The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-16
CLASH NOW CERTAIN
OVER CONSERVATION
CannOn'S Stand Indicates He
Will Oppose Any Scheme
to Spend Money.
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December ] and consider the practical
steps TO be taken next On December
TIE governors of the States viii come
for another conference on the strictly
practical work ahead. BY January /.
the national commission viii submit 10
President Roosevelt the inventory and
recommendations based on it. There
viii be a separate report on waterways.
Among the recommendations which
Will be made. calling for legislation,
Creation OF the great Southern APP
palachian forest reserve.
Law for protection OF water power
nights along rivers Congress has power
10 control
Repeal OF the timber and stone act.
Legislation making the National Con
seryation Commission permanent
Practical and specific proposals for i'm
provemeut OF waterways.
Inslstence on effective cooperation be-
tween State ana Federal governments.
The Most Important.
None Of these recommendations will
be more important than that for protect
ing water powers. The electrical trusts
have come into the control OF d large
share Of the valuable water powers.
The problem Of wrestling these from pTi-
yate interests is a huge one
Since the meeting Of governors last
spring, twenty-five States have estab-
lished State conservation commissions.
Cooperation between State and Fed
eral governments seems assured To
delimlnate the fields OF activity of Fed
eral ana State government Is difficult.
but necessary The national commits
sion will make no recommendations 10
the States. State commissions will have
A ..aH. Ha.H H#.H. H..
tween the general and State govern
ueuts In Improvement Of waterways is
discussed. This has been the basis on
which Germany and France have inn
proved their waterways and as the
work has gone forward, larger and
larger proportion of the expense has
been laid on the localities Immediately
interested.
In this country there is invariably Wig
OTOuS protest against large increases of
the State tax burdens, while every body
seems cheerful about the expenditures
OF JLe Federal Government. A number
OF Legislatures Will have this question
before them the coming winter. and
steps may be taken which viii indicate
a larger willingness OF the States 10
spend money than has heretofore been
manifested
Has Powerful Backing.
The Iakes-and-gulf project has much
the most powerful backing of any single
project II the States interested should
come forward this winter, through their
Legislatures, with practical proposals
for cooperation with the Federal Cow
eminent, IL is by DO means unlikely that
this project would be put on its feet
New York set "a Spleudla example 20
the other States when IT. voted Sl0l 900 90
10 rebuild the Erie canal Illinois in
terest in the lakes-gulf project Is vastly
greater
If illinois should come forward with a
proposal TO cooperate in a satisfactory
way, il would probably get an accept
ance, and other States would be forced
20 make similar arrangements If they
wanted benefits.
The work ia one of generations and
10 get il started In the right way Is just
now considered the necessary thing.