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TITE -OMAHA, . TUESDAY, REPTEMTJEIt 6. 1910.
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pie sj large , from the wssts and dln.ipa
tlon of our national wealth la not one
which quickly Impresses Itself on the peo
ple pf' the-.older communities, been line Its
moat obvious, instances do not occur In
their .neighborhood, while In the newer
part of the touniry the sympathy with ex
pansion and development Is ao strong that
the danger Ik scoffed St or Ignored. Among
aclentlflo men and thoughtful observers,
however, the danger ha always been prev
ent, but Jt needed Home one to bring home
the crying nee.d for a remedy of this evil
so aa to Impress Itself on the publlo mind
and lead-to' the 'formation of public opin
ion and action by the representatives of the
people. Theodore Roosevelt took up thla
task In the last two years of hia second ad
mlnlatratlon. and well did he perform It.
"As president of the Tnlted States I have,
as It were.. Inherited this polloy, and I is
Jolce In. my heritage. . I ptiie my high op
portunity to do all that an executive can
do to help a great people . 'realise a great
natlona) ambition..; For conservation Is na
tional, ft' affect's' sry man of us, every
womanevery child. What I can do In the
cause, ' 1 shall do,' not aa president of a
party, but as president of the whole peo
ple. Conservation Is not a question of
politics, or of faotlona. or of persons. It
Is a question that affects the vital welfare
of all of us of our children and our chil
dren's children. I urge that no good can
corns from meetings of this sort unless we
ascribe to those who take part In them,
and who ' are1 Apparently striving worthily
In the oause, all proper motives, and urjless
we Judicially consider every measure or
method proposed with a view to its effect
iveness In achieving our common pilrpos,
and wholly without regard to who proposes
It or who will claim the credit for Its
adoption. The problems . are of very great
difficulty and oall for the calmest con
sideration and .clearest foresight. Many of
the questions presented have phases that
are new to this country, and It Is possible
that In their solution we may hare to at
tempt first one way, sod .then another.
What I wish to empHaeJze, however, is thttt
a satisfactory conclusion enn only bs
reached promptly If ire "avoid 'acrimony,
Imputations of, bad faith and poUUoaJ. con
troversy. Coal Lands.
"The present congress passed a bill of
great Importance,, severing the ownership
of cosl by the government In the ground
from the surface, and, permitting, horuestead.
entries upon the surface of the land, which,
when" perfected, give the settler the, right
to farm the surface) while the coal beneath
the surface la retained In ownership by the
government and may "be deposed of by It
imderr; other-laws,
: "There Is no crying need for radical re
form In the methods of disposing of what
are, really agrlculturaf lands. The present
laws have worked r well. The enlarged
Homestead law has encouraged the success
ful farming of lands In the aemlarld regions.
Of course, th teachings of the Agricultural
department as to how these aubaiid lands
may be treated and the soil preserved for
usefitl culture are of the very essence of
conservation. Then conservation of agri
cultural lands is shown in the reclamation
of arid 'lands by Irrigation and I should
devote a few words to what the government
has don and Is doing In this regacd.
i "By the reclamation act a fund has been
created of the proceeds of the public lands
of the United' Btates with which to con
struct works for storing great bodies, of
water at proper altitudes from which, by a
sut table system of canals and ditches, the
water . la. to - fee distributed over the arid
and subarid lands of the government to be
old to aettlers at a price sufficient to
py tor the. Improvements. Primarily, the
projects are and must be for the Improve
ment of publlo lands. Incidentally, where
pAvata land 1 also within, .the reach of
tha water supply,' trie furnishing at cost
or profit of this - water to private owner
by the government t beld by the federal
ourt of appeals not to be a usurpation
of power, -v..-. :....
LlasJUktloua of Ooastttatloo.
"Suggestions hays, been made . that the
United States ought to aid In the drainage
ot swamp lands belonging to the statee or
private owners, because. If drained, they
would b exoeodlngiy valuable (or agri
culture and contribute to the general wel
fare by extending the area of cultivation. I
deprecate ths .'agitation In favor of suoh
legislation, 'tl.it inviting the goners! gov
ernment Into. contribution from Its treasury
toward enterprise that should be con
ducted either by private capital' or at the
Instance of ths stale. In these daa there
la a disposition to look too much to the
federal government for everything. 1 am
Uberal In the construction of the constitu
tion with reference to federal power; but
1 am firmly convinced that the only safe
course for-u to pursue I to bold fast to
the limitations of the constitution and to
regard as sacred the powers of the states.
W bave made wonderful progresa and at
ths saui time bave preserved with Judicial
exactness the restrictions ot the constitu
tion. There J .an easy way In which the
constitution Van be violated by congress
without Judicial Inhibition, to-wlt: by ap
propriation from the national treasury for
unconstitutional purposes. It will be a
sorry day for this country If ths time ever
comes when our fundamental compact shall
be habitually disregarded la this manner.
"Not hi an be more ' Important in the
matter of ounservatlon than the treatment
of our forest lands. It was probably the
ruthless destruction of foreets ' In the
older state that first called attention to
a bait Id tus waste of our resources. This
was recognised ' try congress by an., act
suthorlslug the executive to reserve from
oar and set aatd publlo timber lands ss
national forests. Spsakkng generally, there
bag been reserved of the existing forests
about TO per cent of all the timber lands of
thi government. The law now prohibits
tU reservation, of any more forest lands la
as "Grownops "$150 to $3
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Oiegon, Washington, ldsho, Montana. Col
orado and Wyoming, except by act of con
gress. I am Informed by the Department
of Agriculture that the government owns
other tract of timber land In these states
which should be Included In the forest re
serves. I expect to recommend to con
gress that the limitation herein Imposed
shall be repealed. In the present foret
reserves there are lands which are not
properly forest land and which ought to be
subject to homestead entry. Thla has
caused some locsl Irritation We are care
fully eliminating such lands from forest
rsserves or where their elimination Is not
practicable, listing them for entry under
ths forest homestead aot. Congress ought
to trust the executive to use ths power ot
reservation only with respect to land cov
ered by timber or which will be useful in
the plan of reforestation.
Protection of Timber.
The' government timber in this country
amounts to only one-fourth of sll the Um
ber, th rest being In private ownership.
Only per cent of that which Is in privste
ownership Is looked after properly, and
treated according to modern ruie t)f. for
estry. The usual destructive waste and
neglect continues in the remainder of the
forests owned by private person and cor
porations. It is estimated that fire alone
destroys $50,000,000 worth of timber a year.
The management of forests not on public
land Is bevond th Jurisdiction ot the fed-
ersl government. If anything can be done
by law It must ba dons by th state legis
latures. "When President Rooevlt beoam fully
,vi.. nt the necessity for tne cnanga
In our disposition of publlo lands, especially
those cental nine coal, oil, gaa. phosphates,
or water-power sites, ha began the sxerolse
of th power of withdrawal by executive
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hv the present aa- i
ministration. Doubt had been expressed in
some quarters as to the power In the xou
tfve to roalre suoh, withdrawal. Th con
fusion and Injusttoo -rlkely to arts, If th
couMJ wer to deny th power ld m to
appeal 'to eotigres -to give th. president
th etpr power. Congress has.omplld.
The law aa passed does not expressly
vslldate or confirm prevlou withdrawal,
and therefore as soon as th nw law wm
passed, I myeelf confirmed all th with
drawals which had theretofore been made
by bottf administrations by making . .them
over again. This power ot withdrawal Is a
most useful' one, and I do not think it la
likely to b abusod.
Sale ot Coal Lands.
"Th next subject, and on mot Impor-.
tant for our consideration. Is th disposi
tion of th coal lands In the United States,
and in Alaska, first, as to those In the
United States. At th beginning of this ad
ministration there wer classified coal lands
amounting to 6,7,000 aorss, and ther wer
withdrawn from entry for purposes of
elssslflcatlon 17,861.000 acres. Since that
time ther hav been withdrawn by my or
der from entry for classification 77,648,000
actea, making a total withdrawal or 86.M6,-
000 acres. Meantime, of the acres tnus
withdrawn. 11,371.000 hav bean classified
and found not to contain coal, and hav
been restored to agricultural entry, and
4,ST,000 aore have been classified as coal
lands; while 7.788,000 acres remain with
drawn from entry and await classification.
In addition $36,000 acres hav been classi
fied as ooal lands without prior withdrawal,
thus Increasing the classified ooal lands to
10. IKS, 000 acres.
"Under the laws providing for he dis
position ot coal lands, the minimum price
at which lands are permitted to be sold Is
$10 an acre; but the secretary ot the Interior
has the power to fix a maximum price and
to sell at that price. By the first regula
tions governing appraisal, approved April1
I, 1807. the minimum was $10, as provided
by law, and the maximum was $100, and th
highest price actually placed upon any
land sold was $76. Under th nw regula
tlona, adopted April 10, 1909, the maximum
price was increased to $300, except In re
gions wftere, there are large mines, where
no maximum limit Is fixed and the price
1 determined by the estimated tons of ooal
to the acre. The hi oh est price fixed for
any land under this regulation ha been
$.108. The appraised value of the lands
classified aa coal lands and valued under
the new regulations is ah own to- ba aa fol
lows: 4.S03.B21 acres, valued , under the old
regulation at $77.644,1129, an average of $1$
an acre; and $.864,702 acres classified and
Valued under the new regulation at $3S4,
103.343. or a total of 10,168.0:3 acres, valued
at $471,847,671.
"For the year ending March SI, 1909, 127
coal entries were made, embracing an area
of 30,331 soles, which sold for HrtJ.OiO.40, For
the year ending March $1, 1910, ther were
176 entries, embracing an area of 13,413
Seres, which sold for $60M1S; and down to
August. 1910. ther wer but seventeen en
tries, with an area ot 1.710 acres, which
sold tor $3,910.60, making a disposition of
tha coal lands In the last 'two years of
about 60.000 acres for $l.o.000.
Leasing System Considered.
"The present congresa, aa already said.
has aeparated the surface ot coal lands,
either classified or withdrawn for clssslfl
cation, from the coal beneath, ao as to per
mit at all time homestead entries upon th
surface of land useful for agriculture and
to reeerve tn ownership in tha coal to
the government. ' Th question wAlch re
main to be considered I whether th ex
latlng law for th sal of th coal in th
ground should continue In fore or be re
pealed and a new method of disposition
sdopted. .Under th present la the abso
lute title In th" coal beneath; th" surface
pasee .to .th grants of ttjs government
The pries fixed Is upon aij estimated
amount of the ton of coal per acre beneath
(lie aurfac and th price ar' fixed so
(hat th earnings will only be a. reasonably
profit upoa tb amount paid and th loveat-
merit necessary, lrut, of counw, this h more
or lean s-nesswork. and the government.
parts with, the ownership of the coal In
the around absolutely. Authorities of the
geological survey estlmste thet In the
I'nitwl (Mate today there is a supply of
about 10.000,0no.0( of tons of coal, and
that of tills l.QUO.OOO.OOO.OOO are in the public
domain.
"My Investigations show that many own
er of mining property of this country do
not mine It themselves, and do not Invest
their money In the plants necessary for the
mining; biit they lease their properties for
a term of year varying from twenty to
thirty and forty years, under conditions
requiring the erection of a proper plant and
the Investment of a certain amount of
money In the development of ;he mines,
and fixing- a rental and a royalty, some
times an absolute figure and sometimes
one proportioned to th market value of the
coal. . Under this latter method the owner
Of the mine shares In - the prosperity of
his lessees when cosl Is high and th profits
good, and also shares to some extent In
their disappointment when th price ef coal,
falls.
"I hava looked with some care Into a
report made at th Instance of President
Roosevelt upon the disposition of coal lands
In Australia,. Tasmania and New Zealand.
These are peculiarly mining countries and
their experience ought to be most valuable.
In all these, countries the method for the
disposition and opening of coal mines orig
inally owned by the government Is by
granting leasehold, and not by granting an
absolute title. The terms of the leases run
all th way from twenty to fifty, years,
while th amount of land which may be
leased to any Individual there Is from 310
to 1,000 acre. It appear that a full ex
amination was made and the opinion of
all th leading experts on the subject were
solicited and given, and that with one ac
cord they approved In all respects the leas
ing system. ., Its success Is abundantly
shown. It Is possible that at first consid
ers bj latitude will bave to be given to the
executive In drafting these forma of lease,
but as soon as experiment shall show which
Is the most workable and practicable. Its
use should be provided for specifically by
statute..
Cvmpsratlye Value of Coal Lands. ;
"The Investigations of the geological sur
vey show hat the coal properties In Alaska
cover about 1,300 square miles ant that
there are known to be available about 15,
000,000,01)0 tons., This Is.however, an under
estimate of the coal In Alaska, because fur
ther developments will probably Increase
tills amount many times; but w ia.n say
with considerable certainty that ther are
two fields on the Paclfio slope whloh can
be reached by railroads at a reasonable
cost from deep water r-ln one case of about
60 miles and In the other case of about 150
mil which will afrord certainly 6,000,000,000
ton of coal, more than half of hlcit Is
of a very high grade -t bituminous and of
anthracite. It is estimated to be worth In
the ground one-half a cent a ton, which
makes its value per aere from $,i0 to JiOO.
The ooklng-coal lands of Pennsylvania are
worth from $800 to 12,000 an ucre, while
other .Appalachian fields aro worth lrom
110 to I38 an acre, and th fields In the
central states from 110 to $2,009 an aore,
and In the Rocky mountains $10 to $000
aa-acrsv-The demand for coal on th Pa
clfio coast is for about 4,500.000 tons a year.
It would encounter the competition of
cheap fuel oil, of which, the equivalent of
12,000,000 tons of .coal a year Is used .there.
It is estimated that the coal ouuld be laid
down at Seattle, or Ban Francisco, a high
grade bituminous at $4 a ton and anthra
cite at $5 or $ti ton. The price of coal on
to Mm W. in year and from year to year-
from B4 tr. lis - tir I . k. . HV..inM 1
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supply eetabllsbed. the expert of the geolog
leal survey, lf. Brooks, who has made a
report on.th subject, dues not-.tblnk there
would h an excess! profit, in .tb Alaska
coalt mining because iv prig, at which
th ooal could p sold would b consider
ably lowered by competition , from these
fields and . by. tha preaeao of -crude fuel
on:';': i '
' Alaska Field Should Be Opened.
"In my Judgment It Is essential in th
proper development of Alaska that these
coal lands should be opened, and that the
Pianino Slop should be given th benefit of
th comparatively cheap coal of fine qual
ity which can be furnished at a reasonable
price from these fields;- but th publlo,
through tb government, ought certainly to
retain a wis control and Interest In these
coal deposits, and I think it may do so
safely If . congress will authorise the grant
ing ot leases, as already suggested for
government coal lands In the United Statee,
with provisions forbidding the transfer of
the leases except with the consent ot the
government,' thus preventing their acquisi
tion by a combination, or monopoly and
upon limitations aa to the area to be In
cluded In any one lease, to one Individual,
and at . a oertalu moderate rental, with
royalties upoa th cosj mined proportioned
to the market valu ot th -ooal either at
Seattle or at San Francisco. Of course
such leases should contain condition re
quiring ths erection of proper1 plants, the
proper development by modern mining
methods of the properties leased and the
use of every known and practical mean
and device, for aaving th Ufa ot th
miners.
IThe government "of the United States
ha much to answer for in not having
given proper attention to the government
of Alaska and the development of its re
source for tha benefit of all the people of
th country. I would not force develop
ment at the expense of a present or future
waste of resources; but th problem as to
the disposition of th coal land for present
and future use can be wisely and safely
settled in one session If congress give It
earful attention;
"In th las administration there were
withdrawn fttjm agricultural entry l,S20,0u0
acres of suapoeed oil land In California;
about 1.600,000 acre In Louisiana, ot which
only. (,009 acres wer known to be vacant
unappropriated land; 75.000 acres In Oregon
and 174.0(10 acres In Wyoming, making a
total of nearly 4,000,000 of acre. In Sep
tember. 190V, I directed that ail public oil
lands,- whether then withdrawn or not,
should be withheld from disposition pending
congressional action, for the reason that
the; existing placer mining law, although
made applicable to deposit of till char
acter," is not Suitable to such lands, and for
th further reason that It seemed desirable
to reserve certain fuel-oil deposit for th
us of the American navy. Accordingly the
form of all existing withdrawal s
changed, and new withdrawals aggregat
ing 2.7u0,0O0 acres were made In Arlsona,
California. Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and
Wyoming. Field examinations during the
year showed that of the original with
drawals, l.KO.000 seres wer not valuable
for oil, and they were restored for agri
cultural entry. Meantime, other with
drawal of public oil lands in these states
were made so that July 1. lblo, the out
standing withdrawals then amounted to
(,60,000 acres.
Oil aad Gas.
"The needed oil snd gsa law Is essentially
a leaalng law. In their natural occurrence,
oil and gaa can not be measured In terms of
acrea, like coal, and It follows that ex
clusive title to these products can normally
b secured only after they reach the sur
face. Oil should be disposed of as a com
modity In terms of bsrrels of transport
able product rather than in acres of real
estate. This Is, of oourse, the reason for
the practically universal adoptlua g the
leasing system wherever nft Is In private
ownership. . -Tks- government thus would not
b n taring 00 aa experiment, but simply
putting Into effect a, plan successfully,
operated in privste contract. "
"One of the difficulties presented, espe
cially In the California fVslds. Isthflt the
Southern Pacific railroad ow.s ever other
section of land in the oil fields, and In
those fields the oil seems l be In a com
mon reservoir, or series of reservoirs, com
municating through the oil ratvls, an that
the excessive draining of oil at one wpll,
or on the railroad territory generally, would
exhaust th bll In the' government land.
Hence it Is Important that If the govern
ment Is lo have Its share of th oil It
should begin the opening and development
of wells on Its own prpperty.
"Under the proposed oil legislation, especially-
wheTe the government oil lands em
brace an entire oil field, as In many cane,
prospectors, operstors, consumers and ths
publlo can be benefited by the adoption of
the leasing system. The prospector can be
protected In the very expensive work that
necessarily antedates discovery; the operator-ran
be protected against, linpalrmen
of the productiveness of the- wells which
he has leaded by reason of control of drill
ing and pumplug of "other wells too olocely
adjacent, or by the prevention of Improper
methods as employed by careless. Ignorant
or Irresponsible operators In the same field
which result In the admission of water to
the oil sands, while of course the con
sumer will profit by whatever benefits the
prospector or operator receives In reducing
the first cost of the, oil... .
Government Phosphate Lands.
"Phosphorus Is one, of the three essentials
to plant growth; the other elements being
nltrogem and potash. Of these.'' three, phos
phorus Is by all odds the scarcest element
In nature. It Is easily extracted in useful
form from the phosphate rock.' and the
United State contains the greatest known
deposit of this rock in the world. They
are found In Wyoming. Utah and Florida.
as Well US Smith rarnlln
Tennesssee. Th government phosphate
landa are confined to Wyoming. Utah and
Florida. Prior to March 4, 1009, there were
4.000,000 acres withdrawn from agricultural
entry on the ground that- the land covered
phosphate rock. Since that time, 1,322,000
acrea of th land thus withdrawn, was
found not to contain DhosDhateMn nrofit-
able quantities, while 1,078,000 acres Was
classified properly as phosphate lands, Dur
ing this administration there has been with
drawn and classified 437,000, so that today
thers Is classified as phosphate-rock land,
1,115,000 acres. This rock Is most Important
In the composition of fertilizers to Improve
the soil, and as the future is certain to
create an enormous demand throughout
thl country for fertlllratlon, th valu to
the publlo of such deposits as these csn
hardly be exaggerated. Certainly with re
spect to these deposits a careful policy of
conservation should be followedHalf of the
Phosphate of the rock that Is mined In
private fields In the United States Is ex
ported. As our farming methods grow bet
ter the demand for the phosphate will be
come greater, and it must he arranged so
that the supply shall equal the needs of the
country. It is uncertain whether the placer
or lode law applies to the government
phosphate rock. There Is. therefore, neces
sity for pome definite and well-aonsidered
legislation on this subject, and In aid ol
such legislation all of the government
lands known to contain valuable phosphate
rock are now withdrawn from entry.
Problem of Power Bite.
"Prior to March 4, 1909, there had been,
on the recommendation of th reclamation
service, withdrawn from agrloulural entry,
beoause they were, regarded as useful for
power sites which ought not to be dis
posed of as agricultural lands, tracts
amounting' to aboyt .'4,000,000 acres. The
withdrawals were, jiftstlly mad and In
cluded a great deal of land' that was not
useful for power sltea.,,They were In
tended to Included the, jfower sites of twenty-nine
rivers In ,, stales,, Since that
time I.4TS.443 acres have been .restored for
settlement of 'the. 'o'ri gin il. 4,000,000, because
they do hot contain power sites; and mean
time, "there have been newl withdrawn
1,146,881 acres on vacant publlo land and
111,007 acres on entered publlo land, or a
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and thousands of dollars worth of merchandise still piled high on our
tables that must be disposed of
The Great Sacrifice of Values Grows Mire Reckless As ins Days Go By.
Our marvelous race against time rounds the last curve and the end is
in sight. Just a fevv days to turn the remainder of this stock into cash.
We will ignore cost, loss or value ef the goods and utterly close our eyes
t every other consideration.
Remember This Great Facf and Be Here Tomorrow
91.00 to yft.fio
Men's Heavy t'nderwear go at
39c Up
$1.00 to 12.no
Men's lrf ss Shirts go at
38c Up
15c to 50c
Man's Hose go at.
7c Up
92.50 to 97.50
Men's Cardigan and fivreter
Coats go at I-eass Than Cost
to Manufactures
9 1. BO to 90.00
Ladies' aud Children's Sweater
Coals go at
49c Up
VOC HAVK XKVEIt BEEN ABLE TO Bl V SO MI CH FOR SO LITTLE AM) NKVEll WILL AtJAIV
Don't delay; be on hand tomorrow (Tuesday) and attend the only bona fide sale In Omaha. Terms strictly
cash.
Beads and
Jewels at
Loss Than
Half Price.
1358 2 s
The Great Eastern Mills Syndicate. Railroad Fare Paid One
Way on Purchases of $5 or Over, Not To Exceed 25 Miles
total of 1.4M.899 acres. These withdrawals
made (mm time to time cover all the
power sites Included In 'the first with
drawals, and many m-re. on 138 rivers
snd In eleven slates. The dlsposlthm of
these power allea involves one of the most
difficult questions presented In carrying
out practical conservation. The forest serv
ice, under a power found tn the statute,
has leased a number of these power sites
In forest reserves by revovahle lesses, but
no such pnwer exists with refpet to power
sites that are not located within forest re
serves, and the revocable system of leaa
lng Is, of course, not a satisfactory one for
the purpuee of toivltlng the capital needed
to put in proper planta for the transmu
tation of power.
"It is the plain duty of the government
to see to it that in the utilisation and de
velopment of all (tils Immense amount of
water power, conditions shall be Imposed
that will prevent monopoly, and . will pre
vent extortionate charges, which are the
accompaniment of monopoly. The difficulty
of adjusting the matter Is accentuated by
the relation of the power sites to the water,
the fall and flow of which create the
power. In the statea where these sites are
the rtparlon owner does not control or own
the power In the water which flows past
Ms land. That power is under the control
and within the grant of the state, and gen
erally the rule la that the first user is en
titled to the enjoyment. Now, the posses
sion of the bank or water power site over
which the water Is to be conveyed In order
to make the power useful, gives to Its
owner an advantage and a certain kind ot
control over the use of the water power,
and It Is proposed that the government
In dealing with Its own lunds should use
this advantage and lease lands for power
Sites to those who would develop the power
and Impose conditions on the leasehold with
reference to the reasonableness of the rates
at which the power, when transmuted, Is
to tbe furnished to the public, .and forbid
ding the union of the particular power with
a combination of others made for the pur
pose of monopoly by forbidding assignment
of the lease save by consent ot the govern
ment. "On the other hand, It la contended that
It would relieve a complicated situation If
the control of the water-power site and the
control of the water were vested In the
same sovereignity and ownership, vis, the
states, and then were disposed of for de
velopment to private lessees under the re
strictions needed to preserve the Interests
of the public from the extortions and abuses,
of monopoly.
"I do not express an opinion upon the
controversy thus made or a preference as
to th two methods of treating water-power
sites. I shall submit the matter to congress
and urge that one or the other of the two
plans be adopted.
Many Other Ana-lea Itefered To.
"At the risk of wearying my audience I
have attempted to state as succinctly as
may be the questions of Conservation as
they apply to the public domain of the gov
ernment, the conditions to which they ap
ply, and the proposed solution of them. In
th outset I alluded to the fact that con
servation had been made to Include a great
deal more than what I have discussed here.
Of course, as I have referred only to the
public domain of the Federal government
I have left untouched th wide field of
conservation with respect to which a heavy
responsibility rests upon the states and In-,
dlvlduals as well. But I think It of the ut
most Importance that after ths publlo at
tention has been roused to the necessity
of a change In our general policy to prevent
waste and a selfish appropriation ' to pri
vate and corporate purposes ot what should
be controlled tor the public benefit, those
who urge conservation shall feel ths ne
cessity ot making clear how conservation
can ba practically carried out. and shall
propose specific methods and legal provi
sions and regulations to remedy, actual
adverse conditions. I am bound to say
that tha time has oome for a halt In gen
eral rhapsodies' ovef conservation, making
the word mean every known good In the
world; for, after the public attention hah
been roused, such appeals are of doubtful
utility and do not direct th publlo to the
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Withdrawal of Land.
"I hav referred to th course of tha last
administration and ot the present on tn
making withdrawals of government lands
from entry under homestead and other
laws and of congress In removing all doubt
as to the validity of these withdrawals as
a great step in the direction of practical
conservation. But it Is only one of two
necessary steps to effect what should be
our purpose. It has produced a status quo
and prevented waste and Irrevocable dis
position of the lands until the method for
their proper disposition can be formulated.
But It Is of the utmost Importance that
such withdrawals should not be regarded
as th final step In the course of conse.-va-tlon.
and that th Idea should not be al
lowed to spread that conservation Is '.he
tying up of. the natural resources of the
government for Indefinite withholding from
use and the remission to remote generations
to decide what ought to ba don with these
means of promoting present general human
comfort and progress. For, If so, It Is
certain to arouse the greatest opposition
to conservation as a cause, and if It were
a correct expression of the purpose of
oonscrvationista It ought to arouse this op
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lem Is how to save and how to utilize, how
to conserve and still develop; for no sane
person can contend that it la for the com
mon good that nature's blessings should be
stored only tor unborn generations.
"I beg of you, therefore. In your delibera
tions and In your Informal . discussions,
when men come forward to suggest evils
that the promotion of conservation Is to
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the specific evils and the speclflo remedies;
that you Invite them to com down to de
tails In order that their dlsousslons may
flow Into channels that shall be useful
rather than Into periods that shall be
eloquent and entertaining, without shedding
real light , on . the, subject. ... Tha people
should b shown exactly what Is nsedsd In
order that they make their representatives
In congress and the state legislature do
their Intelligent bidding."
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