FEDERAL CONTROL APPROVED N alone. nnd the timber crop should be reach her«« Baturday evening, and de-| taxed when It Is cut, so private for­ site u mooting of th«- whole member-1 estry may be encouraged. ship of th<> church Huturday night at "Tho prlvuto ownership of forest 8 o'clock. mud Is a public trust, and the people hav«- both the right and the duty to regulate the use of such lands in the general interest. HT. PAUL. Bupt James R. Gar­ field yesterday dix-larud for federal coiworvatloo In bls acheduled ad- drew before the national conserva- tlon congreM "There art» two reasons," he aald, why the federal government la di­ rectly and deeply concerned In the practical questlona of conservation. Piral It la the moat extensive land­ holder, and second It haa groat du­ ties to perform In the Interest of all the people. The value of public do- inuln depends upon tb<< character of Its use aa well a* of the resources It contains or produces Every Acre Hhould Be UixxJ "Wu have been going through a period of conflict of jurisdiction of f timber, water, fuel and phos­ Hettlsment must be encouraged first ¡«art of the agitation for con- phates. • • rvutiuu," said Gifford Pincbot b< -1 b) every legitimate means on all the "Under tho system of disposition lor«- the nationul conservation con- land that will support homes. Thus of lands by both nation and state we Xi«- a today, "conservation met with the tillable land In public ownership have iHirmlttcd Individuals and cor- lilt)«« <>p|M«sltlou for it lnt«*rfcrud with within and without the national for­ IMiratlons to acquire great [Millions of no man's private profit. From the ests should tx- disposed of In f««e sim­ our natural resources. We have given beginning of th«- world the preaching ple to actual home makers, but not to ■«way special privllegi's of groat value of rlgbteouarti-vH In general terms specnlatorg. «nd made grants of tremendous In­ has b«-«-n contemplated with entire The first and most needed thing to dustrial power. equanimity by men who rim- In vio-1 do for our cultivated lands is to "Tho constitution provides that lent protest when their own particu­ ¡«roscrv«- lheir fertility by preventing <>>n*resa stall have power to dis­ lar privilege, graft or udvantage erosion. "The non-irrlgable, arid public pose of and make all needed rules comcs iuto question. ■«nd regulations respecting tho terri­ "Conservation has now puased into grating lands should be administered tory or other property belonging to the stag«- of a practical fighting at-1 by the government In the Interest of tho United Stalos.* tempi to got things done It has be- the small stockman and the home­ ‘ •• ‘The executive power shall be gun to step on th«- toes of the beno- maker until they can pans directly »rert.-d In n president of the t’nit«-sponsbllltles that a nation ever terests no harm and the people no states to provide through investiga­ good. Ileal conservation is putting had. and therefore when It becomes tion. legislation und regulation the Christian duty of a nation to as- publi«- welfare ahead of corporate against loss of life and waste of min­ 1st another nation the constitution profit and keeping it there. im) ieb«>urces in mining. The recent "Th«« sanity and saf«'»y of conser ­ uthorlses it because ft is a part of vation were never called into question I creation of a national bureau of lutlonal well being.* mine« makes a r««al advance in the Hurely.** said Garfield, "wc have until consei vat Ion begun to bo really right direction. • mlMtrrasxIng to the grubbers and ef- « great power to protect the inter- < oinniission«- EMx-ntial ■ •stt of th«- pt-ople of this country by t«-ctive to the public interests. I'm «hose power« as wo have to do the ■ ■ <»t u «oft metal consc. vationlst my­ "With regard to national efficiency irreat work Ix-lng carrlecl on in the self. the maintenance of national and stat«- "Tlii <>n<- groat obstacle to prac- 1 Phlllpplaoa.“ conm-ivatlon commissions ia necou- Garfield quoted decisions of Chief th a I progress of conservation lay In sary to ascertain and make public the lustier Marshall, [minting out that tho political power of the special In- facta as to our natural resources. all n>««ans which nr«- appropriate, ten<«ts. Every effort to conserve nat- Much commissions supply the funda­ which are plainly adapted to that t. nl i- ««lines for th«« geueral welfare mental basis for co-operation between ••nd. which ar«- not prohibited but I was met by legislative agents of the the nation and the states for the < «insistent with the spirit nnd letter men who wanted to exploit these re­ of th«- comdltutlon. nr«- constitu­ sources for their private profit. Ii<-Kour< «•«• Belong to Propl«- tional.** ' Ho long ns the political domlna- "Marshall," said Garfield, "gave Ilf«- and vigor to th«- young nation. { tlon of th«- great Interests endures, Those who opposed his views wore corrupt control of legislation will car­ th«- timid folk, who would tie the ry with It the monopolistic control I'ands of the government nnd who. in ' of natural resources. This is what • heir real would make it impossible we face today In the effort to apply for government officers to protoct all conservation. The conversation pre It ih<- people against aggression by some grain is deflulto and concrete. has been so almost from the time the of the people. * There la ample power in the fed- conservation movement was born at ' • rnl government to fully protect the the congress of governors at th« i The principles art- [teople'a interests and promote the White Houso. general welfare in dealing with pub­ few and simple. One of the first ' lic domain. Is that the natural resources belong , "The executive Is the steward or to ail tho [««'ople and should be de- ; < ustodlan of public property. He velopod, protected and perpetuated ■ . nnnot dlxposo of any property with­ mainly for the profit of all the poo- : out the authority of congress, but It pie and not ntalnly for lhe profit of I is his duty to prevent public propertv the few. Another principle la that from bring taken or used illegal)«' the natural resources still owned by Some of the greatest land frauds have the poop!«« which are neceasaries of i i»ccn perpetrated under the guise of life, like coal and water power.' technical compliance with the land should remain In public ownership laws. Ruch frauds as those can only and disponed of only under least's for lx- prevented by vigorous executive limited periods, with fair compensa­ tion to tho public for rights granted. officers. "Much han been aald In recent INmer Should Be Developed \rnrs about executive usurpation In "As to our waters, every stream administering the land laws but I should, ax soon as possible, be made have yet to learn of a specific case. useful for every purpose for which Th«< critics of honest, vigorous en­ it can be made to aerv«« the public forcement of tho land laws objected and every power site now In state or to tho new order of things because federal control should be held so. It pr«»v«-ntod them from stealing pub­ "In tho development of our water­ lic lands. ways tho co-operation of the states "Exactly ns the cry of executive with tho nation is essential for our usurpation was raised so now the general welfare. ghost of states rights Is dragged out "Aa to our forests, all forests nee to frighten tho public. There Is no «wary for the public wolfare should real conflict between nation and bo In tho public ownership, such aa «tales In dealing with public lands.” the national forests already In ex- RfSOURCES BtlONIi 10 THE TECPIE 1 ««.I m , uud p,ute tiou of the v. p>U4,«Ulit?. ’ A uailouai ««all) x-rvice is need- >-d to u< .• co-(i <-iatlon w of our p««ople. Fed« ral • UHtn«l N«-i <-»sary "I d the effort to conserve our nat­ ural resources, we must recognize U nt combination* against the pub­ lic welfare which extend buyond the state lln«-s can be met effectively only by agencies equally capable of operat­ ing across such boundaries. It is clear that the control of interstate commercial power Is possible only by the use of interstate f««dcral power. We are opposed to the extension of state jurisdiction at the expense of real control by the people over mo­ nopoly. as In the case of water power. State« Wionld f'o-Operate "While 1 do not believe that the state alone can carry out the conser­ vation program in face of interstate attacks upon It. I do not fail to rec­ ognize th«« great and useful part which the states must play in this great movement for the public wel­ fare of all our people. Also I appre­ ciate now as 1 have always done that In much of the work ahead co-opera­ tion between the states and the na­ tion la an essential condition of suc- cetut. But when I see the special In- taraata attempting to take refuge be­ hind the doctrine of states rights, I propotw to speak out and aay so. "The principles enunciated in this short stati-mi nt have all been repeat­ edly prew<-nt«d to congress in the form of concrete bills or embodl«-d in ac­ tion taken by the exttcutlve for the public welfare. Some of them have b«-en enact««d into law. Others re­ main to be ««mbodled in legislation, both Btate and national. There is much hard fighting ahead, but the progress already made is encouraging. P«x»|>l<- Favor Conservation "Conservation more and more gen­ erally wins not only the belief which it baa already, bu* the u^-verminerf fighting support ol f^ople." BA1XINGKR SAYS AOCVBA- T1ONS ARE NOT TRUE ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ SEATTLE, Sept. 8 — Secre- tary of the Interior R. A. Bal- linger says today: "I do not f«-*r the criticism of any man. The policy that has been pursued is that of Presidt-nt Taft. I will not re- sign under pr«?s»ure. The charges which have been made against tn«- are hypocritic and fanatical. There is no truth in the accusa- tions " ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦[ ♦ ♦ i ♦ ♦ , • survatlon congress from the stand­ point of capital. He declared that Individuals and capital were more in­ terested In honesty ti an was th«.- gov­ ernment. The relations between cap­ ital and resources are closer than the government's interest. It has baan decided to close the congress to- night Instead of tomorrow. ( ONHERVATION CONGRESS FAVORS FEDERAL CONTROL BLOW OPED P0SÎ0FFICE SAFE ■ ! | TWO MEN SEI IRE BOOTY FROM FEDERAL OFFICE Make Their Eecape With HHOO tn Cash and Stamp« Worth *MMl. Powvew hl Pursuit HT. PAUL, Sept. 8,—The resolu­ tions committee of the conservation congress by a vote of forty-three to three adopted a plank In their report favoring the federal control of power sites. VAIJ.EJO, Calif.. Sept 8.—Cracks­ men opened the safe In the poetoffioe al Elerano Halona county, and es­ caped with $600 In caxh, stamps worth $500 and COO money orders It U believed they have reached Napa Putting l*p steel Work The robbers forced the portoflice The heavy steel beams for the Odd door and dynamiu-d th« safe. Poet­ Fellows' temple are being put up. and | master M. F. Mullen heard the ex­ the building will soon be ready for plosion and saw two men mount their the brick work on the upper stories torses and escape. Sheriff Smith of The workmen are making rapid prog- Santa Rosa and a posse of deputies reoa with the structure. are trailing them. Closing Out Entire Stock at the Goodrich Cash Store Crackers (Carton >, regular ................................................................. 75c Flake Oats and Wheat, regular 45c ........................................................ 35c Table Frnit. regular 2Sc.................................................................................... 30e Table Fruit, per dozen, aaxorted............................................................. H2JZ5 < ream, nine cans................................................................................................. 9Hc Spkes, regular 15c cans.................................................................................... 10c Rolled Oats, IO pounds for........................................................................... *1.00 P«aris of Wheat, per paikage................................................................... 15c IN-gular OOc T«*a, per | m > uim I .......................................................................... 4Oc Men’s f nd Boys’ Clothing Regular *20 and g22.50 Hutts...................................................... «14.00 Regular *17 Nuits........................................................................................*11.00 Regular «3.50 Pants............................................................................. «2.25 Other Prices in Proportion FORTY PERSONS RENDERED HOMELESS BY FIRE Flume« in Potrero lH«tri«-t. San ; FroncitK-o, Caum- Woman's IJfe. Fter in Night Clothes CROCKERY SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 8.—A Are in the Potrero district last night made forty persons homeless, many of them escaping in only their night clothee. A score of the relative« of Mrs. laques Sorokini were compelled to flee. Her body was saved. Agateware Glassware JI IM.'E SHORT OF FRESNO TALKS TO CONGRESS A Large Line to Select From at Your Own Price ! Produce and Eggs Taken at Market Prices Ih-clar«-« That Capital's Interest in tlx- ReiMHire«-« of th«- Country 1«. C1o«w ST. PAUL, Sept. 8.- Judge Short of Fresuo, Calif., addressed the con- iBMMHMHHffBaaaMKirHHHMHMHMaMn Same as Cash. ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR If he takes the Republican. If he does not urge him to do it, so as to lend a hand in the fight for his rights No Goods Delivered