seems wise
that It should retain such control over
the mining and the sale as the relation
of lessor to lessee furnishes.
Coat Needs Coal.
The investigations of the Geological
Survey show that the coal properties
In Alaska cover about ll'OO square
miles, and that there are known to be
available about 15.QO0.O00.O0O tons. This
is, however, an underestimate of the
coal In Alaska, because further devel
opments will probably Increase this
amount many times: but we can say
with considerable certainty that there
are two fields on the Pacific slope
which can be reached by railways at a
reasonable cost from deep water In
one case of about 50 miles and in the
other rase of about 150 miles which
will afford certainly 6.000,000.000' tons
of coal, more than half of which Is of
a very high grade of bituminous and of
anthracite. It is estimated to be worth,
in the ground, one-half a cent a ton,
which makes its value per acre from
$."0 to l.'iOO. The coking-coal lands of
Pennsylvania are worth from J800 to
$J000 an acre, while other Appalachian
fields are worth from 10 to 1386 an
acre, and the fields in the Central
States from 10 to $2000 an acre, and
in the Rocky Mountains $10 to $500 an
acre. The demand for coal on the Pa
cific coast is for about 4, 500. 000 tons a
year. It would encounter the compe
tition of cheap fuel oil, of which the
equivalent of 12,000,0(10 tons of coal a
year is used there. It is estimated that
the coal could be laid down at Seattle
or San I-rancisco. a high-grade bitumi
nous, at $4 a ton and anthracite at $5
or $fi a ton. The price of coal on the
Pacific slope varies greatly from time
to time in tne year and from year to
year from $1 to $12 a ton. With a
regular coal supply established, the ex
pert of the Geological Survey, Mr.
Brooks, who lias made a report on the
subject, does not think there would be
an excessive profit in the Alaska coal
mining because the price at which the
coal could be sold would be consider
ably lowered by competition from these
fields and by the presence of crude fuel
oil.
lloosevch's Policies Followed.
On November 12. 1906. President
Koosevelt issued an executive order
withdrawing all coal lands from loca
tion and .entry In Alaska. On May 16,
13U7, he modified the order so as to
permit valid locations made prior to
the withdrawal on November 12, 1906,
to proceed to entry and patent. Prior
to that date some 900 claims had been
filed, most of them said to be illegal
because either made fraudulently by
dummy entrynien in the interest of one
Individual or corporation., or because of
agreements made prior to location be
tween the applicants to co-operate In
developing the lands. There are 33
claims for 160 acres each, known as the
"Cunningham claims," which are
claimed to be valid on the ground that
they were made by an attorney for 33
different and bona fide, claimants who,
as alleged, paid their money and took
the proper steps to locate their entries
and protect them. The representatives
of the Government in the hearings be
fore the I.and Office have attacked the
validity of these Cunningham claims
on the ground that prior to their loca
tion there was an understanding be
tween the claimants to pool their
claims after they had been perfected
and unite them In one company. The
trend of decision seems to show that
such an agreement would Invalidate
the claims, although under the subse
quent law of May 2S. 190S. the con
solidation of such claims, was per
mitted, after location and . entry, In
tracts of I'SfiO acres.
v It would be, of course, improper for
me to intimate what the result of the
issue as to the Cunningham and other
Alaska claims is likely to be. but it
ought to be distinctly understood that
no private claims for Alaska coal lands
have as yet been allowed qr perfected,
and also that whatever the result as to
pending claims, the existing coal-land
laws of Alaska are most unsatisfactory
and should' be radically amended. To
begin with, the purchase price of the
land is a flat rate of $10 per acre, al
though, as we have seen, the estimate of
the agent of the Geological Survey
would carry up the maximum of value
to $500 an acre.
Coast's Needs Realized.
In my judgment it is essential in the
proper development of Alaska that these
coal lands should be opened, and th
the Pacific slope should be given the
benefit of the comparatively cheap coal
of fine quality which can be furnished
at a reasonable price from these neids.
but the public, through the Govern
ment, ought certainly to retain a wise
control and interest in these coal de
posits, and I think it may do so safely
If Congress will authorize the granting
of leases, as already suggested for
Government coal lands in the United
States, .with provisions forbidding the
transfer of the leases except with the
consent of the Government, thus pre
venting their acquisition by a combin
tion or monopoly and upon . limitations
as to the area to be included In any one
lease to one individual, and atv a cer
tain moderate rental, with royalties
upon the coal mined proportioned to the
market value of the coal either at Se
attle or at San Francisco.
In the last Administration there were
withdrawn- from agricultural entry 2.
820.000 acres of supposed oil land in
California: about a million and a half
acres in Louisiana, of which only 6500
acres were known to be vacant unap
propriated land; 75.000 acres in Oregon
and 174,000 acres in Wyoming, making
a total of nearly four millions of acres.
In September, 1909. I directed that all
public oil lands, whether then with
drawn or not, should be withheld from
disposition pending Congressional ac
tion, for the reason that the existing
placer mining law, although made ap
plicable to deposits of this character. Is
not suitable to such lands, and for the
further reason that it seemed desirabe
to reserve certain fuel-oil deposits for
the use of the American Navy. The
needed oil and gas law is essentially a
leasing law.
Government phosphate lands are con
fined to Wyoming, Utah and Florida.
Prior to March 4. 1909. there were 4.
000.000 acres withdrawn from agricul
tural entry on the ground that the land
covered phosphate rock. A law that
would provide a leasing system for the
phosphate deposits, together with a
provision for the separation of the sur
face and mineral rights as Is already pro
vided for In the case of coal, would seem
to meet the need of promoting' the devel
opment of these deposits and their utili
zation in the agricultural lands of the
West.
Prior to March 4, 1909, there had
been, on the recommendation of the
Reclamation Service, withdrawn from
agricultural entry, because they were
regarded as useful for power sites
which ought not to be disposed of as
agricultural lands, tracts amounting to
about 4,000,000 acres.
The disposition of these power sites
involves one of the most difficult ques
tions presented in carrying out prac
tical conservation. The Forest Service,
under a power found In the statute,
has leased a number of these power
sites in forest reserves by revocable
leases, but no such power exists with
respect .to power sites that are not lo
cated within the forest reserves, and
the revocable system of leasing Is, of
course, not a satisfactory one for the
purpose of Inviting the capital needed
to put in proper plants for the trans
mutation of power.
The subject is one that calls for new
legislation. It has been thought that
there was danger of combination to
obtain possession of all the power sites
and to unite them under one control.
Whatever the evidence of this, or lack
of it. at present we have had enough
experience to know that combination
would be profitable, and the control of
a great number of power sites would
enable the holders or owners to raise
the price of power at will within cer
tain sections, and the temptation would
promptly attract Investors and the dan
ger ef monopoly would not be. a re
mote one.
However this may be, it is the plain
duty of the Government to see to It
that in the utilization and development
of all this Immense amount of water
power, conditions shall be imposed that
will prevent monopoly and will pre
vent extortionate charges which are
the accompaniment of monopoly.
Leases Are Suggested.
It is contended that It would relieve
a -complicated situation if the control
of the water-power site and the control
of the water were vested in the same
sovereignty and ownership, viz., the
states, and then were disposed of for
development to private lessees under
the restrictions, needed to preserve the
interests of the public from the extor
tions and abuses of monopoly. There
fore, bills have been introduced in
Congress providing that whenever the
state authorities deem a water power
useful they may apply to the Govern
ment of the United States for a grant
to the state of the adjacent land for
a water-power site, and that this grant
from the Federal Government to the
State shall contain a condition that the
state shall never part with the title
to the water-power site or the water
power, but shall lease it only for a
term of years not exceeding 50, with
provisions in the lease by which the
rental and the rates for which the
power Is furnished to the public shall
be readjusted at periods less than the
term of the lease, say every 10 years.
The argument Is urged against this
disposition of power sites that legis
lators and state authorities are more
subject to corporate influence and con
trol than would be the central Govern
ment. In reply, it is claimed that a
readjustment of the terms of leasehold
every ten years would secure to the
public and the state just and equitable
terms. Then it is said that the state
authorities are better able to under
stand the local need and what is a fair
adjustment in the particular locality
than would be the authorities at Wash
ington. It has been argued that after
the Federal Government parts with
title to a power site it cannot control
the aotion of the state in fulfilling the
conditions of the deed; to which it is
answered that in the grant from the
Government there may be easily in
serted a condition specifying the terms
upon which the state may part with the
temporary control of the water-power
sites, and, indeed, the water power, and
providing for a forfeiture of the title
to the water-power sites in case the
condition Is not performed, and giving
to the President, in case of such viola
tion of conditions, the power to declare
forfeiture and to direct proceedings to
restore the central Government to the
ownership of the power sites with all
the Improvements thereon, and that
these conditions may be promptly en
forced and the land and plants for
feited to the general Government by
suit of the United States against the
state, which Is permissible under the
Constitution.
I Oo not express an opinion upon the
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rheumatism five years. It kept me from
business and caused exrruciatlng pain.
.My knees would become as stiff as
steel. I tried many medicines without
relief, then took Hood's Sarsaparilla,
soon felt much better, and now consid
er myself entirely cured. I recommend
Hood's."
Get it today In usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsataba.
FORSYTHE SHIRTS FOR WOMEN
'And then the whining school boy, lOith his
, satchel and shiny morning face, creeping life
a snail, unwillingly to school. "
School Begins
It's safe to say there is very little left
that would pass muster in wearing appar
el after the strenuous Summer vacation
of your boy and girl.
It's Outfitting
will he a busy week for mothers. Still,
we can help you mafe shopping easy. School
apparel for boys and girls will be displayed
in all departments, placarded so as to attract
your attention to quality and cost.
Come and Get
The New Pellard Suits
The New French Millinery
The New Fall Silks
The Novelty Dress Fabrics
The New Leather Goods
The Fall Neckwear and Laces
The Charming New Trimmings
New Goods All Over the Store "
controversy thus made or a preference as
to the two methods of treating water-
power sites I shall submit the matter
to Congress and urge that one or the
other of the two plans be adopted.
I have referred to the course of the last
administration and of the present one in
making withdrawals of government lands
from entry under homestead and other
laws and of Congress in removing all
doubt as to the validity of these with
drawals as a great step in the direction
of practical conservation. But it is only
one of two necessary steps to effect what
should be our purpose. It lias produced
status quo and prevented waste and
Irrevocable disposition of the lands until
the method for their proper disposition
can be formulated. But it is of the
utmost importance that such withdrawals
should not be regarded as the final etep
in the course of conservation, and that
the idea, should not be allowed to spread
that conservation is the tying up of the
natural resources of tho Government ' for
indefinite withholding from use and the
remlifslon to remote, generations to decide
what ought to be done with these means
of promoting present general human com
fort and progress.
I beg of you in your deliberations and
In your informal discussions, when men
come forward to suggest evils that the
promotion of conservation is to remedy,
that you Invite them to'point out the spe
cific evils and the specific remedies: that
you invite them to come down to
details in order that their discussions may
flow into channels that shall be useful
rather than into periods that shall be
eloquent and entertaining, without shed-
ing real light on the subject. The peo
ple should be shown exactly what is
needed In order that they make tlielr
representatives In Congress and the state
legislature do their intelligent bidding.
Telephone Kxperts Meet.
PARIS. Sept. 5. Alexander Millerand.
Minister of Public Works. Posts and
Telegraphs, today opened the second In
ternational Congress of Telegraph, Tele
phone and Technical Experts. Several
American companies are represented at
the gathering. The chief question before
tho congress Is the desirability of the
manual over the automatic or combina
tion telephone systems
Three Generation Uses It
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5'.it-1!
Mrs. Rhoda Prltchard, 66 years of age.
Duffy's Pure
has to its credit fifty years ,of success without a question as to its merits as
a curative agent. During this time it has brought the blessings of health to
overworked men, delicate Women and sickly children, who find in it tba
strength-giving properties that are so necessary to them. It quickens and
strengthens the heart action, aids di
gestion, restores liealtn and vigor;
makes the old feel young and keeps
the young strong and vigorous. It is
prescribed by doctors and is recog
nized as a family medicine every
where. CAUTION When yon ask your drng
srlst. grocer or dealer for Duffy's Pure
Malt Whisker be nure you get the gen
uine. It Is an ahnolutely pure medicin
al mnlt whiskey and In sold IV SEALED
BOTTLES O.M.V never In bulk. Look
for the trade-mark, the "Old Chemist,"
on the label, and make sure the seal
over the cork is nnhroken. Price Sl.OO
a large bottle. Write Medical Depart
ment, The Daffy Mnlt Wblskey Co.,
Rochester, . V., for nn illustrated med
ical booklet containing testimonials
and rule, for health, and doctnr'a m
vlce, both seat free
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Invites You to the Opening
of the
NEW TEA ROOM
Today at Noon. Special Music.
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Is
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I will remedy this. Any shade from
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135 W. 33d bt,. New York.
SWAMP
ROOT Is not recommended for
everything; but If you
have kidney, liver or
bladder trouble it will
be found Just the remedy you need. At
druggists in fifty cent and dollar sizes.
You may have a sample bottle of thla
wonderful new discovery by mall fru.
also pamphlet telling all about It.
Address. Dr. Kilmer A Co . Blnghamton. N. T.
THE MEIER & FRANK STORE
Invites You to the Opening
of the
NEW TEA ROOM
Today at Noon. Special Music.
The honest, straightforward state
ment of Mrs. Rhoda Pritchard, of
Astoria, L. I., is convincing proof of
the great merit of Duffy's Pure Malt
Whiskey as a family medicine. Thou
sands of such letters are received
from grateful men and women who
have derived wonderful benefits from
its use.
'I don't know how to express my
self in regard to Duffy's Pure Malt
Whiskey. 1 have taken it for twenty
years and it has saved my life several
times when I have been given up to
die by my physicians. I am now sixty
six vcars old. and hale and heartv,
thanks to Duffy's Pure Malt Whis
key. I have recommended it to many
people and also to my immediate fam
ily, my children and my grandchil
dren, and they in turn have recom
mended it to others. My children say
I do not look a day over fifty, and I;
do not feel that old.'" Mrs. Rhoda
Pritchard, Cih Ave., Astoria, L. I.
Rlalt Whiskey