The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06

| good laws TO fail to stop these prac-
| tlces by legislation means to force
| honest men into them because other
| wis" the dishonest who surely viii
| take advantage q them will have
| everything their own way. II the states
| VIII correct these evils. well and good
but the nation must stand ready TO aid
them.
Inland Waterway systems
should lie Developed.
| THE conservation Of our national re-
| sources and their proper use constitute
| the fundamental problem which under
| lies almost every other problem OF our
| national life. We must maintain for
our civilization the adequate material
| basis without which that civilization
cannot exist We must show foresight
we must look ahead. As a nation we
not only enjoy wonderful measure OF
present prosperity but II this prosper
tty Is used Alright It is an earnest o;
future success such as no other nation
Will have. Tho reward OF foresight toi
this nation is great and easily forctold
But there must b" the look ahead.
there must be a realization Of tho fact
that to waste, to destroy our natural
resources. to skin and exhaust the land
Instead Of using II so az to increase its
usefulness. Will result In undermining
in IN" dHys OF our children the very
prosperity which we ought by right to
hand down to them amplIHrd ana devcl-
oped For the last few years through
several agencies, tho government has
been cudoaNorinE 90 got our people to
look ahead and to substitute a planned
and orderly development ~ our re-
sources IN place OF a hapha21rd strty-
Ing for immediate profit oar great
river systems should be developed as
national water highways, tho MtssiS-
slpDl with It's tributarlos standing Grst
In Importance. aud the Columbia sec
ond, although there arc many others OF
Importance on the Pacific ana Atlantic
and the Eulf slopes Tn" national roy-
eminent should undertake this work
and hope n beginning viii ho made
In Tho present congress ana the great.
est "t all our rivers tn" Mlsniseippi.
Nh"Hta receive especial attention. From
thr Great Lakes To tho mouth ~ the
MISSISSIPPI there should b" "a deep wa
t"r""F. with deep waterways leading
from IL Z" the east ana ih" west such
n waterway would pFn"'l ally moan
the extension or our coast linr inio the
very heart or our country II would b"
~ inra''uI'hlc benefit To our T"upl" II
begun rat once IT can be carried through
IN time apprcciahly To relieve the con
E"Sti"n OF our great freight carrying
lines of railroads. The work should b"
systematically and continuously carried
forward in accordance with some we'll
conceived plan. The main streams
should b" improved 10 tn" htehrst |
point OF efficiency before the improve
mont oi the branches is attempted, and |
the work should be kept free from |
every talnt OF r"cklrssn'ss or Jobb"ry."
Attention IL called TO the work Of ir- |
riguuor and reclamation OF govern |
mcnt lands. In the same connection he |
asks Tor revision Of the public land |
laws along the lines proposed by the
public lands commission Believes the
government should Increase it's efforts
TO conserve our forests ard should In
crease by purchase the existing forest
preserves on the subject Of the natural
resources Of the nation he says:
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those Of the west are rapidly following
II Is obvious that these fuels should be
and not wasted. ana II would
be well to protect tho people against
unjust and eNtortlouatc prices so far
AS that can still be done. what has
been accomplished In the great oil