The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-18
Fbl0R JOINT ACTION
TO SHE RESOURCES
Thirty GsTsT1ors Approve Fs5-
eraI aad S+zts Cooperation
PLAN 10 STOP TIMER WASTE
Conservation Conference II Wishing
ION D e. HeE-s Repurzs On
Forests and Waterways ESQ
mates q Loss Surfing

mates q Loss S-z-ElE
Washington. =. C-P-1vhsrir {.
tsr-csaralng -=su1-s g-1w1ng on Of
ths 3ozr- r1nss-vE1ia1 conference i
report drafted ~ ou-e than 1n5-1r
CoTsrno-E- ETT-1-11g 1s principle q
cooperation among -hs STATES md
between 1hs STATES md he Fsds-l
Government L -hs CONSERVATION ot
tbs ccr1-Ts natural resources and
emphasizing -as Importance q snch
co-opsrE1on-
TIE co-fsrzoes hard addresses
t-o- A15rsx Ca-1sEis- Governor
Woodrr7- q Connecticut: Governor
Aossl. II South Carolina. Governor
5-uEE1, q Fso-1das Governor De-
nesl. q Llinc1E- 1C-nsr GoFEao-
3lznr.a-d, q Lou1szsaa, sa6 o-oE
distinguished us1
TIE 5o1uI roEs-soce- through z
COMMITTEES On Resolutions. summed
~ is Deliberations Zo6 EsTs hearty
APPROVAL u l1s To-E and p-ilri-lss
Il LAs co--1ssi1l T1s e1aC+1=ot
q Euc1 Laws Is may os necessary 20
sEls-6 Cooperation was Strongly
urged, and the pol3cE u separate lis
possl = surface, timber and mineral
rights re-s-ri1g q public lands YVES
commanded
Z resoiul1o1 was adopted proTi6-
ing Tor Ias EppCi1DsoI % Z joint
committee o Eix members OF State
commissions and -1-as Es-bs-s Of
toe Nz-to1al CoC-zsEio1 . prepare
Plan 1o- united sCoco ~ al orEz1i-
zs-io1E concerned
Tae 6rs- figures Of The i-Ts--ory
O -ae forss-s Of tas United States
which Ias Na15oosl Conservation
Commission las made were present.
81 70 the conference By Senator Read
E-oo-. Of Utah. Chairman Of the ser
t3on OF forests Tia report said:
"Or- forests roE coTe- $50 ,1QQ.-
900 zc-es, OF about coe-4our-h Of the
United States The original forests
corsred HI less than E5Q.99o.09Q-
We take from the forests esch
rear. Ec- counting the loss ty fire.
three and o,s-Lslt tioes -1s.r yaz-iy
growth
We invite By oTs---aLatio7 -1e
misuse Of our forests We dss--oy
year 20 lsE- -he nation tor three
months We should plant. 70 protect
farms from wind and 70 make stripped
Of 1rssiess lands productive. an area
larger than that Of Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Wesr Virginia combined.
I But 50 far lands successfully planted
10 trees make Z total area smaller
than Rhode Island"
TIE report Of the Inland Water
ways Commission. acting Is The Ser
ton Of Waters, vas presented. Il
ssid:
II has bsen roughly estimated that
the inland waterways Of the country
could be improved in ten years al e
cost CT 100000 annually il such
manner ss 20 promote interstate coD-
merce and a. the same tine great!
reduce the waste and extend the use
II the waters. II done al the cost Of
the people. the burden would be sixty
two and half cents per capita per
gear. or 1928 in all
Il Is roughly estimated that the
direct benefits would comprise an an
dual saving in transportation of
$3.50 900 900, an annual saTing in
food damage of 1885,, 100000. an
average annual saving in forest fires
u al least So, 100000, an annual
benefit through cheapened power Of
fully 5000, 900, and an annual saw
ing in soil erosion (of corresponding
benefit through increased farm pro-
iuction) Of $500, 900 .000-a total Of
81 900 900. 900, or $3.50 per capita
annually. l. G., twenty times the cost.
Reckoning the total cost Of do
nestle traffic by rail and water and
saigon, with freightage on imports, it
Is probable that the average American
family pays for transportation of food
and clothing more than twenty-five
per cent. OF their actual COST e.,
1ur consumers pay too much and our
producers get too little for the neces-
saries OF life. This condition would
be relieved by the development OF
wafer transportation on an adequate
scale"