The Detroit times. [volume], January 10, 1910, FIRST EDITION, Image 8

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Whom It Hstpa or Hurts.
’
Neither The Speech Nor
[ The Letter; The Money
F Interests “Get" Pincbot
I* Will The Latest Blunder Os Taft
I In tha Dismissal of the Chief
I Forester, Cause Regrets, In
I South Africa?
MBKf* DIFFICULT TO STRADDLE. AS THE GREAT QUESTION BETWEEN
jPfIISipGCIAL INTEREST AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY; BETWEEN THE
EBOES of the few anu the rights of the many, be
I GOVERNMENT BY MEN FOR HUMAN WELFARE AND GOV.
NT DV MONEY OR FOR ' PROFIT, BETWEEN THE 1 " *"2
FOR THE ROOSEVELT POLICIES AND THE WHO STAND
T THEM. THIS IS THE ESSENCE OF THE CONSERVATION
KM TODAY. .
OMMrvatlon luu« la a moral iaaua. Whan a few man gat poaaa
mo of tha nacaaaarlaa of Ufa, either through ownerahlp of a natural
•r through unfair buaincaa msthodc, and uae that control to «**Oft
*oftts, aa In tha racant caaaa of tha augar truat and tha bref pack
i Injure tha avaraga man without good reaaon, and they are guilty
nal wrong. . iM
ILIEVE IN OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND I BELIEVE IN
LDEN RULE. BUT WE MUST FACE THE TRUTH THAT
)LY OF THE SOURCEB OF PRODUCTION MAKES IT IMPOS
OR VAST NUMBERS OF MEN ANO WOMEN TO EARN A FAIR
RIGHT HERS THE CONSERVATION QUESTION TOUCHES THE
JFB OF THE GREAT BODY OF OUR PEOPLE WHO PAY THE
F SPECIAL PRIVILEGE. AND THE PRICE IS HEAVY,
i prtoa may ba tha chanca to aava the boya from tha aaloona and the
anQ| and tha glrta from worae, and to make good citizens out of
ttaed of bad. for an appalling proportion of the tragedlea of life
Iraotty from the lack of a little money. Thouaanda of daughters of
' fail Into tha handa of the white alave trade re becauaa thair pov.
roe thorn without protection.
uaanoa of families. aa the Plttaburg eurvey haa ahown us, lead
brutalising overwork In raturn for tha baraat living,
people of tha Unltad Stataa have been tha complacent victims of a
If plunder often perpetrated by man who would have bean surprised
measure to ba accused of wrongdoing, and many of whom in tneir
Uvea ware modal citizens. But thay have suffered from a curious
arvoralon by which It becomes praiseworthy to do for a corpora
iga which they would refuse with tha loftiest acorn to do for them-
Portunatoly for ua all that delusion is passing rapidly away,
more successful we have bean In preventing land grabbing and tha
an of water power by the special Interests, tha more Ingenious, the
vlous and tha more dangerous these attacks have become. A fav-
I la to assart that tha forest service. In its zeal for the public wei.
l played ducks and drakes with tha acts of congress. ,
foot la, on the contrary, that the service, haa had warrant of law
ythlng It has dona. Not once since It was created haa any charge
llty, despite the moat searching Investigation and tha bitterest st
ar led to reversal or reproof by either house of congress or by
irooelonal committee. - « , , ~r , n , , „
3E THE FOREST SERVICE CALLED PUBLIC ATTENTION TO
*PID ABSORPTION OF THE WATER POWER SITKS AND THE
TENINQ GROWTH OF A GREAT WATER POWER MONOPOLY,
TACKS UPON IT HAVE INC REASED WITH MARKED RAPIDITY.
I FATE THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. STILL
[R OPPOSITION IS PROMISED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THERE
ONE PROTECTION—AN AWAKENED PUBLIC OPINION. THAT
I GIVE YOU THE FACTS.”
bH| The Above it taken from a ipeech by Gifford Pinchot, chief forester
the United States, in New York, December 27.
HI What Mr. Pinchot forecasted in the last paragraph hat taken place.
I f President Taft hat fired him.
HI |§ He did the firing in a letter, the tone of which suggests Taft would
HgH Hiked for a few minutes to have forgotten the dignity attached to the high
K| aAoe of president and tossed him out bodily.
was the charge against Pinchot.
rnm The Hew York ipeech ii a lample of the kind of ininbordination that
Ik meant.
Hf m HIGHER UP THAN PINCHOT WANT TO TURN THE COUN-
Kfn’B RESOURCES OVER TO THE FEW.
HE pfNCHOT COULD NOT and would not subscribe to any such brazen
HE jobbery of the MANY by standing by with hands folded and lips closed.
HE; They blame his letter to Senator Dollirer for the action resulting in
Ki fcfc dismissal.
That letter was not the cause, but an EXCUSE.
HE Pinchot has been marked for official decapitation since the Ballinger
Kl charges, but Taft did not fire him because he would not have been able
|Qs.\ The Dolliver letter was construed, as this New York speech was con-.
Wmk- gtrued, as an attack upon Taft.
HE nii 'The Dolliver letter was written in the interest of conservation of
resources in danger of passing into the hands of powerful finan*
■§ ekl Interests FOR EXPLOITATION OF THE PEOPLE.
>"Y, The Mew York speech was inspired by Pinchot’s same interest.
HE i ‘ President Jaft poses as a conservationist.
B' WL AMD THAT BEING THE CASE, WHERE IS THE REFLECTION
hI mpom the PRESIDENT f
Sg|" But, it was not the Dolliver letter nor the New York speech, nor in-
Bf nor anything of the kind.
The ohief forester called attention nearly a month ago to the attacks
|||||||ttado upon his department for its activity against monopoly of the coun-
WMt iKf* resources, and prophesied “still greater opposition in the near future.”
HE That “still greater” opposition put in its appearance.
HrE AMD THE INTERESTS HAVE GOTTEN PINCHOT’S JOB.
HE President Taft has again put his foot in it and this time over his
ihofr>top.
m -Hi* action has resulted in high indignation wherever there is a
|HH fina oonservationist or a Roosevelt Republican.
Public service was as close to Roosevelt as Pinchot,
HB«d Kiwhot was Roosevelt's advisor upon the subject of conservation.
HS| Ijlaoeevelt’s interest in this subject was evidenced by his congress of
of the sUtes, for which Pinchot undoubtedly was responsi
*»d the nopular opinion of the man as formed from Roosevelt's con
i??#®*** him » not shaken by Taft's action—an action, by the way. which
jUir Acnld have been taken months ago if Pinchot has simply transgressed the
®f authority or trespassed upon the dignity of his superiors.
The people of the country are with Pinchot.
IK additional interest they await the congressional investi-
HHlL ; B*tioft of Mr. Ballinger. \
WS& i*»*»tJg»tion. in the light of the chief forester’s dismissal, which
*• “•"*“* ,nd ‘borough and which should proceed at once.
HK g?™ 1 ** neWf of ' dismissal, on top of the treatment th,
policies have received, cause the citizen a-hunting abroad to
that HE SELECTED AS HIS SUCCESSOR HIS SECRETARY OF
wmsM BATHER THAN HIS CHIEF FORESTER?
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HB' has no attractions.
v , ‘ ” I*®* W think the airship will ever bscome popular with the rlch , • ,
HE | "Mot anises they can fly low snough to blow pstrol smoke into the
Bpw of the proletariat.”
* The American people have evident,
ly made up thalf mlnde that our nat
ural. resources must bo constrved
That lo good, but It settles only half
tha question. For whose benefit shall
they be conserved—FOß THE BENE
FIT OF THE MANY OR FOR THE
USE ANO PROFIT OF THE FEWf
The great conflict now being fought
will decide.
THERE IS NO OTHER QUESTION
BEFORE U 8 THAT BEGINS TO BE
SO IMPORTANT OR THAT WILL BE
Editorial Page of Tbc Detroit times
Senator Burrows being much pleased by the dismissal of Pinchot, we
know how Aldrich feels about It.
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Having made $65,000 on the lecture platform, Dr. Cook appears this
time to have gone south.
• • •
A St. Louis ragman is dead, leaving $60,000, despite the fact that the
amount stands for that much blown in.
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Father had received a hanasome
student lamp as a gift. Frankie was
much interested.
“Please light It. daddy,” he tmplor
ed. “so we can see how It looks In
the dark.”
Aunt Jessie brought our Maiy a pet
dog. which wagged its tall in a friend
ly fimhion.
“Oh. lookee, the poor doggie's cold,”
said the tot.
“What makes you think so:” asked
her aunt. .
“Why, look how Its tail’s a-shlver
in’!” was the reply.
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Frances, aged 3. was considered old
enough to be taught some additional
table manners. “Hereafter, dear,”
said her mother, “fold your napkin
after eating.”
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F. B. DICKERSON.
i President F. B. Dickerson A Cos.; Ex-Postmaster of Detroit.
A Purse-ery Rhyme for Common People
Being a Merrie Jingle on the High Cost of Living.
TO THE FAIR; I
I Simple simon to the pieman Tixt me taste your I
TME PIEMAN TO SIMPLE SIMON,SHOW ME FIRST YOUR WAGES;!
IWs Simple to the pieman,"You big crook? you
r HAVE ALL OF MY WAGES IN YOUR POCKET NOW, - I
From Another Point of View
And at the end of the meal Frances
gravely laid the napkin on the floor
and carefully folded it.
“When you speak through the tele
phone.” said Mrs. N.. "what you say
goes through this little thin wire.”
“What long, thin words they have
to use. don’t they?” said Dorothy,
aged 4.
Peter, aged was in a brown
study.
"What are you thinking about?”
asked his big sister.
"I was just wondering.” he said,
“what used to run on the T&iiroad
tracks before trains was invented.”
Little Nettie was on her father’s
lap. She inspected him curiously.
"Oh-ooh, dada,” she cried in childish
wonderment, “your head la full o’
holes!”
••Holes?” cried her father, puzzled.
“What holes are in my head?”
"Why. the holes where the hair goes
in,” lisped the toddler.
Little Wesley was in the barn in
specting a hen's nest which had a
freshly laid egg in It.
"I don't see how the chicken can
sleep comfortable with that thing in
her bed." he remarked.
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| LEE IN THE HALL OF FAME.
♦ —%
When Grant waa on his sick-bed
in 1885 the letters of sympathy and
tributes of esteem he received from
men of all parties and of every creed. (
from Confederate and Union soldiers
alike, so affected him that in penning
the last pages of his Memoirs" he
declared bis belief that the war was
finally over and tlfat “we are on the
i eve of anew era when there Is to be
great harmony between Federal and
Confederate."
Yet a quarter of a century later,
when anew generation is on the
stage, when the North and South are
united in common Interests and aims,
when the issues for which men fought
and died have receded into the dim
past, the proposal to place a statue
of the Confedeiacy’s great soldier In
the Washington Hall of Fame creates
a riot in a Chicago Grand Army post,
•provokes hisses and cries of “traitor'*
for a former Union officer who urges
this action and precipitates anew
quarrel between the survivors of the
great conflict.
Is this the progress made In frater
nity in the twenty-five years since
Grant’s death? That stubborn fighter
but magnanimous victor would have
been the first to approve of the post
humous honors •to his rival, whos;»
eminence as a soldier and greatness
as a citizen no one now disputes and
whoce renown grows with the years.
—New York World.
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PROSPEROUS FARM. 1
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1 Neighbor Nugent of Calverton has
shipped over 1.000 barrels of cauli
flower, gathered from four acre* and
'he was still shipping the last of No
vember. As cauliflower brought, even
'during the heavy days of shipping,
from $1.73 to $2.50 a barrel, a little
easy multiplication will show one of
i the reasons why Long Island farmers
[never go into bankruptcy.
From Neighbor Osborne, of Eaat
Hampton, we have a different Item of
‘interest. Hi* hollyhock in the middle
lot November had reached a highi of
ten feet eight Inches and was still fur
nishing him flowers of an extremely
ilch red.
, Neighbor Winn, of Ijike Grove, has
3.000 head* of lettuce heading up in
rood shape. So his income season is
not ended although sleighing has been
enjoyed up York state.
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Neighbor Tuttle, of East Moriches,
gives us a few bits of data of crops
raised with the aid of hia son. who han
been studying book farming up at Cor
nell Agricultural college Five hun
dred dollars’ worth of cauliflower from
one and one-quarter acres; 85G bushels
of lima beans on four acres. These
were sold at 85 cents a bushel. These
lima beaus therefore yielded, as near
as we can figure It, $727.60. Long
Island Agronomist
A nuttv knife with a reservoir In the
handle from which putty can be
squeezed by pressing a button, has
been invented as a time saver for glaz
iers by a Minnesota man.
The governments of Great Britain,
- France and Italy will send espert
aviators to this country aa attaches
of their embassies to note the pro
gress of aerial navigation.
A twoAvheelod automobile las re
cent invention. It Is kept upright
• when stationary by runners that drop
1 automatically on each aide when the
steering wheel la released from the
driver's grasp. j
Famous Gems of Prose
MAONA CHARTA.
By Samuel 8. Cox.
Krum an kddreu on “Th* Ptrll«m«iiUiy Hsross of 1 i ijir
th« HuapU'va of tha Knights of Bt. Patrick. In tha Acadtu. .. Music.
New York. March I?. ISO.
These Institutions are founded on
the munimeuts of traditional freedom
and natural right. They ure drawn
from the sacred aource to which Flood
and Grattan and Curran and O'Con
nell und Parnell have ever pointed. 1
mean Magna Charta. That charter waa
the nebulous splendor of civil freedom
out of which has beeu resolved the
orbs of Independent and free state
hood. That charter has done much
to remove from England the reproach
of her tyrannous excesses. It is sac
red. not because it is old, but because
it gave free customs, free trial, free
tools to the artisan, a free plough and
oxen to the farmer, free Interchange,
free household, and freedom to man
kind. Under its provisions no suspen
sion of habeas corpus, no arresta
without warrant, no possible crimes’
acts, and no trial by petty Judges or
forgers commissions were possible
The Jury of the vicinage—a Jury of
peers and the guarantees of person,
property and life —were at its es
sence. “No freeman shall be taken,
"Aldrich has never been a student.
He nus but u superficial understanding
of any of the great subjects upon
which he has spoken the final word
in legislation for a quarter of a cen
tury. Under the system which con
trols committee appointments and
committee succession in the senate,
he has long been absolute dictator. He
was not appointed or chosen upon any
bgsts of ability or merit.
"In his reign, until recently, there
has been little or no independence of
party. He achieved his position by
senatorial rotation and succession. He
has formed the committees,* and
through the committees advanced or
suppressed legislation at will. He has
never been obliged to give reasons.
He Usues orders. Buch power begets
abject servitude, and has given us a
one-man senate.
"For the first time, at the special
session, Aldrich found a numoer of
strong men witb*n his party who
wouT? not take orders. They demand
ed a revision that would establish
rates upon the basis of the difference
in the cost of production between do
mestic and foreign manufactures.
They called upon Aldrich for the facts
upon which the duties had been fixed
in the bill as reported from his com
mittee.
"Aldrich would not furnish the facts.
He had never framed a tariff bill up-
’MOST ANYTHING
“When a man hates ter observe his
birthday, it’s a sign he’s giftin' old."
With 11,600,000, W. Gould Brokaw
says he is a poor man. This is not
intended as an admission of his wife’s
charge that he is a poor husband.
China expects ultimately to have
a million miles of railway, and is
building them as fast as the brakemeu
are able to prououuce the names cf
the stations.
Bifkins: Today for the first time in
a year I rejoiced to hear Mis-i
Thumpem's piano going.
Mlfkins: Something really worth
listening to, eh?
Bifkins: That’s what. I heard the
installment people taking It away.—
Chicago Dally News.
Graduates of Carlisle are said to be
“making good.’’ There is a difference
WHERE BOTH ENDS DON’T MEET.
Philanthropist: What do you do when you >an t meat the rentt
Applicant for Aid: I don’t meet the landlord.
Monday. January 10,
1910
or Imprisoned, or disseised, or outlaw*
ed. or banished, or anyways injured;
nor will we pass upon him, ner tend
upon him, unless by the legal Judg*
ment of Ills peers or by the law of the
land."
The charter not only thus guarded
reputation, person, property and life,
but It prohibited distresses and reg
ulated forfeitures of land. Had it
beeu penned In view of Cromwell con*
Aerations and tory tyranny in Ireland,
this forced concession from a Norman
king could not have been more pre
cise In language or pertinent aa au
thority for the maintenance of the
rights of freemen.
Nearly seven hundred years ago, on
the morning of the 12th of June, 1216,
the mailed barons wrested from King
John this charter of liberties. In
every line of Its guarantees It haa
been violated by English rapacity,
English law and English parliaments,
and never more audaciously than for
the suppression, confiscation, coer
cion, harrassment and degradation of
Ireland.
on any economic principle. Again and
again he asserted that the rate e in
question was based on the difference
in the cost of production. When preaa
ed for facta he would state that he
had taken the statement of the manu
facturer that the rate fixed In the bill
‘was necessary.' and that he had ‘no
reaaon to doubt the word of an Ameri
can manufacturer.’ It soon became
manifest that he had no conception of
the cost of production or the obliga
tion of congress to establish tariff
ratea upon that basis. That bia dic
tum should not be accepted without
question filled him with amazement,
then with wrath and disgust.
"His position became more and
more embarrassing as the debate pro
gressed. and he would absent himself
from the floor, taking refuge in his
committee room to escape the humili
ation of a constant exhibition of will
ful Ignorance—or worse. With him
would go Senators Hale. Lodge, and.
as a rule, all other majority members
of the committee, except Senator
Bmoot. The Utah senator, with stolid
courage, stood his ground, aud fur
nished the best reasons he could for
the bad work of the committee. They
were always poor reasons and often
foolish reasons, but Smoot, commanded
a certain measure of respect for his
willingness to stand under fire. —La*
Follette, in January Everybody's Mag
azine.
between “Indians making good" and
“making good Indiana.’’
Nebraska youth ate 16 bananas and
died. This lad would have made a
very poor Nicaraguan soldier.
"Golly, Mike! Are you alive after
falling two stories?"
“Why, that's not far; this Is a Sl*
story building."—Judge.
I»ndon suffrage! disguised herself
as a messenger. This is the reverse
of entering the fast set.
We have the word of Mayor Gaynor
of New York lhat “Boss’’ Murphy
does not weor horns and hoofs.
Neither does Ben Tillman, but Ben
carries a pitchfork. What Is Mur*
phy’s weapon? ,
Kansas man Is building a 60-mile
railroad ail by himself. He hgs two
miles graded. It is thought he la
building it for posterity.
As for Dr. Cook, his wife being
peeved at him, nobody loves him but
the Eskimos.
New peculiarity of American Ufa,
that a 16-year-old girl Uvea alone in
u hotel. What wouder that ahe is kid*
naped, or elopes, or makes mistakes?
Customer—ls this an up-to-date
doll?
Clerk—Yes. madam; It says, "Votes
for women."—Harper’s Basar.
Countless Cassini la the latest not
able to become stage struck. Bhe is
going to act In Paris. As her huaband
Is a very renowned diplomat, she will
probably get by with It. Dramatic
angels have to be diplomats, these
days.