The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-10-08

the States and territories to meet at
the White House May 1918, 1905. In
this letter he said Recently declared
the nation of equal gravity with the
question OF the conServ alton of our nat
ural resources, and | added that il Is
the plain duty of us who for the mo
ment are responsible to take inventory
OF the natural resources which have
been handed down to us, to forecast the
needs of the future and so handle the
great sources of our prosperity as not
to 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. He is one of the great
Americans 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 home. Mr.. Taft
recognizes the inherent yearning of the
people apparent OH every page of his
tory 10 own in fee simple some portion
of the earth. The desire is as keen to-
day as it ever was. OF all our wealth
producing class, the farmer needs Il
home most. lie must have land. He
should by all means own it, His farm
need not be so large as some suppose,
but it should belong to the farmer,
self-evident because of the advantages
to the farmer, but because of its ad-
vantages to the nation at large. 1t is
the corner stone of our national life.
1t lies at the root of all true patriotism
and all social Improvement and con-
tent.
Give man home upon the soil,
and you have made him patriot who
will defend your institutions at the
ballot box or on the battlefield. Mr..
Taft proposes TO open the door to our
vast natural resources with the Re
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 home-making con-
tinue under Taft and Sherman.
We are entering upon new and mo.
mentous era that calls for the highest
qualities of constructive statesman
ship-such as Taft has so impressively
demonstrated lie possesses. This reveal
ton 10 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 10 the citizen. We are
planning not only for ourselves, but
for future generations. We are the
forefathers of Il mighty future in Il
mighty land. If we are equal TO our
duties and opportunities we will make
homes west of the Mississippi river for
Il hundred million of the freest men
and women who ever walked the earth.
We are living III an age of mighty
achievements. The great canals and
reservoirs for constructive work for
irrigation in the arid region, the Pan
anna canal and other mammoth projects
Will soon stand as completed monu-
ments to the constructive genius of our
people and this age The future is
potent with still grander undertakings
which will in Il few brief years, under
Republican direction, stand as accom-
plished facts.