Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-16

I the States and territories 70 meet at
the White House May 1915, 1908. In
this letter he said Recently l declared
there is no other question now before
the nation Of equal gravity with the
question Of the conservation of our nat
ural resources, and I added that II Is
the plain duty Of US who for the ms
ment are responsible to take inventory
Of the natural which have
been handed down to us, to forecast the
needs of the future and so handle the
great sources of u prosperity as not
to destroy in advance all hope of the
prosperity Of OUT descendnnts.'
This conference was held, President
Roosevelt presided and the practical
conservation work was properly
launched.
Taft to Direct the Work.
Mr.. Taft is thoroughly in sympathy
with this movement to build more
homes for the people and to make them
more attractive. lie is one OF II great
Americans who typify the independence
and the constructive genius OF he
American home builder. There is an
innate desire in the heart of h Amer
lean citizen to own Il home. Mr.. Taft
recognizes the inherent yearning OF the
people apparent on every page OF his
tory to own in fee simple some portion
of the earth. Tho desire Is as keen to-
day as it ever was. or all U wealth
producing class, the farmer needs a
home most. He must lave land. lie
should by all means own 1t. HIS farm
need not be so large as some suppose,
but it should belong to h farmer,
not to some one else. This is not only
Self-evident becauSe OF the advantages
to the farmer, but because of its ad-
vantaseS to the nation at large. IL Is
the corner stone of our national lie.
1t lies at the root of all true patriotism
and all social improvement and N
tent.
Give a man a home upon the soil,
and you have mad him a patriot VINO
will defend your institutions at the
ballot box or on the battlefield. MT.
Taft proposes to open the door to our
Vast II 'H
publican key OF national conservation.
This is a most hopeful auSury of the
future. When the people have easy
access to the land and can fully utilize
our great natural resources, most OF
our other troubles will settle them
selves. The property owner is a con-
sentative maj who loves his family
,,J Vic <ni,rfl.y- of thS nl0NPrtE
owners be as numerous AS possible.
Let the good work of home-making con-
tinue under Taft and Sherman.
The Future Growing Brighter.
We are entering upon a new and mo
mentous era that calls for the highest
qualities of constructive statesman
siiiD-suCii as Taft has Sc ini>ressiVely
demonstrated lie possesses. This reTela
ton to our people Of the wealth at
their very doors is characteristic of the
watchfulncss Of the Republican party.
and the work must be firmly and intel
ligently directed to reach its highest
possibilities to the citizen. We arc
planning not only for ourselves, but
for future generations. We are the
forefathers Of a mighty future in a
mighty land. IL we are equal to our
duties and opportunities we will make
homes west Of the Mississippi river for
a hundred million Of the freest men
and women who ever walked the earth.
We are living in an age of mighty
achievements. The great canals and
reservoirs for constructive work for
irrigation in tho arid region, the Pan
ANA canal and other mammoth projects
will soon stand as completed mont
ments to the constructive genius Of our
people aud this age. The future is
potent with still grander undertakings
which will in . few brief years, under
Republican direction, stand a accom-
plished facts.