The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-05
FORESTRY AND HOlECROFTS
,,prsS OF GEORGE n. Max
WELL. DEAN or THE HONE
rpOFTERS GID or TIE
TALISNAN.

General Federaet0@ ~ Women's .
r,,,h. ~. at St. Paul. ksSn0., June
Fourth. iSo"s
,,,n,,[E PRESIDENT AND DELE
MAAnATFS-LADIES AND GENTLE
MEN: .,..,.
.,,h Won here to-day and speak upon
W.T." ,sn srhicct Forestry and Home
ano auofts as it is announced on the
,c,.a,n | felt that the occasion was
p,n nf so much Importance, and the
,orturity ona one which 80 greatly ap-
,prppri,tcd that l ought to do some
n,tn,. which I rarely do, and that was
~ a. least think out speech In ad-
-. I was asked for manuscript
,S +, for the press, hut felt that 1t
,,,os unsafe TO give 1t because l never
nIJ maj vet that something didn't
nanuen that made me lay aside my
.rncrn and talk about something else.
have Il speech epared which was
damned 10 last for half an hour, and
,narc II is Iholding up a card. Now,
hay, fifteen minutes to speak, and
am Going to save that speech for
,,mc other occasion. In some other
nI,ce and talk to you about something
which has been suggested to me here
,his mornins by the address we have
inst listened to from Mr.. Mills.
was born in California and spent
my life there applause from the Cali
fnrpin delegates, until within very
rew years when my work In the Ma
tionoi Irrigation Movement took me
away from my native stnte. But I
want 10 take advantage Of this op-
nortunity TO stand here and make
plea for the preservation Of those
Temples of God--the Big Trees of
California. tApplause.)
uuestion very much whether those
who are here to-day realize the power
that is yours. in bringing about right
action, whether 1t be in congressional
or state legislation. We often say
that this is government Of the peo-
pie, and that it is controlled by their
votes. So il is But behind the vote
is the thought of the people. 1t is
public opinion which controls this
country. The vote is merely q regis
tering of that opinion; and the thought
Of the people which precetles that
opinion and brings about reforms, is.
in my Judgment, often thing that
springs from the minds OF the women
Of the country rather than from the
minds of the men OF the country.
| am free TO say that in my earlier
years. and before I had a wider ex-
per nee aud opportunities Of OBJ
servation, was not a believer in CIV
ing The ballot to the women. am
not here 10 make a plea for that to
day, because | am not 30 much Inn
pressed with the Importance of II As
others who think that the ballot fs the
nt,Ns Lee,
the home circle and the thoughts that
spring mos, often from the minds Of
the mothers of the country that con-
troll this country. (Applause.)
And although believe to-day that
the status of the man and the woman,
so far as their rights OF citizenship
and rights before the law are con-
'erned. should he the same. I want
TO lay that conclusion before you
simply as basis for the broader
statement that women can control
this country by the power of thought
without the ballot. II the women who
are here to-day and those who are af-
hliatcd with you in this great organi--
zation, would take M one or two
things as the result Of this conference
ana 20 hence and agitnte 1t in every
home circle, and in every women's
rinb. and in every village and city,
and through the columns OF every
newspaper in the land and by cor
rfSpohnence You could accomplish
"hhih the next twelve months two
great things which would be a record
VI accomplishment sufficient for one
year OF hard work for your 0rglnixa-
t'"h' Ahd that Is. first. to save the big
ueeS OF California lApplause); and,
second 10 secure the passage Of the
nm providing for forest reserves In
lhr White Mountains and on the Ap-
P'Hehlan Range. (Applause.)
If those great trees In California
wsr" once destroyed they could not
pe replaced in centuries and probably
never They were there when Christ
walked the earth. They were there
Wheh Rome shone resplendent in all
neF glory. They were there when
.a,thase nestled amid green fields
ana Vineyards on the southern shores
VI 'he Mediterranean. They were there
"neh falmyra. with all her magnih-
pn'r' was the meeting place Of the
t"'",ahs travelling between Asia and
n onF Meh'terranean country. And to-
""a 'hey stand there pleading with
une,r "ut-spreading branches against
au'hiesS destruction to satisfy the
greed of man.
we may go back through history.
ana ana ruined city after ruined city
SHOWS how ephemeral Ia everything
.nat man builds. Did Ia never occur
W YOU has it never occurred to those
VINO VINO are Interested in uplifting and
hh,nehsihg ohg the power for good Of the
nu,'i' ,nn, and In carrying its missionary
WI" INTO the cities and into the slums
n" Into INTO the tenements, where, God
m',~s' IL Is needed most OF anywhere
W., ro, 'nis earth-has it never occurred to
, ", mat a child nurtured In the tene-
iS Gt, ana in the slums and in the
i, ~ E mats and seeing nothing around
nr5 ", or'cks and mortar and asphalt
has uoli'y-cars and things that man
~, UlNnc. lives where there IL nothing