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Fower **** Cu*1 Lands
Belonging to dovfmnifnt Are In
sfrnsgec of Beine Gobbled Up by
SftttcanJ Interest*, DecUrea Man Ro
saoeed From Office by President.
Washington. Jan. II.?-'The con
Ptervatton of natural resources and
the conservation of popular govern?
ment are both at stake. The one |
needs conservation no less than tho
other."
The statement epitomises the for?
met announcement made public to?
night by Clifford Plnchot who was
recently removed as chief of the for
) eat service. The former official de
elaree ths great moral Issue that now
feeee the country Is not the loss of
natural resources, so much as wheth?
er special Interests or the people
shall rule. The statement. In part Is
as follows:
I "At this time I rmve no comment
St* make on recent events. Whether
la or out of the Government service,
I propose to stay In the fight for
coaeervatJon and equal opportunity.
Rvery movement and measure from
* whatever source, that tends to ad
F vao.ee conservation and promote gov?
ernment by me^a for human welfare
I shall try to help. Every movement
and measure, from whatever source*
that hindern conservation and prom?
ises government by money for profit
i shall endeavor to oppose. The su?
lk preme test of movements and meas?
ures la the welfare of the plain peo?
ple. i am as ready to support the
Administration when it moves tow?
ard this paramount end as I am to
oppose It when it moves away."
Mr. Plnchot expressed his profound
r regret at leaving the forest service
" and pays tribute to the faithfulness
and high quality of service rendered
, by th* men with whom he worked.
Oat of the work of the forest service,
he proceeds, grew the conservation
movement.
"Today that movement expresses
one of our deepest national convic?
tions." he says, "and the principles
for which It stands are received as
axiomatic. It Is only the execution
Of them which remains in doubt.'
Mr. Plnchot then traced the recom?
mendations of the conference on con
4 etrvation at the White House in May
ltOt, the subsequent creation of the
national conservation commission,
which he says together with Presi?
ded! Rooseveltmessage to Congress
4 on*Jhf% enfeject. set forth a compre
henslve, definite scheme for the con
servatlort of our natural resources?
Which he applauds and endorses. Then
ha proceeded: y
"At this critical period, when the
goal was In sight, enemies of conser?
vation in Congress not only succeed*
ed In preventing an appropriation
with which to pursue the work but
attempted to forbid Its progress by
the Tawney amendment to the last
sundry civil bill. Thereupon the
work of the national conservation
commission was stopped.
"The recommendations of the com?
mission still wait for action. All wise
mea will agree that the situation Is
serious. The Tawney amendment
wee more than a mistake?It was a
deliberate betrayal of the future. The
dangers which confront the conser?
vation movement today must be met
by positive action in Congress. No
action' will b> equivalent to bad ac
? tion and will have tho same results.
'Unless Congress acts the water
powers will pass into the hands of
special Interests without charge and
without limit of time. So with the
phosphate deposits on public lands,
when the withdrawals which now
/ protect them are removed. 80 with
the enormously valuable coal deposits
in Alaska, which the present law
would s*ll for 110 per acre. *
"The danger of bad legislation is
no less serious. The special Interests
must no longer be allowed to take
what they choose out of the great
property of all the people. Those
who steal public lands steal homes
from men and women w'.no need
them. Congress can stop the pillage,
or Congress can let It go on.
"In the absence of proper action
two great conservation plans for the
public welfsre may fall. The first Is
the control of water powers on navi?
gable streams In the public interest.
The second Is the construction of the
deeper waterways from the Great
Lakes to the Oulf.
"The unanimous opinion of the
Mississippi Valley recognizes this wa?
terway as a commercial necessity. It
relieves with reason that the cost,
which Is already officially known, will
be trivial when compared with the
benefits conferred. Transportation
facilities create traffic. Failure to de?
velop our waterways, together with
adequate terminals and connection
by rail, leaves to the railroad a com?
plete monopoly of transportation In
the Mlsslxstppl Valley."
Mr Plneh<?t then calls upon ev rv
' man of good will" to make it char
If bis Representations In Congress
his Arm Intention to hold I hem per?
sonally responsible for safeguarding
the "rights and property of the peo?
ple." In such action, says Mr. Pin
chot, lies the remedy.
"The first immediate danger is tha*
the waterways will be lost; the sec?
ond that the coal lands will he lost,"
the statement concludes.
"But the specific danger of public
loss are merely parts of the great is?
sue between the special interests and
the rest of us. That issue is whether
this country shall be managed by
men for human welfare or by money
for profit.
"It is a tremendous moral Issue,
far greater than any man's personal
feelings or personal fortunes. It lies
between the people and their Repre?
sentatives on one side and the inter?
ests and their Representatives on oth?
er; between progress and reaction;
between special privileges and a
square deal. I repeat that the su?
preme test Is the welfare of the plain
people. It Is time to apply It."
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?but never follows the use of Foley's
Honey and Tar, which stops the
cough, heals the lungs and expels
the cold from your system. Take at
first sign of a cold and avoid a dan?
gerous illness. Sibert's Drug Store.
Holders of Spot Cotton, Confident of
Higher Prices, Decline to Take Of?
fers.
Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 14. ?For the
first time In the history of the. Mem?
phis cotton exchange all quotations
were wiped off the board today, the
entire spot cotton market being nom?
inal. The stock of cotton in Mem?
phis is in round figures 200,000 bales,
but so confident are those who own
it that higher values will prevail,
that they have declined to sell.
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Contest Opens Monday, Nov. 29th and Closes February 28th.
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Condktionsland Prize?,
The $400 Piano, the grand prize of
this contest, will be given to the sub?
scriber or a nominee of a subscriber of
the Watchman and Southron or Sum?
ter Daily Item receiving the greatest
number of votes in this contest. No
matter where you live you are eligible
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One $50 Gold Watch, cither Gentle?
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ter, receiving the next largest number
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to the person resident of the City of
Sumter, ^receiving the next largest
number of votes.
The contest for the Grand Prize, the
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The Watchman and Southron or The
Sumter Daily Item. It can be won by
a resident of Sumter, Lee or Clarendon
County, or some other County. One
Gold Watch as a special second prize
to be contested for by non-residents
of the City of Sumter, while the other
is a special second prize to be contest
ed for by residents of this city.
This Magnificent Cote Piano, wbich we will give away, is 4 ft. 9 in. high
0 ft. long and weighs, box<d, ready for shipment, over 800 lbs. The finest
materials and most oxperienced workman have produced in the Cote an in?
strument excellent in tone, power, durability and appearance. Tbis piano
is installed in the best homes, conservatories and music halls in the land ;
isWoll known and widely recommended hy the leading musicians and
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It It positively guaranteed for ten years by the Manufacturers.
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both the Watchman and Southron and
the Daily Item. The nomination
counts as 1000 votes, but only one
nomination will be credited tc a per?
son.
In each issue of the Watchman and
Southron and the Daily Item will be
published a ballot which is good for
the number of votes specified on the
ballot.
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Every new subscriber paying in ad?
vance, will be credited for each dollar
paid, 200 votes. Every old subscriber
paying up back dues will be credited
for each dollar paid 100 votes, and on
each dollar paid in advance 200 votes.
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brought or sent to this office. No
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collector.
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Nominations will not be received later than Lc ci mber 24, therefore, it is important that the blanks be mailed
to this office at once. Remember every nomination blank counts for 1000 votes, but will not be
counted twice for the same person. We have a supply of voting ballots at our office which must be filed
_there, properly signed, as the cash is paid for subscription, advertising or printing. Those at a distance
wishing to vote must send the money, for which a voting ticket together with a receipt, will be mailed to the person making the remittance. The tickets must be
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Phone No. 30, ~3 ?
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