Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-08


this letter he said: Recently 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 / added that 1t is
the plain duty of us who for the mo-
pSnt are responsible to take inventory
C the natural resources which have
seen handed down to us, to forecast the
needs OF the future and SO handle the
great sources of our prosperity as not
70 destroy in advance all hope of the
prosperity of our descendants
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 the great
A-ericans who typify the independence
and the constructive genius of the
American home builder. There Is an
innate desire in the heart of the Amer
lean citizen to own a 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. The desire is as keen ~
day as 1t ever was. OF all our wealth
producing class the farmer needs Il
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SHOULD by all means own it. His farm
need not be so large as some suppose,
hut it should belong to the farmer,
not to some one else. This is not only
self-evident because of the advantages
to the farmer, but because of its adj
yantages to the nation at large. 1t is
the corner stone of our national life.
1t lies at the root of all true patriotism
ard all social Improvement and con.
tent.
Give man home upon the soil,
and you have made him a patriot who
will defend your institutions at the
ballot box or on the battlefield. Mr..
Taft proposes to open the door to our
publican key of national conservation.
This is most hopeful augury 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 man who loves his family
and his country. Let the property
owners be as numerous as possible.
Let the good work of making con-
tinue under Taft and Sherman.
The Future Growing Brighter.
We are entering upon "a new and Dso.
mentous era that calls for the highest
qualities of constructive statesman
shp-such as Taft has so impressively
demonstrated lie possesses. This revela
ton to our people of the wealth at
their very doors is characteristic of the
watchfulness of the Republican party.
and the work must be firmly and intel
ligently directed to reach its highest
possibilities to the citizen. We ara
phiy iOl' iotlNtcS uul
for future generations. We are the
fOrefathers of a mighty future in a
mighty land. If 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 the arid region, the Par
anna canal and other mammoth projects
will soon stand as completed monu
ments to the constructive genius of our
people aud this age The future Is
potent with still grander undertakings
which will in q few brief years. under
Republican direction, stand as accom-
phshed facts.