Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-04-22
peals to the sound judgement o
every thoughtful American.

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every thoughtful American.
All the sessions of the conference
will be held in the the east room of
the White house. President Roose-
velt will open the conference, and it
is altogether likely that he will pre-
side over allsits deliberations. L.
will be conference in the truest
sense of the word, with the single
purpose, of getting down to a prac-
tical working basis at once. To
that end there will be an absence of
set papers, though, in order to open
the discussions, a few recognized
authorities will present brief des-
criptions of existing facts and con-
Editions.
/ tits hoped that plans may be for
mulated SO that there will be immed-
late and concerted resources, this be-
ing the fundamentally vital problem,
according to the president, before
the peopIsof the United States to-
day.
| The consumption and waste Of the
nations resources are proceeding
apace. But whenever efforts have
been made to meet this situation,
difficulties have arisen from fact that
the conditions of one community are
affected by the actions Of another
over which it has no control; that
the preservation of one form of
natural wealth involves the prot:c.
ton of others and that none can be
managed independently of others.
Effective action has been blocked be.
cause there has been nobody broad
enough to formulate plan suffic-
iently comprehensive. Such a body
is now provided by this conference,
it is believed. By direct personal
contact, the members will be able to
come to an understanding of the
various interrelated problems and ol
what will be required Of each part OF
the country to make general thing
possible.
The conference will deal with
problems upon which the continued
prosperity of the nation vitality de-
pends. For this reason, its delibra.
! tons will be more important and fal
. . reaching than any since the day.
.. when the republic was planned
Never before have the chief execu
tives of all the states met in on,
body presided over by the presiden
J of the United States, and never be
! fore has there been a subject bigger
or broader to cause such meeting
y The steps which led to the calling
OF the conference are particularly in
> structive in the way in which the,
/. emphasize the close interrelatiol
= and interdependence of all the nat
!, ural resources of the nations wealtl
y y and the fact that any attempt to cor
y serve one set will soon involve til
y protection of others. The presider
~ outlined the scope and purpose {
the conference in his invitation
T. the governors last December an
u emphasized the importance Of tt
.. subject i'll the following words:
~ "There is no other question no
before the nation of equal gravi
with the question of the conseryatie
of our natural resources; and it is
k plain duty Of us, who, for the m
at ment, are responsible to take. inve
Mt tory Of the natural resources viii,
re have been handed down to US,
mt forecast the needs Of the futul
Us and SO handle the great sourses
of our prosperity as not to destroy
ac- advance all hope of the prosper
a of our decendents.
ay Facts, which I cannot gains
ve- force me to believe that conservati
ere Of our natural resources is tho M
the weighty question now before t
the people of the United States.
ith this be so, the proposed conferen
led which is the first Of its kind, will
out among the most important gath
'he ings in our history, and its eff
yer upon the welfare Of all our peopl
ent
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