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CONSERVATION OF
NATURAL RESOURCES
Far Reaching Policy for the Good
of All the People.
Republican Party Uncovering Vast
Wealth and Making Home Own
ing Easier Each Year.
An extremely important feature of
the constructive Republican policy is
1 lie national movement for the conser
vation of the natural resources of the
country. This measure lias been orig
inated by the-present Republican ad
ministration and. like the homestead
Jaw. the national irrigation act and
other measures for the lame tit of the
whole people, its influence is destined
to be far reaching ami productive of
great good to the home builders of the
country.
The National Conservation Commis
sion as il exists to-day is an outgrowth
of the Inland Waterways Commission
this Commission was appointed by
fjpsident Roosevelt in March. 1907. In
s letter creating the Waterways Com
mission the President uses this lan
guage: “That the Inland Waterways
Commission shall consider the relations
•>f the streams to the use of all the
l>ermunent natural resources and their
conservation for the making and main
tenance of prosperous homes.”
Homii Building; forth« People.
The inquiries of the commission along
the lim*s indicated led to the proposal
to the President on Oct. .*> that he call
a conference on the general subject of
the conservation of the national re
sources of the nation. Among other
reuse# is mentioned for this movement
iheir letter to the President stated:
“Hitherto our national policy lias been
one of almost unrestricted disposal of
natural resources, and this in more lav
ish measure than by any other nation
in the world's history; and this policy
of the federal government has been
shared by tlie constituent States. Three
consequences have ensued: First, un
precedented consumption of natural re
sources; second, exhaustion of these
resources to the extent that a large
part of our available public lands have
passed Into great estates or corporate
interests, our forests are so far deplet
ed as to multiply the cost of forest
products,mid our supplies of coal and
iron ore are so far reduced as to en
hance prices; and third, unequalled op
portunity for private monopoly, to the
that both the federal and State
wnvereignties have been compelled to
enact laws for the protection of the
people.
“We are of opinion that the time has
come for considering the policy of con
serving these material resources on
which the permanent prosperity of our
country and the equal opportunity of
all our people must depend; we are also
of opinion that the polity of conserva
tion ha* so market! an advance on that
policy adopted at the outset of our na
tional career as to demand the consid
eration of both federal and State spon
sors for the welfare of the people.”
Th« Constructive I.enven at Work.
In his address before the Lakes-to
the-Gulf Deep Waterways Association
at Memphis President Roosevelt an
ii iiiin-ed his intention of calling such a
conference, and on Nov. 13, 1907, he is
sued invitations to the Governors of all
La Follette on Taft.
•‘Nature gave him poise, Judi
cial temperament, great force of
character and tenacity of pur
pose,” said the Senator, “ills
long life in the public service is
distinguishing for its marked
ability, its wisdom, its integrity,
its patriotism. He has taken ad
vanced grounds on the great is
sues that are engaging the pro
foundest thought of the people
of this great country.
"Now from a somewhat inti
mate acquaintance with him for
the last twenty years I say that
he is progressive in principle and
he is equipped most wonderfully
in experience.”
The Senator then reviewed Mr.
Taft’s career for the last ten
years, when, be said, he had been
called on to advise by two Presi
dents on questions of government
which gave them the greatest
concern.
Richard Olney, who was in Cleve
land's Cabinet, opposes Roosevelt's pol
icies. but supports Bryan, who says
Roosevelt's policies are his policies.
This Is a great year for Democratic
logic.—Philadelphia Press.
"Yon can’t fall out of bed when you
are already on the floor.” is one of Mr.
Bryan’s latest epigrams. But that's
mighty little consolation to the Demo
crats who want to get back into bed.—
Washington Post.
It Is asserted that through the rest
less energies of the Bryan League as
much as $20,000 has been collected In
this State for the Bryan campaign
fund. When do we get the names of
the contributors and the individual
mount* as promised?—Philadelphia
Press..
the States and territories to meet at
the White House May I.'M.T rmim. In
this letter he said : "Recently I declared
there is no other question now before
tin- nation of equal gravity with the
question of the conservation of our nat
ural resources, and 1 added that it is
the plain duty of us who for the mo
ment are responsible to take inventory
of the natural resources which have
been handed down to us. to forecast the
needs of tite future and so handle tin*
great sources of our prosperity as not
to destroy in advance all hope of the
prosperity of our descendants.”
This conference was held. President
Roosevelt presided ami the practical
conservation work was properly
launched.
Taft to Direct the Work.
Mr. Taft is thoroughly in sympathy
with this movement to build more
homes for the people and to make them
more attractive, lie is one of the great
Americans who typify the independence
and the constructive genius of the
American home builder. There is an
innate desire in the heart of the Amer
ican citizen to own a home. Mr. Talt
recognizes the inherent yearning of the
people apparent ou every page of Ills
tory to own in fee simple some portion
of tin* earth. The desire is as keen to
day ns it ever was. Of all our wealth
producing class, the farmer needs a
home most, lb* must have land. He
should by ail means own it. llis farm
need not Ik* so large as some suppose,
but it should belong to the farmer,
not to some one else. This is not only
self-evident because of the advantages
to the farmer, hut because of its ad
vantages to the nation at large. It is
tlie corner stone of our national life.
It lies at the root of all true patriotism
and all social improvement and con
tent.
Give a man a home uj>on the soil,
and you have made him a patriot who
will defend your institutions at the
ballot box or on the battlefield. Mr.
Taft proposes to open the door to our
vast natural resources with the Re
publican key of national conservation.
This is a most hopeful augury of the
future. When tin* people have easy
access to the land and can fully utilize
our great natural resources, most of
our other troubles \| il 1 settle them
selves. The property owner is a con
servative man who loves his family
and his country. Let the property
owners be as numerous as possible.
Let the good work of hofn<'-niukiug con
tinue under Taft and Sherman.
The Future Growing Brighter.
We are entering upon a new and mo
mentous era that calls for the highest
qualities of constructive statesman
ship—such as Taft has so Impressively
demonstrated lie possesses. 'I bis revela
tiou to our people of the wealth at
tlielr very doors is characteristic of the
watchfulness of the Republican party,
and the work must be firmly and intel
ligently directed to reach its highest
possibilities to the citizen. We are
planning not only for ourselves, hut
for future generations. We are the
forefathers of a mighty future in a
mighty land. If we are equal to our
duties and opportunities we will make
homes west of the Mississippi river for
a hundred million of the freest men
and women who ever walked the earth.
We are living in an age of mighty
achievements. The great canals and
reservoirs for constructive work fo l '
irrigation In the arid region, the Pan
ama canal and other mammoth projects
will soon stand as completed inonu
merits to the constructive genius of our
people and this age. The future is
potent with still grander undertakings
which will in a few brief years, under
Republican direction, stand as accom
plished facts.
WILL VOTE FOR BRYAN.
Tlhi,. Too I'ro.iforou. (or One Knn-
Farmer, Me Stare.
A Saline County farmer, who came
to the country in the early days anil
accumulated six or eijtlit. hundred acres
of farm lands, who has raised lots of
wheat und corn and always voted the
Hepublicun ticket, national, state and
county, declares that he is going to vote
for Bryan this year, says the Salina
(Kan.) Journal. His argument Is a
peculiar one und from a Democratic
stand|>oint is a good one. Mr. Farmer
says he is land hungry and wants more
Kansas lands, but because it Is too high
lie is unable to acquire it. He declares
that the price of wheat is too high, and
likewise the price of corn. With a low
er price on wheat and corn and other
farm products the price of fnrm lands
is hound to decline and when the price
has been reduced lie will be enabled to
purchase more farms.
Mr. Farmer says the election of Bry
an ia sure to reduce prices on everv
thlng—wheat, corn, rye, alfalfa, oats,
iiogs. itoultry and farm bands and the
land itself.
A vote for Bryan, the free trader
means a vote for free woo] and the ruin
of the sheep and wool industry.—Amer
icau Sheep Breeder.
Mr. Bryan said at Kingston that
President Roosevelt’s indorsement or
Mr. Taft was worthless, for it was “the
indorsement of a bankrupt.” why,
then, has Mr. Bryan made such frantic
claims as “the natural heir” of Mr
Roosevelt?—New York Tribune.
"I don’t care for the Presidency
If it has to come by compromise
with Senator Foraker or anyone
else in a matter of principle”—
William H. Taft.
LABOR DECLINES
CAMPAIGN GOLD BRICK
Cannot Be Deceived Into Voting lor
Bryan and His Hollow
Promises.
The Democratic Candidate Ivnurea
I'olnteU Question# Iteuardlna; the
Deeds ot Ills Party Towurds Or
ganised Labor and Re|»resentatlve
Unionists Denounce Him.
Tlie professed friendship of Bryan
and tlie Democratic party for labor is
being relentlessly exposed. During the
last few weeks the veil lias been torn
asunder and Bryan and his platform
maker. Haskell, have been thoroughly
exposed to the world.
“That Bryan's record as a “friend
<*f labor’ is the flimsiest of all public
men in this lint* there can be no possi
ble doubt.” declares The Labor World
of Pittsburg. “He lias never Inn'll any
thing else than a talker and he lias
talked so much that lie has espoused
all shades and angles of the great la
bor question without performing a sin
gle act in tlie interests of tlie wage
worker. He is just the same Bryan
to-day that lie ever was and tin* other
night in New York when asked to deny
that lie ever made the statement that
American working men were ‘public
beggars.’ lie refused to answer it. He
made tlie statement when fighting in
Congress against tlie demands of the
.ass Workers' Union.
Bryan Does Not Answer Questions.
“A number of the most direct and
important questions on his attitude to
ward labor's real interest have been
submitted to Bryan and so far he has
not condescended from his i>edestal to
offer a definite reply. Ho has been
asked : ‘Are you aware of the fact that
since your nomination, and your in
dorsement by the executive officers of
tin* American Federation of Labor, the
governor of Alabama, one of your
friends and allies. lias used ills power
to crush the labor organizations in
that State, placing troops at tlie dis
posal of tlie mine owners, and will
you. now that the matter lias been thus
brought to your attention, publicly re
pudiate and condemn Governor Co
mer’s hostility to organized labor? This
is by all means a most vital question
to every trade unionist in tlie country
who Intends to vote next November.
“The following questions have also
been submitted to him:
“‘ls it not a fact that at the present
time, in the State of Mississippi, in
the city of Vicksburg, to lie exact, the
members of tlie unions concerned with
the river shipping are on strike, and
that tlie Democratic administration .of
that city is trying to break tlie strike
by sending honest, law-abiding strik
ers who refuse to “scab” to the chain
gang?’
“Assuming that you are ignorant of
these facts at present, will you not. as
loader of the Democratic party, make
immediate inquiries upon the matter,
and. If you find tfie facts to lie as
stated, will you openly ami unequivo
cally condemn the Democrats of Mis
sissippi who are resjxmsible for those
conditions and repudiate them?
Haskell (he Inion Hunter.
“ ‘is it not a fact that your intimate
friend. ex-Governor Haskell, national
treasurer of the Democratic party
(now resigned» was the first presi
dent of the Muskogee Citizens’ Alliance,
a secret organization patterned after
the Citizens’ Alliances of Messrs.
I'arry and Post, and existing for tlie
sole purpose of opposing trades union
ism and boycotting union tnen, so that
every cent which a union or member of
a union give to your campaign is sent
to one of the most notorious and big
oted union haters in America?
“‘ls It not a fact that Mr. Haskell,
?is president of the Citizens’Alliance of
Muskogee, sent out over Ills own sig
nature a resolution calling upon mem
bers of Hie Business Men’s Alliance
(another union-hating association) to
bind themselves “to discriminate
against any and all labor union men”
* * * “to check tlie contemptible
fanaticism of trades unionism.”
* • * and to boycott all union men?
“‘ls it not a fact that the worst in
junctions against organized labor <#rer
issued by the courts of this country
have come, many of them, from Dem
ocratic judges, such as Justice Free
man’s injunction in 1900 against the
International Cigar Makers’ Union, en
joining them from even approaching
their employers to se«*k a peaceable
settlement, and from publishing their
grievances; Justice Bookstaver’s in
junction against the members of the
International Typographical Union in
their strike against the New York
“o--•,.»» enjoining them from publish
Political Snapshots.
\\ hen Bryan spoke in Baltimore he
could not fail to remember that for the
first, time in the history of tlie party its
presidential candidate is without news
paper support in that city.—Boston
Transcript.
The fuct that Bryan is rich and Taft
poor should not be allowed to operate
to Taft’s disadvantage. Taft was serv
ing the iieople at a modest salary while
Bryan was accumulating his riches. —
Sioux City Journal.
lug their side of the controversy, and
Justice Gildersleeve's injunction
against members of the same union in
the Buttorick cast'. 1906?
‘“As a final question. Mr. Bryan, ad
dressed to you as a man, and not as a
candidate, don’t you think that the
union man who votes for the Demo
cratic party until satisfactory an
swers have been given to all these
questions must be a good deal of a
fool?’
Gompers' Man for Taft.
Evidence is plentiful that the effect of
Gomp< rs’ attempt to influence labor for
Bryan is not very productive of results.
An illustration in point occurred at a
noonday meeting in New York of the
Oomm-ri ial Travelers' Republican As
sociate 'ii. John W. Armstrong, an or
ganizer for tlie International Brother
hood -if Licetrieal Workers, who was
sent t<> Maine by President Gouipers to
make speeches for the Democratic State
ticket, came out for Taft and Sherman.
In his speech he said :
“Tlie men whom I have met and con
versed with in tlie American Federation I
of Labor are, as a rule, of the opinion
that it would be unwise to support Mr.
Bryan. The election of Mr. Taft means
the rcMiiuptioii of business upon safe
and sound lines. I have an abiding
faith in the intelligence and loyalty of
the workingmen to vote for Taft and
the party und principles Unit made it
possible for our workingman to occupy
tlie eminent position he does, as com
pared with tlie position occupied by the
unfortunate brother in tlie Democratic
South, where the Democratic party has
opposed the enactment of factory law’s,
child labor laws and the organization
of workingmen.”
Vice President Philip Davis and Sec
retary s. T. Ingram of the Central La
bor I'nioii of Terre Haute, Ind.. issued
a stat' merit repudiating the announce
ment that Samuel Gouipers is to speak
in Terre Haute under the auspices of
the central body of organized labor.
Vice President Davis said: “Members
of the Central Union are divided on
party lines, und for this reason it is
not just that the union should Invite
Mr. Gouipers to make a Democratic
sjieeeli Let him come at the instance
of the Democratic central committee.”
Labor Vote Balks at Bryan.
A proposition to indorse Bryan in
accordance with the policy of President
Gompcrs of tlie American Federation of
Labor was turned down Sept. 24 by the
United Brewery Workers of America,
representing 40,000 workers, in conven
tion at the Labor Temple, New York
City. The English and German secre
taries of the committee said that such
a resolution was a joke.
The action of President Gouipers of
tlie American Federation of Laiior in
aiding Bryan’s campaign is repudiated
by James Duncan, second in command
of the organization, in a letter made
public Sept. 28. Mr. Duncan, who is
first vice president of the Federation
and also secretary-treasurer of the
Granite Cutters’ International Associa
tion of America, advises laboring men
to rely upon their own judgment iu
voting at the coming election.
NEW YORK DEMOCRATIC PLAT
FORM.
York World Soym It la Framed
In Ike Interests of IMulocrary.
(From the New York World.)
Mr. Muck must share the amazement
of tlie World over a pretended Demo
cratic platform which, while reiterat
ing “its abiding faith in the princi
ples of Democracy as against plutocra
cy.” is framed in the interests of tlie
very plutocracy it professes to de
nounce.
It is a platform for the protection
of Wall street gamblers; for the pro
tection of insurance criminals; for the
protection of traction thieves; for tin*
protection of Rynn-Harriuian stock-job
bers; for the protection of rich tax
dodgers; for tlie protection of preda
tory corporations. It is a betrayal of
Democratic principles; it is a betrayal
of the Democratic party; it is a be
trayal of the Democratic masses.
Standing before the people on s’ich
a platform, and on such a platform
alone, no Democratic candidate could
be elected to office either in New York
or in any State north of Mason and
Dixon’s line. Fortunately for the
Rochester nominees, most of the*,
have public records which give the
lie to Murphy’s corporation resolutions.
Methods Contrasted.
Mr. Bryan says he would extirpate
trusts, root and branch. If Mr. Bry
an's language is more than mere rhet
oric and he means to seize tlie prop
erty, to divide it up and sell it in
pieces, and dissemble the parts, then I
am not in favor of ills method of deal
ing with trusts, because I believe that
such large combinations legitimately
conducted greatly add to the prosperity
of the country.—lion. Wm. H. Taft, at
Columbus, Ohio.
Growth of Industries.
They tell us that a protective tariff
was only designed for infant industries,
that we have outgrown that infancy
and are no longer in need of the duties
that enabled us to get them started.
We have grown, it is true. Our great
industrial concerns are monsters now,
but let me tell you. as the boy said
who waited till he had grown up be
fore tackling a youthful opponent, th«
other fellow has grown up too.—-Hon.
James S. Sherman.
DENVER-LARAMIE
RAILROAD LINE
DENVER COMMERCIAL BODIES
STRONGLY INDORSE BUILD
ING OF NEW ROUTE.
WORK IS WELL BEGUN
FORTY MILES OF GRADE NOW
NEARLY READY FOR THE
RAILS.
Denver.—The strongest indorse*
meat any enterprise could receive was
given the Denver, Laramie & North
western railway Friday, when the
“committee of fifteen" presented the
new Denver-Seattie line to Denver cit
izens as worthy of their full financial
support and encouragement.
The advisory committee of fifteen
is composed of members of the five
leading commercial organizations of
the city and each of these had already,
in separate resolutions, indorsed the
road as of the greatest importance to
Denver’s future.
The resolution adopted sets forth
tin* great importance of the road to
Denver, praises other bodies for giving
financial aid. expresses the firm belief
that tlie new line will bring vast re
sources to a local market, and presents
the undertaking to the consideration of
citizens as emphatically the most im
portant of present projects.
Among other commercial bodies
which have indorsed the new railroad
arc: The Chamber of Commerce, the
Colorado Manufacturers’ Association,
tin* Colorado State Commercial Asso
ciation, the Denver Real Estate Ex
change and the Colorado Traffic club.
Since May 2, when work was begun
at the company's 160-acre terminal
tract at Argo, progress in railroad
building has been rapid. It will aston
ish Colorado people to learn that forty
miles of grade are nearly ready for
tin* rails, that the steel and outfit to
put it down will soon be on the
ground, and that all the preliminary
work for the line beyond Fort Col
lins to the coal fields of Carbon county,
Wyo.. a distance of 202 miles from Den
ver is well in hand.
The new road as now established
through one of the finest sections of
irrigated farms and gardens in the
world, runs within striking distance of
the following towns along the Platte
valley: Hazeltine, Henderson, Brigh
ton. Lupton and Platteville. The end
of tlie grade is now at Hillsboro, in the
beet sugar region near Johnstown.
The company lias just let a contract
to the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
to furnish eighty-five-pound steel rails
for the first section north from Den
ver. It is the plan of Vice President
and General Manager A. E. Welby to
lay tlie steel in ten-mile sections.
Within the next few days all matters
connected with right of way and grad
ing will be well iu hand. The bridge
across Clear creek, a five-panel steel
and trestle structure, will be completed
within the next week.
North and w-.*st of Hillsboro three
lines of survey are being run to deter
mine which will be the most advantag
eous to serve the Greeley and Wind
sor districts and the best approach to
Fort Collins. However it goes it wilf
be ton miles shorter than any road now
between Denver and Fort Collins.
North of Fort Collins surveys are being
run to determine the best route both
for economy in distance and to best
serve the fruitful irrigable region of
northern Larimer county and also the
country beyond to the coal fields.
Death of Judge Russell.
Denver. —A Durango dispatch Sun
day says: Judge James L. Russell,
who for twelve years presided on the
bench of tlie Twelfth judicial district,
died this morning. Three weeks ago
Ik* was stricken with paralysis, but had
been getting better, and it was be
lieved he would recover until last
night, when he suffered a relapse.
Judge Russell had been a resident
of Durango for nearly thirty years, and
after leaving the bench, built up for
himself an enviable law practice. He
was a member of the Masonic lodge.
Besides a widow, he is survived by
three daughters and two sons. He was
nearly sixty years old.
Sugar Campaign Begins.
Denver. —A Fort Collins dispatch
Monday says: A long blast from a
whistle which stirred up the city and
country for miles about 7 o'clock this
morning announced the beginning of
the winter beet campaign. The sugar
factory here began operations with
the blowing of the whistle, and the ma
chinery will lie kept in motion for
about 12G days, employing about 500
men. working in two shifts, day and
night.
Securing a box of tablets which her
mother was using as a heart stimu
lant, Eleanor Gertrude Wold, thirteen
months old, daughter of James Wold,
living near Estes Park, ate one of the
tablets and died five minutes after
ward.
Joe MeCloskey, a well-known miner
In the Forbes at Trinidad, was prob
ably fatally injured Tuesday by being
caught in a fall of rock, having both
legs broken and being injured inter
nallj.
Syrup tffigs
Cloansos t!»o Sy.stom Effect
ual I y;Disp<‘ls Lolas ana rleacr
aeries clue to Constipation:
Acts naturally, acts truly as
a Laxative.
Best and Child
ren - yoiinO and Old.
Jo its Beneficial Effects
Always buy the Genuine which
has Tne full name of the Com
"CALIFORNIA
Ho Strop Co.
by whom it is manufactured, printed on the
front of every package.
SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS
one adze only, regular price s(Rper bottle.
NAME WAS A COMPROMISE.
Explanation of Remarkable Cogno.
men of Nevada Town.
A Nevada man having extensive
mining claims in the goldfield region
tells of a lucky strike that was made
last year near Carson City, a strike
that proved to be of such promise that
a goodly sized camp immediately
■prang up around it.
The two principal mine owner*
were, respectively, an Irishman and
a Jew, and as a compliment to these
leading citizens the camp decided to
leave to them the bestowal of a suit
able name upon the new community.
There followed many conference*
between the two, none of which result
ed in an agreement. The Irishman
stood out for a name that would sug
gest his native isle, while the Jew was
Just as insistent, on his part, for a
name that should be suggeslive of the
chosen people. This deadlock con
tinued so long that the rest of the
camp grew restless, and finally Insist
ed that there should be a compromise.
So the new camp was called “Tipperu
salem.”—Lippincott’g.
HE REMEMBERED.
“And did your uncle remember you
In his will?”
“Well, he remembered me, all right,
but that was why he didn’t mention
me in it.”
Gave It to Them Straight.
At a heavy transfer point on Sixth
avenue, says a letter to the New York
Times, few seats being vacant on a
Twenty-third street car, a youth dart
ed under the arm of a stout woman
and plumped himself down in the seat
she was about to occupy. Glaring,
she hurled at him: “If I wasn’t a per
fect lady I’d swat you one on the
mouth.” Another young man arose,
raised his hat, and begged her to sit
down. When seated 3he beamed upon
him end said: “Sir, you’re a gentle
man; them others is hogs.”
Nobody Else Loved Her.
In her new autumn gown she re
garded her complexion complacently
In the long glass.
“I must confess,” she said, "that I
am In love with myself.”
“Then you should be happy,” said
her chum, tartly, "for you haven’t a
rival.”
How often do smart clothes excite
Shabby remarks!
NO GUSHER
But Tells Facts About Postum.
"We have used Postum for the past
eight years,” writes a Wis. lady, "and
drink it three times a day. We never
tire of It.
“For several years I could scarcely
eat anything on account of dyspepsia,
bloating after meals, nalpitation, sick
headache—in fact was in such misery
and distress I tried living on hot water
and toast for nearly a year.
“I had quit coffee, the cause of my
trouble, and was using hot water, but
this was not nourishing.
“Hearing of Postum I began drink
ing It and my ailments disappeared,
and now I can eat anything I want
without trouble.
“My parents and husband had about
the same experience. Mother would
often suffer after eating, while yet
drinking coffee. My husband was a
great coffee drinker and suffered from
Indigestion and headache.
“After he stopped coffee and began
Postum both ailments left him. He
will not drink anything else now and
we have It three times a day. I could
write more but am no gusher—only
■tate plain facts.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to
Wellvllle,” in pkgs. “There’s a Reason.**
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
Interest.