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TH THE TlIEWASHINGTON WASHINGTON NA98INIk a0R HEEAID THURSDAY T1U SDAYMAY MAY 14 1 1908 BOB 9 9ROOSEVELT 9ROOSEVELT
ROOSEVELT ROOSEVELT uRG URGES SGOVERNORS 0 GOVERNORS TO PRESERVENATURALR PRESERVE NATURAL RESOURCES S URC S OF FNATIOt NATION
Declares Limit Has Been Reached in Lavishness Lavishnessand Lavishnessa Lavishnessand
a and it is Time for the th Country to Call a aH Halt Haltif Haltif alt altif
if it is 4 is to Continue Continue its Present Pre ent Prosperity
In YngreoUng greeting greettn s sWhite the big btg conference In the theWhite theWhlte
White Houso yesterday terda Pre President Ident Roose Roosevelt ROOleelt Roosevelt ¬
velt elt saidGovernors said saidGovernors saidCovernors
Governors of the he several States and artdgen artdgentlemen ait gentlemen gen gentlemen ¬
tlemenI tlemen tlemenlOr
t lOr I welcome you to this conference at atthe atthe atthe
the White House You have coma C me hither hitherat bltherat hitherat
at my request so that we may join to together together together ¬ i
gether to consider the question of con eonzervatlon conservation oonrvatlon ¬
I
servation rvatlon and use e of the great funda fundamental fund fundmental t inde indemental ¬
mental sources S UrqeS of wealth of this nation nationSo nationSo nationSo
So vital Is this question that for the first firsttime firsttime firsttime
time in our our history the chief executive executiveofficers 6Ceeutlveofflcers executiveofficers
officers of the States separately and of ofthe oftho ofthe
the States together forming the nationhave nation nationhave naUonhave
have met to consider itWith it itWith itW1th
With the governors govtrnorscome come men from fromeach fromeach fromeach
each State chosen for their special acquaintance acquaintance ac acquaintance ¬
quaintance with the terms of the prob problem problem problem ¬
lem that is s before us Among them are areexperts areexperts areexperts
experts in natural resource rUOUroee and representatives repre representatives representatives ¬
sentatives of national organizations con concerned concerned concerned ¬
cerned In the development and use of ofthese otthe ofthese
these the e resources the Senators S nators and Rep Representatives Representatives Representativos ¬
resentatives In Congress the Supreme SupremeCourt SupremeCourt SupremeCourt
Court the Cabinet and the Inland Water Waterways Waterways Waterways ¬
ways commission have likewise been In Invited InyUed invited ¬
vited to the conference which is there theretore therefore therefore
fore national in a peculiar senora senoraWeIghtlest sennaWelfchtlcBt senroVelgl1tlest
WelfchtlcBt Problem Before Nation NationThis NnHonThis NntionThis
This conference on the conservation conservationof
of natural resources is in effect a ameeting amoeUng ameeting
meeting of the representatives of all allthe anthe allthe
the people of the United States called calledto canedto calledto
to consider the weightiest problem problemnow problemnow problemnow
now before the nation and the occa occasion OCC8i eceaslop ¬
i slop for the meeting lies in the fact factthat factthat factthat
that the natural resources of our ourcountry ourcountry ourcountry
country are in danger of exhaustion exhaustionif
if we permit the old wasteful tnetnods tnetnodsof fttetftodsot siatnodsof
of exploiting them longer to continue continueWith continueWIth continueWith
With the th rise of peoples from sav savagery MVgiry Ravi ¬
i agery giry to civilization ch1ltza tlon and with 1th the theconsequent theconsequent theconsequent
consequent growth in the extent and andvariety andvariety andvariety
variety of the needs of the average averageman averageman averageman
man there comes a steadily ste dlh increasing Increas Increasing IncreasIng ¬
ing growth of the amount amount demanded by bythte bythte byfile
thte average man from the actual re resources resources reacumen ¬
sources of the country Yet rather rathercuriously rathercurlously rathercuriously
curiously at the same time the aver average aerage average ¬
age man an is apt to lose his realization realizationof
of thin dependence d endence upon nature natureSavages naturSavages natureSavages
Savages and very primitive peoples peoplesgenerally peopl peoplgenerally peoplesgenerally
generally concern themselves only with withsuperficial with8upertlelal withsuperficial
superficial natural resources with there thosewhich therewhich tIIMewhich
which they obtain from the actual surface sur surface SUfaee ¬
face aee of the ground As peoples plec be become become become ¬
come a 8 little less primitive their in industries industries Industrlen ¬
dustries although in a rude manner mannerare mannerare mannerare
are extended to resources below the thesurface tbesuraee thesurface
surface then with what we call callcivilization callctvmzatkm callcivilization
civilization and the extension of ofknowledge ofknowledge ofknowledge
knowledge more resources come into intouse Intou Intotae
use u e industries are multiplied and andforesight andfore andforesight
foresight fore lght begins to become a a necessary necessaryand naclWslrYaDd necessaryand
and prominent ro lnent factor in life Crops Cropsare Cropsare Cropsare
are cultivated animals are domesti domesticated domestlcatid domeetlcated ¬
cated and metals are mastered masteredEvery masteredEvery masteredEvery
Every step of the progress of man mankind mankind mankind ¬
kind is marked by the discovery and use useof useof useof
of natural resources previously prevlou ly unusedWithout unused unusedWithout unuHdWithout
Without such progre progressive lve knowledge and andutilization andutilization andutilization
utilization of natural n tural resources re ources population populationcould populationcould populationcould
could not grow oW nor industries Industrl s multiply multiplynor multiplynor multiplynor
nor the hidden wealth of the earth be de developed dee1opecl developed ¬
veloped for the benefit ef t ms mankind mankindRapid m nklnd nklndRnphl nklndRapid
Rapid Pre Preentdn entdny Progress ProgressFrom ProgresFrom ProgressFrom
From the first beginnings of civilisation civiliza civilization clvlUulion ¬
tion on the banks of the Nile and the theEuphrates tbeEuphrates theEuphrates
Euphrates the industrial progress of the theworld theworld theworld
world has gone on slowly with occasional occasionalsetback occutonalsetback occasionalsetbacks
setback but on the whole steadily steadilythrough etedtlythrough steadilythrough
through tens of centuries to the present presentday preleRtday presentday
day But of late the rapidity of the proeehs pro process proeeSs ¬
cess has increased at such a 8 rate that thatmore thtmore thatmore
more space has been actually covered dur during durIng during ¬
ing the century and a quarter occupied occupiedby occupiedby occupiedby
by our national life than during the pre preceding preceding preceding ¬
ceding 6096 S 008 years that take us back to the
earliest monuments of Egypt to the theearliest theQarllost theearliest
earliest cities of the Babylonian plainWhen plain plainWhen plainWhen
When the founders of this nation met metat metat metat
at Independence Hall in Philadelphia the theconditions theaondlUons theconditions
conditions of commerce had not funda fundamentally fundamentally fundamentally ¬
mentally changed from what they were werewhen werowhen werewhen
when the Phoenician keels first furrowed furrowedthe furrowedlh furrowedthe
the lh lonely waters of the Mediterranean MediterraneanThe Jledlterraneani MediterraneanThe
The differences s were those of degree not notof notI notof
of kind and they were ere not in all oases oaseseven Qas Qaseven Caseseven
even those of degree Mining was carried carriedon carriedtundamentally
on fundamentally as it had been carried carriedon carrlodon carriedon
on by the Pharaohs in the countries adja adjacent adjecent adjacent ¬
cent to the Red Sea SeaThe SeaUThe SeaThe
UThe The wares of the merchants of Bos Boston Boston Boston ¬
ton of Charleston like the wares of the themerchants themerchants themerchants
merchants of Nineveh and SIdon If they theywent theywent theywent
went by water were carried by b boats pro propelled propelled propelled ¬
pelled by sails or onrs if they tho went by byland byland byland
land were carried in wagons drawn by bybeasts bybeasts bybeasts
beasts of draft or In packs on the backs backsof backsof backsof
of beasts of burden The ships that thatcrossed thatcrossed thatcrossed
crossed the high seas wore better than thanthe thanthe thanthe
the ships that had once crossed the theAegean theAegean theAegean
Aegean but thoy wore w re of the same type typeafter typeafter typeafter
after all allthey they were w re wooden ships pro propelled propelled propellod ¬
pelled by sidle and on land the roads roadswere roadswere roadswere
were not as s good as the roads of the theRoman tbeRoman t e eRoman
Roman empire while the service of oft the theposts tHeposts e eposts
posts was probably inferiorConditions inferior inferiorConditlonit InferIorConditions
Conditions in AVaahlngtong Vn I1Ington Time TimeIn TimeHIn TimeIn
HIn In Washingtons time anthracite coal coalwas coAlwas coalwas
was known only as a 8 useless black stone stoneand stoneand stoneand
and the great fields of bituminous coal coalwere coalwere coalwere
were undiscovered As steam was unknown un unknown unknown ¬
known the use of o coal for power production produc production production ¬
tion was undreamed of Water was waspractically waspraotlcally waspractically
practically the only source of power save savetho savetho savethe
tho labor of men and animals and this thispower thispower thispower
power was used only in the most urimi urimitive RrlmlUve grimitlve
tive fashion But a few small iron depos deposits deposits deposits ¬
its had been found in this country and andthe andthe andthe
the use of iron by our countrymen was wasvery wasvery wasvery
very small Wood was as practically theonly the theonly theonly
only fuel and what lumber was sawed sawedwas sawedA sawedas
was A as consumed locally while the forests forestswere forestswer forestswere
were wer regarded chiefly as obstructions to tosettlement tosettlement tosettlement
settlement and cultivation cultivationSuch cultivatiOnSuch cultivationSuch
Such was the degree of progress to towhich towhich towhich
which civilized clvJllztdmanklnd mankind had attained attainedwhen aUmnedwhen attainedwhen
when this nation began Its career It la laalmost 1sa1n05t isalmost
almost impossible for us In this day to torealize torealize torealize
realize how little our Revolutionary ances ancestors ancestors ancestors ¬
tors knew of the great store of natural naturalresources naturalresources naturalresources
resources whose discovery and use have havebeen bavebeen havebeen
been such vital factors In the growth gr wth and andgreatness andgre andgreatness
greatness gre tness of this nation and how little littlethey lIttlothey littlethey
they required to take from this store in inorder fnorder inorder
order to satisfy their needs needsSince neoosSince needsSince
Since then our knowledge and we weof uteot teeof
of the resources of the present terri territory terr terrtory territory ¬
tory of the United States have increased in increased Increased ¬
creased a hundredfold Indeed thegrowth the thegrowth thegrowth
growth of this nation by leaps and andbounds andbounds andbounds
bounds makes one of of the most strik striking striking striking ¬
ing and Important chapters in the thehistory th8hlstor thehistory
history hlstor of the world Its growth grewthhag growthh86 growthhoe
hag been b n due to the rapid dev lop slopment > lopment lopment
ment and alas that It should be said saidto IRkIto saidto
to the rapid destruction of our ournatural ournatural ournatural
natural resources Nature baa sup supplied supplied supplied ¬
plied to us in the United States and andstill andstili andstill
still supplies to us more kinds of ofI Ofresources ofresources
I resources in a more lavish 10 vlsh degree than thanhas thanhas thanhas
has ever been the caee at any an other othertime othertime othertime
time or with any other people Our Ourposition Ourposition Ourposition
position In the world has been attained attainedby attainedby attainedby
by the extent and thoroughness of ofthe Dtthe ofthe
the control we have achieved over overnature overnature overnature
nature but we are more and not less lessdependent Jessdependant lessdependent
dependent upon what she furnishes furnishesthan furnthesthan furnishesthan
than at any previous time of history historysince hlltoryslnee historysince
since the days of primitive tiasnForethought man manForethought maRForethonll1t
Forethought of Forefathers ForefathersYet Forefather8Yet ForefathersYet
Yet our fathers though they knew knewso kneeso
so little of the resources of the country countryexercised COURtIYexercised countryexorcised
exercised a wise forethought in refere referethereto reference referencethereto refereftQEthereto
thereto Washington clearly saw that thE UMperpetuity thEperP
perpetuity perP tult of the States could only becured be se secured Houred e ¬
cured by union and that the only teas feasible feuibte teashide ¬
hide basis of union was an economic one onein oneIn onein
in other words that it must beon be baseton baaecJon
on the development and use of theh
natural resources resouro S Accordingly he hehelped hehelped hehelped
helped to outline a scheme of commercialdevelopment commercial commercialdevelopment commercialdevelopment
development and by Influence and inter interstate Interstate interstate ¬
state waterways commission commls lon was appointed ap appointed appointed ¬
pointed by Virginia and Maryland MarylandIt MarlandIt
It met near where wh rc we are ar now meeting meetingIn meetinSIn
In Alexandria adjourned to Mount Ver Vernon Varnon Vernon
non and took up the consideration of in interstate Interstate interstate ¬
terstate commerce by the only moans moansthen moansthon moansthen
then available that of water Further Furtherconferences Furtherconferences Furtherconferences
conferences were arranged 8rttn d first at An Annapqlis AnnnpQUs Annapolis
napqlis and then at Philadelphia It wasin was wasin wasIn
in Philadelphia that the representatives representativesof
of all the States met for f r what was in Its Itsoriginal Itsorlglnal itsoriginal
original conception merely a waterways waterwaysconference waterwaysconferenco waterwaysconference
conference but wheln whn wh < < n they had closed closedtheir closedtheir closedtheir
their deliberations the outcome was theConstitution the theConstitution theCon3t1tutlon
Constitution which made the States Into a anation anaUon anation
nationThe nation nationThe naUonThe
The Constitution of the United Statesthus States Statesthus Statesthus
thus grew gr In large part out of the neces necessity noaeslty necessity ¬
sity lty for united action in the thel io use or orone oron ofone
one on of our natural resources The wiseuse wise wiseuse wiseuse
use of all of our natural resources resources whichare which whichare whichare
are our national resources as well Is thegreat the thegreat thegreat
great material question of today I haveasked have haveasked haesltod
asked sltod you to come together now because becausethe been becausethe usc uscthe
the enormous consumption of theso re resources resources resources ¬
sources and the threat of imminent ex exhaustion exhaustlon exhaustion ¬
haustion of some of them due to rookless rooklossand rooklessand rooklessnnd
and wasteful use once moro calls lls for forcommon forcommon forcommon
common effort common actionRevolution action actionRevolution acUonReolotlon
Revolution of industry ImluatrySince Inlnfttr InlnfttrSince industrySince
Since the days when the Constitution Constitutionwas
was adopted steam and electricity have haverevolutionized havorevolutionized haverevolutionized
revolutionized the Industrial world Nowhere No Nowhere Nowhero ¬
where has the revolution been so great as asIn ISIn asin
In our own country The discovery dlscov ry and andutilization andtUlzaUon andutilization
utilization of mineral fuels and alloys alloyshave nlloshave alloyshave
have given us the lead l d over all other nations na nations nations ¬
tions in the production of steel The dis discovery discovery ¬
covery and utilization of coal and ironhave iron ironhave Ironho
have given us our railways and have led ledto ledto ledto
to such industrial development as has hasnever hasneer hasnever
never before been seen The vast wealth wealthof wealthof wealthof
of lumber in our forests the riches of our oursoils oursolIs oursoils
soils and mines the discovery of gold andmineral and andmineral andmineral
mineral oils combined combln d with the efficiency efficiencyof
of our transportation have made the con conditions conditions conditlons ¬
ditions of our life unparalleled in comfort comfortand comfortand comfortand
and convenience convenienceThe comonlnceThe convenienceThe
The steadily Increasing drain on these thesenatural thesenatural thesenatural
natural resources has promoted to an anextraordinary nnextraordinary anextraordinary
extraordinary degree the complexity of ofour oCour ofour
our industrial and social life Moreover Moreoverthis Moreoverthis Moreoverthis
this unexampled development de lopmont has had a adetermining adetermining adetermining
determining effect upon the character andopinions and andopinions andopinions
opinions of our people The demand for forefficiency foretflehmcy forefficiency
efficiency in the great task has given usvigor us usvigor usvigor
vigor effectiveness decision and power powerand powerand powerand
and a capacity for achievement which in inits InIts inits
its own lines Un has never yet been matched matchedSo matchedSo matchedSo
So great and so rapid has been our ma material material material ¬
terial growth that there has been a a ten tendency tondency tendency ¬
dency to lag behind In spiritual and moral moralgrowth moralgrowth moralgrowth
growth but that is not the subject uponwhich upon uponwhich uponwhich
which I speak to you todayDisregarding today todayDisregarding todayDisregarding
Disregarding for the moment the ques question quesU question ¬
tion U It of moral purpose it is safe to say saythat SBJ SBJthat saythat
that the prosperity of our people depends dependsdirectly deI1dsdirectly dependsdirectly
directly on the tb energy and intelligencewith Intelligence Intelligencewith Intclllgencewith
with which our natural resources are areused areused areused
used It is I equally clear that these re resources re80urees resources ¬
sources are the final basis of national nationalpower naUonalpower nationalpower
power and perpetuity Finally Finan It Is ominously omin ominously ominously ¬
ously evident that these resources arc inthe In Inthe inthe
the t course of rapid exhaustion exhaustionUnsettled exhaustionUnsettled exhaustionUnsettled
Unsettled Land Nearly Xenrl All GoneThis Gone GoneThis GoneThis
This nation began with 1lh the belief beliefthat bollethat bellethat
that its landed possessions were il illimitable nlimitable iilimitable ¬
limitable and capable of supporting allthe all allthe anthe
the people who ho might care to makeour make makeour makeour
our e a country untr their home but alreadythe already alreadythe a1roadythe
the limit of unsettled land is in sight sightand sightand sightand
and indeed but little land fitted for foragriculture foragrtculture foragriculture
agriculture now remains unoccupied unoccupiedsave unoccupiedsave unoccupiedsave
save what can De reclaimed by Irri Irrigation Irrigation irrigation ¬
gation and drainage We W began withan with withan withan
an unappreachad ulUlppt h d heritage of forests forestsmore forost8more forestsmore
more than half of the timber is gone goneWe gen genW geneWe
We W began with coal fields more ex extensive axtensive IC ICtemlve ¬
tensive than those of any oUtpr oUt r nation na nation naUon ¬
tion and with Iron ores regarded as asinexhaustible asIn asinexhaustible
inexhaustible In and many exports now nowdeclare nowdeclare nowdeclare
declare that the end of both iron and andcoal Rndcoal andcoal
coal is in sight 81ghtThe sightThe v vThe
The mere increase in our consump eonsumptloi consumption cOnsumption ¬
tion of coal during HOT ovor ovoreeeded 19 INS ex axceeded exceeded ¬
ceeded the total consumption in ISK ISKthe 1Ilithe ISTLthe
the centennial year er The enormous onormousI ononnoustores
I stores of mineral oil and gas are arelargely arelargely arelargely
largely gone Our natural waterways waterwaysare watorwlaAre
are not gone but they have been so soinjured soInjured soinjured
injured by neglect and by the divi division division devtston ¬
sion of responsibility and utter lack lackof IRekof
of system in dealing d8 Ung with them that thatthere thatthere
there is less navigation on them now
than there was fifty years ago agoFinally agoFInally agoFinally
Finally we began with soils of unexampled un unexampled unoxampled ¬
exampled fertility and we have so BOImpoverished soimpOverished soimpoverished
Impoverished them by by Injudicious use usennd useand useand
and by failing to check erosion that thattheir thattheir thattheir
their eropprodueing power is dimin diminishing diminIshing diminishing ¬
ishing Instead of increasing In a aword aword aword
word we have thoughtlessly and to toa toa toa
a a Urge rge degree unnecessarily dimin diminished dhnln dhnlnIshed dfnrinished ¬
ished tho resources res resources rces upon which not notonly notonly notonly
only our prosperity but tho prosperity prosperityof
of our children must always depend dependTime dependTime dependTime
Time to toPnne Pause Is NowWe Ko KoWe Now NowWe
We have become great because of the thelavish thalavish thelavish
lavish use of our resources and we havejust have haveJust havejust
Just reason to be proud of our growth growthBut growthBut growthBut
But the time has come to Inquire serious seriously sorloush ¬
ly h what will happen when our forests forestsare forostsare forestsare
are gone when when the coal the Iron thl thloil th thall f foil
oil and and the gas are exhausted xhau ted when the thesoils thesoUs thesoils
soils shall have been beensUIl still further Im Impoverished 1mpovortsh l n npoverished ¬
povortsh poverished d and washed into the streams streamspolluting stroamspolluting streamspolluting
polluting the rivers denuding the th fields fieldsand fieldsand fieldsand
and obstructing navigation These ques questions questions questions ¬
tions do not relate only to the next cen century century century ¬
tury or to the next generation It is istime istime Istime
time for us now now as a nation to exercise exercisethe exercisethe exercisethe
the same reasonable foresight in dealing dealingwith dealingwith dealingwith
with our great natural resources that thatwould thatwould thatwould
would be shown by any prudent man in inconserving Inconserving inconserving
conserving and widely using the property propertywhich proportywhich propertywhich
which contains C ntalnR tho assurance of wellbe wellbeing WlllbeIng wellbeing ¬
ing for himself and hi his children childrenThe childrenTh childrenThe
The Th natural resources I have enumer enumerated enumerated onumerated ¬
ated can be divided into two sharply dis distinguished dlattngulsned distinguished ¬
tinguished classes accordingly as they theyare theyare theyare
are or aro not capable of renewal renewl Mines Minesif
if used must necessarily nece flrlly be exhausted exhaustedThe exhaustedThe hausted haustedThe
The minerals do and cannot renew them themselves themsolvcs themsolves ¬
selves Therefore in dealing with Ith the thecoal thecoal thecoal
coal the t e oil the gas the iron the metals metalsgenerally metalBgeneralb metalsgenerally
generally all that we can do is to try tryto tryto tryto
to sec that they are wisely used The Theexhaustion Theexhaustlon Theexhaustion
exhaustion is certain to come in time timeThe UmeThe timeThe
The second class of resources consists consistsof conllitsot consistsof
of those which cannot only be used insuch in insuch Insucb
such a manner as to leave them undimin undiminished undiminIshed undiminlshed
ished for our children but can actually actuallybe actuallybe actuallybe
be improved by wise use The soil the theforests theforests theforests
forests the waterways come in this thl cat category category category ¬
egory In dealing with mineral resources resourcesman resourcesman resourcesman
man is able to improve on nature only onlyby ORlyby onlyby
by putting the resources to a beneficial beneficialuse beneficialUse beneficialuse
use which in the end exhausts them but butin butIn butin
in dealing with the soil and its productsman products productsman productsman
man can improve on nature by compel compelling compelUng compelling ¬
ling the resources to renew and even reconstruct re reconstruct reconstruet ¬
construct themselves them hes in such manner as asto ItSto asto
to serve increasingly beneficial us uswhile useswhile uses useswhile
while the living waters can be so control controlled centrolled controlled ¬
led as to multiply their benefits benefitsRemember booentsRemember benefitsRemembers
Remember PoKtcrlty PoKtcrltyNeither POlltcrlt POlltcrltNeUaer PoaterityNeither
Neither the primitive man nor the thepioneer tbepioneer thepioneer
pioneer was aware of any duty to pos posterity posterity 11tertty ¬
terity In n dealing with 1th the renewable NA 1Ile re resources reSOUreeL nosources ¬
sources When en the American settler fell felted felled teUed ¬
ed the forests he felt there was plenty plentyof pltQtyof plentyof
of forest left for the sons who came dame after afterhim atterhim afterhim
him When be exhausted the soil of his hiefarm hisfarm U Urann
farm be felt that hi h his son could go West Westand We Westand t tand
and take up another So it was with his hisImmediate hlltmm lilaImmmglate
Immediate tmm < < late successors neee ors When the soil soilwasa 1Ot1wuh soilwash
wash wasa from the farmers field choked the theneighboring theneishbOring theneighboring
neighboring river he h thought only of using usingthe ullngthe usingthe
the railway rather rath r than an boats for moving movinghis movinghla movinghis
his produce and supplies suppliesNow IUppJ IUppJNow suppiieeNow
Now all this Is changed On the theaverage theaverage theaverage
average the theon son of the farmer of today todaymust to todaymust ay aymust
must make his living on his fathers fathersfarm fatbersCarm fathersfarm
farm There Tb re te i no difficulty in doing doingthte doingthl doingthis
this thl if the father will exercise wis wisdom wisdom 1a 1adom ¬
dom No wise use of a farm exhaustsits exhausts exhaustsits exhauataIts
its fertility So with the forests fore t We Weare Weare Weare
are over 9V Svc the verge of a Umber famine faminein faminela
in 1 this country and it te I unpardonable unpardonablelor
lor the nation or the States to permit permitany permitany permitany
any further cutting cutUn of ou or r timber save savein Mve1ft saveIn
in accordance accorda ce with a system which whichwill whichwill
will 111 provide that the next generation generationshall generatloftbAn generationshall
shall bAn see the tb timber ttmb < < increased instead insteadof I116t8ado insteadof
of o dimlnintehed dtmlnlnl hed Moreover oveover we Vf can canadd ca1 ca1adc1 canadd
add enormous tracts of the most mostvaluable mostvaluable moatvaluable
valuable possible po 8Ible agricultural land to tothe tothe tothe
the national domain by irrigation in intbe Inthe Inthe
the arid and semiarid mlarid regions and by bydrainage bydndaage bydrainage
drainage of great tracts of swamp land landin Iudin landhi
in the humid regions We W can enormoualy enor enormously enormoueIr ¬
mously Increase our transportation transportationfacilities trMportatlonaeUttIK transportationfaclhties
facilities by the canalization of our ourrivers ourriver ourrivers
rivers so as to complete a great t system sys system IYStern ¬
tem of waterways waUrwa on the Pacific At Atlantic Atlantle Atlantic ¬
lantic and Gulf coasts and in tile Mls Mlsstesippl I ns nsl flssiseippt
stesippl l IIippl Valley from the Great Plains Plainsto PlaJnsto Plainsto
to the Alleghenles and from the northern north northern northrn ¬
ern rn lakes to the mouth of the mighty mightyFather mightyFather mightyFather
Father of Waters But all these various
uses usesof of ojir natural resources afe af so soclosely soclosely soclosely
closely connected that they should ShO lId be becoordinated becoordlnated becoordinatod
coordinated and should be treated tr ated as aspart aspart aspart
part of one coherent plan and loot not In Inhaphazard Inhaphazard inhaphazard
haphazard and piecemeal fashion fashionAcknowledgment tashlonAcknonlelglUeut fashionAcknowledgments
Acknowledgment to Commission CommissionIt
It Is largely because of this that I Iappointed Iapp Iappointed
appointed app fnted tho Waterways Commission Commissionlast CommlHtonlast Commissionlast
last year and that I Ihave have sought to per perpetuate perpetuate perpetuate ¬
petuate Its work I wish to take tak this thisopportunity t1l t1lI thisopportunity
I opportunity to express In heartiest haarUe t fash fashion fashlion fashion ¬
lion ion my m acknowledgment to all th tM mem members members members ¬
bers of the commission comml on At great per personal p parsonal r rsonal ¬
sonal saerificas sacrifice of time and effort they theyhave theyluwe theyhave
have rendered a II service to the public for forwhich forwhich forwhich
which We cannot be too grateful grat rul Espe Especial Especial Especial ¬
cial credit is due to the Initiative the on iJnergy energy j jrgy
ergy rgy the devotion to duty and the far farsightedness tarslghtedness farsightednass ¬
sightedness of Glff rd d Pinchat to whom whomwe whomwe whomwe
we owe so mueh of the progress we have havealready hflvealready havealready
already made mad in handling this matter of ofthe ofthe oftho
the coordination and oonserratten O of ofnatural ofnntural ofnatural
natural resources If It had not been for forhim forhim forhim
him this convention neither neither would nor norcould norcould norcould
could have been called calledWe canedHYc calledWe
HYc We are coming in I recognize as never neverbefore nGerbefore neverbefore
before the right of the nation to guard guardis guardIts guardis
is own future In the essential entla1 matter of ofnatural ofnatural ofnatural
natural resources r Sources In the past we have haveadmitted hayeadmitted haveadmitted
admitted the right of the individual to in injure Injure 1 1Jure
Jure the future of the republic for his hisown hisown hisown
own present profit The time has come comefor comeor comefor
for or a a change As a people we c have the theright theright theright
right and the duty second s < < ooo to none other otherbut otherbut otherbut
but the right and duty of obeying the themoral themoral themoral
moral law of requiring roquiingsnd and doing Justice Justiceto
to procs < t ourselves and our children childrenagainst childrenagainst hndronaS1llnst
against the wasteful development of our ournatural ournatural ournatural
natural resources whether that waste wasteIs wasteIa j
is caused by b the actual destruction of ofsueh ofsuoh ofsuch
such resources or by making them im impossible Impossible Impossible ¬
possible of development hereafter hereafterDuty hereafterDut hereafterDuty
Duty Dut > to the Nation NationAny XnHonAny NationAny
Any rightthinking father earnestly earn4 earnestlydesires Stly Stlydesires j
desires and strives to leave his son both bothan bothan bothan
an untarnished name and a reasonable reasonableequipment reasonableequipment reasonableequipment
equipment for the struggle stru gle of life So this thisnation thisnaUo thisnation
nation naUo as a whole should earnestly rnotty desire desireand desireand desireand
and strive to leave to the next generation generationthe generadonthe
the national honor unstained and the thenational thentlonal thenational
national resources urce unexhausted un xhau ted There Thereare Thereare Thereare
are signs that both the nation and theStates the tbeStates theStiltes
States are waking to a a realization of thisgreat this thisgreat tnlareat
great reat troth On March M 1 IMS 1 the theSupreme theSuprcme theSupreme
Supreme Court of Maine rendered an anexoeedinly IU IUaxceedln1r anexoeedinly
exoeedinly axceedln1r important Judicial decision decisionThis ded decisionThis on onThlos
This opinion was rendered in response responseto TMponsto
to questions as to the right of the legisla legislature legislature legislature ¬
ture to restrict the cutting of trees on onprivate onprlate onprivate
private land for the prevention of ofdroughts ofdroughts ofdroughts
droughts and floods OOda the preservation of ofthe otthe ofthe
the natural water supply suPI Y and the pre prevention prevention prevention ¬
vention of the erosion ero Jon of such ueh lands and andthe andthe andthe
the consequent filling up of rivers rlversr ponds pondsand pondsand pondsand
and lakes The forests and water power powerof poweroC powerof
of Maine constitute the larger part of ofher ofher ofher
her wealth and form the basis of her herindustrial herIndustrial herindustrial
industrial life 1U and the question submitted sub submitted su1 su1mUted ¬
mitted by the Maine senate to the Su Supreme Supreme Supreme ¬
preme Court and the answer of the Su Supreme Suprme Supremo ¬
preme Court alike bear testimony te8t1lnon to the thewisdom thewisdom thewisdom
wisdom of the people of Maine and andclearly Indcleuly andclearly
clearly define a policy of conservation conservationof co conservation conservationof ervatJon ervatJonof
of natural resources the adoption of ofwhich ofwhich ofwhich
which is of vital Ital importance not merely merelyto merel merelto merelyto
to Maine but to the whole country countrySuch countrySuch countrySuch
Such a policy will preserve soil forests forestswater forestswater forestswater
water power as a heritage for the children childrenand chl14r8land childrenand
and the childrens children of the men and andwomen andwomen nc ncwomen
women of this thS generation for any enact enactment enactment enactment ¬
ment that provides for the wise utilization utUlationOt
01 the forests whether in public or private privateownership Privateovnershlp privateownership
ownership and for the conservation of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the water resources of the country must mustnecessarily mustneeesKrtI mustnecessarily
necessarily neeesKrtI be legislation that will 111 promote promoteboth promoteboth promoteboth
both private and public welfare eltare for Hood Hoodprevention floodprevention ood oodprevention
prevention water power development developmentpreservation d8eIopmentpreserva1on developmentpreservation
preservation of the soil and improvement improvementof
of navigable rivers are all promoted promot < < 1 by bysuch bySUClt bysch
such a policy of forest rore t conservation conservationMaine COftEierVJUORJInlne conserv tfon tfonMaine
Maine Conrt Decision DecisionThe DecllonThe DecisionThe
The opinion of the Maine supreme supremebench auprem1Mneh supremebench
bench sets forth unequivocally the prin principle pr1 pr1elple principle ¬
ciple that the property proper rights of the In Individual Individual individual ¬
dividual are subordinate to the rights of oftbe ofthe ofthe
the community and especially that the tbewaste theute thewaste
waste ute of wild timber land derived originally orig originally orlgIwly ¬
inally from the State Involving as it itwould Itwould Itwould
would the Impoverishment Imponrt ment of the State Stateand Stat Statand Stateand
and its people and thereby thereo defeating one onegreat onegreat onegreat
great purpose of government may prop properly prop properly properly ¬
erly be prevented by State restrictions restrictionsThe restrictionsThe reetrictionsThe
The court says that there are two rea reasons r rsons reasons ¬
sons why the right of the public to con
President Points Out Two Classes ClaSS Those Which WhichCan WhichCan WhichCan
Can and Cannot Be Renewed Rene RenewedFirst vedFirst First Mines Minesand MinesI Minesand
I
and a d Gas 9as GasSecond Second Waterways Wat nvays and Forests
trot and Ih limit tit the use of private property propertyis prop propertyis rty rtyIs
is peculiarly applicable to property in inland Inland inland
land
First such property t > is not the theresult theresult theresult
result of productive labor but fs s derived de derived derived ¬
rived solely from the State itself it lr the theoriginal theorlgin theoriginal
original orlgin l owner second the amount of ofland orIUtd ofland
land being Incapable of increase if ifthe Itthe Ifthe
the owners of lares lar g tract tan waste wastethem wastethem wastethem
them at will m without State restriction restrictionthe reatrlcUonthe restrictionthe
the State and its people may be help helplaaely helpl helplessly
laaely l y impoverished and an one one great greatpurpose greatpurpose Toot Tootpurpose
purpose of government defeated defeatedWe defantedWe defeatedWe
We do not think the th proposed proposedlegislation proposedlegislation proposedlegislation
legislation would operate to take takeprivate takaprtv takeprlvtte
private prtv te property within the inhibition inhibitionof
of the Constitution While It might mightrestrict mightreatrkt mightrestrict
restrict the owner of wild and uncultivated unculti uncultivated uncultlted ¬
vated ted lands in his use of them might mightdelay mightdelay mightdelay
delay his anticipated profits and even eventhereby eventherobY eventhereby
thereby might cause him some lose 10 of ofprofit ofprofit ofprofit
profit it would nevertheless leave him himhis himhJs himhis
his lands their product and Increase Increaseuntouched Incrcaseuntoached increaseuntouched
untouched and without diminution diminutionof
of title estate or quantity He would wouldstill wouldsun wouldstill
still have large measure of control controland controland controland
and large opportunity to realize value valueHe valueHe valueHe
He might m bt suffer delay but not depri deprivatlon deprlvatlon de i ivatlon
vatlon The proposed leglsla leglslatlon lOgisatlon logls a aLion
tlon would be within the leg legislative legIsIathe legislatfve ¬
islative power p wor and would not operate operateas
as a taking ta1 lng of ofprhate private property for forwhich forwhich forwhich
which compensation must be je made madeKerF madeNew madeNew
New Jersey Jerlle In Line LineThe LineThe LineThe
The court of errors and appeals of olNew ofNew ofNew
New Jersey Jrs has adopted a similar view viewwhich viewwhich 1ewwblck
which has recently r nt1y been sustained by th thSupreme thSupremE
Supreme Court of the United States In Indelivering
delivering the opinion of the court orApril
April 6 iIS 1HS Mr Justice Holmes said saidThe saidThe saidThe
The State as quasisovereign and andrepresentative andrepresentaUve andrepresentative
representative of the interests of thepublic the thepublic thepublic
public has au a standing In jn court to pro protect protect protect ¬
tect the atmosphere the water and andthe andthe andthe
the forests within its territory Irre Irrespective frreIipeGttvt irrespeottve ¬
spective of the assent or dissent of ofthe ofthe f fUto
the private owners of the land most mostimmediately mostImmediatelY mostimmediately
immediately concerned concernedIt
10 It appears to us that few public interests in interests Interests ¬
terests are more obvious indisputable indisputableand
and independent of particular theorythan theory theorythan theorythan
than the interest of the public of a aState 8 8State aState
State to maintain the rivers that are arewhoMy arewhoy arewholly
wholly within it substantially undi undimiaished undlmalshed undiminished
miaished except by such drafts upon uponthem uponthem uponthem
them as the guardian of the public publicwelfare publicwelfare publicwelfare
welfare may mft permit for the purpose of ofturning otturning ofturning
turning them to a mere perfect use useThte u uThl8 useThis
This public interest is omnipresent omnipresentwherever omnipresentwherwer omnipresentwherever
wherever there is a State and grows growsmore growsmOB growsmore
more pressing pre slng as population grows growsWe growsVe grows1Ve
We Ve are of opinion further furtherthat furtherthat furtherthat
that the constitutional power of the theState theState theState
State to Insist that its natural n tural advan advantages advantages advantagos ¬
tages shall remain unimpaired by its itscitizens ItsclUzftS itscitizens
citizens is not dependent upon any anynice anynice anynice
nice estimate of the extent of the thepresent theprese thepresent
present prese lt use or speculation as to future futureneeds futureneeds futureneeds
needs The legal conception of the thenecessary thoneee thenecessary
necessary neee ary is apt to be confined con ned to tosomewhat tosomewhat tosomewhat
somewhat rudimentary ru lmlfttary wants and andthere aDdthere andthere
there are benefits from a great river riverthat riverthat riverthat
that might escape a lawyers view viewBut viewBut Iew IewBut
But the State is not required to sub submit submit submit ¬
mit even to an aesthetic ae tbetlc analysis It Itnnds Itnda Itfinide
nnds nda Itself in possession of what all alladmit alladmit alladmit
admit te be a great public publicgood good and andwhat andhat andwhat
what hat It has it may keep and give no noone noOIIe noone
one a reason for its wilt willThese wiltrttl6e wiltThese
These decisions de tslons reach the root of tbriidea
idea Jd of conservation COlll co oervation tYtion of our resources TMOU resourcesinterests es ii iithe
the interests of our people peopleGrnve peopleGrneat peopleGravest
Grnve Gravest t Problem of Today TodayFinally TodnyFinallY TodayFlnafls
Finally let us remember that the con conSATvation conrvaUOn consytvaUon
SATvation rvaUOn of our natural resources r SOUfCas thou thouthe thougithe g
the gravest problem of today toda Is ye yebut yebut yebut
but part of another and greater probleto
to which bJch this nation is not yet awake awakebut awakebut wakeItut
but to which it wit awake in time a awith an anwith n <
with which It must hereafter grapple i iit iit
it is to live Jlvthe the problem of national eft eftciency emcIeOC e1clency
ciency cIeOC the patriotic duty of insuring In5urln th thsafety thsafety <
safety and continuance of the nation
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NEW SOCIETY ORGANIZED ORGANIZEDPurpose ORGANIZEDPurlwse ORGANIZEDPurpose
Purpose Is to Propagate the tJ1 Study Stndjrof Studyof Studyof
of German in This CountryResponding Country CountryResponding CountryResponding
Responding to a call by A W Spanhoofd Span Spanhoofd Spanhoord
hoofd professor of the German language languagein
in the public schools of 0 this city tT and andGeorge andGeorge andGeorge
George W Spier pre president ldent of the Dtehter Dtehterbund Dlehterbund Diehterbund
bund or Poets Club a number of menand men menand menand
and women assembled at the Public Pul Uc Li Library LIbrary Library ¬
brary last night for the purpose of or organizing organizing organizing ¬
ganizing a branch branch of the Universal Ger German German German ¬
man Language League IA gue in this city cityDr attYDr cityDr
Dr Spanhoof d said the purpose of the theiuigue the1i thefugue
fugue 1i > < gue was to cultivate the German lan language language Language ¬
guage guageA guageA guageA
A temporary organization was wa effectedby effected effectedby etfectedby
by the election of the following officers officersDr oUIcersDr oifcersDr
Dr Spanhoofd president Gustare Bender Bendersecretary Bender5ocretary Bendersecretary
secretary and George W Spier treasurer treasurerThe t treasurerThe r rThe
The following enrolled their names as asmembers asmembers asmembers
membersGeorge members membersGeorge membersGeorge
George W Spiff S A W Spmaotfd Spa oOC4 Oscan Qwta Ben Bernder Bender Bender ¬
der SImon Wolf Dr Gears O BrodOMf nl dMI e MIL Ira Fritz Fritznmter Frit FritRettter PeitzReciter
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man ar i ia a Pollock Dr CteMtM Studs Dr 8 O nraser Grv Grvier Hrakt
ser Robert Ptaym Otto Jaaxqr J Hugo HUI S seb sebChrittiu Sebtlie SebtlieChristian buti butiChriMiaa
Christian Haunch Aatoa Lard Brat Gicnner Gicu IC L LC I Ic
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Ernest Gichner the German elocution elocutionist elocutionist Uon Uon1st ¬
ist recited two German pieces of poetry poetryNO poetryNO poetryNO
NO PLAYGROUNDS IN PARKSSoutheast PARKS PAEKSSoutheast PARKSSonthenst
Southeast Citizens Approve Action of ofEast ofEnRt ofEast
East Washington Association AssociationA
A meeting of the Southeast Washington WashingtonCitizens WuhlngtonCItizen WashingtonCitizens
Citizens Association ws was held last nightin night nightin nightIn
in Washington Hall Fourth and Pennsyl Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pemieylvania ¬
vania avenue southeast A G Herrmann Herrmannpresided Herrmannpreatded He rnznann rnznannpresided
presided presidedThe preatdedTh presidedThe
The Th resolutions adopted by the EastWashington East EastWashington EastWasllinston
Washington Citizens Association at its itslast itslast itslest
last meeting protesting agpnst ag nst the t con conversion converston ¬
version of Garfield Park Into a play playground playground playI ¬
I ground were approved The southeast southeastcitteens 110 utheast utheastdtlMns
citteens went went on record as being opposed opposedto
to the use of public parks or government governmentreservations governmentreservations overmnentrenrvations
reservations for playground purposes purposesi
i They also Ieo voted hi favor of a play playground pla ¬
ground for the southeastern 80utbea tern section I < < tlon of ofUte att
t the city declaring playgrounds plaYPOUndllbould should be befostered bet
fostered but not on nubile JMlb c parka psrfcsChanging pu1taChuging parkaChanging
Changing the names of Georgia and andBrightwood
1 Brightwood avenues aven was ws w disfavored by bythe byf
the association associationOnly aseoclatlonOnly
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