The Washington herald., 1908-05-15

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follow me. and may be fond OF them" i
That. said Mr.. Carey, is the keynote
to this situation.
He then spoke Of the resources of Wyo- I
ming $50 far as coal is concerned, :, he |
said. ut would be best to start its con-
servation IN Wyoming right now. That
industry Is In It's infancy. and II taken in
hand now much good can be done before
II is abused"
He said water was the most valuable
asset Ia Wyoming, and that to conserve
water It was necessary to conserve the
forests at the head of the streams, as
they acted as watersheds.
Work OF the Conference.
J. Harlan Mcfarland, of the Civic Fed
Grafton League. spoke briefly on re-
sources and the work Of the conference.
He was followed by Joseph w Folk. OF
Missouri
Mr. Folk said it was the duty of the
Federal government TO care for the great
waterways. but that If they did not care
to aid in the maintenance of the Missouri
River and If they would give the State of
Missouri the right TO utilize the power
which could be derived from IT, the State
would pay for the improvements 20 the
river. and he believed 1t would also pay a
revenue 10 the government for the privi-
iege. He spoke over the allotted twenty
minutes. bat when the bell sounded ne
asked permission 10 proceed, and cries Of
Go ahead" came from every part Of the
room. lie announced he would appoint a
| forestry commission, aid do all IN his
power 20 conserve the resources OF his
State.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Folks ad-
dress. Charles Osborne was given the
floor, and announced the report OF the
Inland waterways Commission bill.
Gov. Brooks, Of Wyoming, said the peo-
pie of the West were most anxious to pre-
serve the forests. and advocated the ap-
pointment of a forestry commission. but
said the people of the East should be
taxed for the forest reservations as we'll
as the people OF the West. he said what
Wyoming wanted most was settlers.
Gov. Cutler. Of Utah. said he came
from what was termed the wild and
woolly west and that while it was not
wild 1t was undoubtedly woolly. He con-
fined his remarks 10 distinctive problems
OF waste and economy in various sections
of his State.
Gov. Gooding of Idaho, sounded the
Is the aim OF many Of the governors 10
get before the conference. If possible. He
said he was gratihed at the spirit shown
at the conference, but he thought the
people should have q right TO insist, IN
way on the use OF these natural re-
sources. Improving rivers. he said, should
best be done by the government, but
State resources. he said. would better be
| left to the States themselves. Idaho. he
said, had demonstrated beyond doubt
that the people Of a State are best fitted
10 handle their own resources.
idaho" he continued. has built the
biggest irrigation canals in the world.
with the exception OF those erected by
! the British government in india and
| Egypt. and has reclaimed millions OF
acres Of arid land. II Congress grants
| our requests, we can reclaim 100000
acres more, and the yield from those
desert acres will be larger than the yield
from 10000. 900 acres Of any Eastern state.
IF lands are turned over to the State,
We can in a short time have our food
waters under control. To bring about
the best interests Of conservation is TO
interest the people themselves.
The Icebers state.
Gov. Norris. Of Montana. said his state
was referred 10 as the Iceberg State,
where icebergs, cold weather. and bliz-
yards were about the only product This.
he said. was erroneous. Turning TO the
big maps. he pointed TO the pat OF
Arizona.
Those green dots there" he said. rep
resent 100000 acres Of timber land, but
would not see one OF them removed.
We don't want the lumber. but We want
| the trees to act as watersheds, for wa-er
is needed in Montana.
"Our soil is fertile, and on a dry parcil-
ed land, our records show We have raised
sixty bushels OF wheat 10 the acre. With
irrigation We can raise from 100 TO rs
bushels to the acre"
He also announced his intention of sp-
pointing a forestry commission on his re-
turn home, and taking such other action
as he deemed would carry out the ideas
suggested at the conference.
| He objected TO the levying OF taxes on
one State for forest reservation when all
/ the States shared IN the benefits. and
thought all should be taxed alike.
/ DR.. Edmund J. James. Of the University
Of Illinois, then spoke. He said the
| academic class was highly pleased with
the conference, as it had brought into
practice theories which the college men
/ had been urging for years-conservation
| Of resources. He said resources must be
| preserved. de took issue with a state
ment made IN the morning to the effect
that natural resources could not be in
creased.
They can be increased" he said, IF
/ by applying natural conditions intelli-
| gently a farmer can make the yield OF
the same plot Of ground larger each sue
| eeeding year, then we are adding TO our
natural resources"
/ James r. Garfield, Secretary OF the IN
terror said it was clear the time had
come for the preservation and conserva-
ton OF that which has been left to us.
and States and nation are vitality con-
eerned. The lines are wiped out" he
said: This does not mean that the
States are losing anything or being tram
pied on, but the resources must be con-
sidered for the use OF all, and no one
State owns them all"
He said the ideal law had not been
passed so far, but that there were hopes.
| He then took up the statement of several
! governors. that it was unjust to tax the
| people Of one State for the timber reser-
vation
why should they not be taxed?" con
tinued Mr.. Garfield, when they are using
1t for their own private interests?"
The cheering which followed this asser-
ton continued for several minutes.
The Natural Resources.
The people, as a whole, own the nat
uraI resources" he said and il is for
them to determine whether they are to be
used for the benefit Of all, or for the one
who first gets a foothold. live in Ohio.
yet we have nothing to say regarding the
Ohio River or Lake Erie. for they be-
long 10 our sister States as well.
He said the government had grown, and
that if the States believed it was over
raachine itself they could object He