New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-05-27
MOVE To SAVE
OUR RESOURCES.
]. ]. Hill Considers Gathering of
Governors Most important.
WANTS YEARLY MEETINGS.
Calls Conference In Washington zone
of the Greatest Steps Forward Taken
In Many Years"-Urges the Nation
to Get Back to Nature.

In Many Years"-Urges the Nation
to Get Back to Nature.
James J. Hill, president of the Great
Northern Railroad company, believes
that one Of the surest ways to insure
continued prosperity in the United
States is to carry on the work of the
governors conference recently held in
Washington.
''That meeting called by President
Roosevelt to insure the conservation
of natural resources was" said Mr..
Hill in his New York Office to re-
porter Of the New York American,
lone of the greatest steps forward that
have been taken in many years. We
need men at the head of this move
ment who will keep on fighting and
not become discouraged by the many
rebuffs that are sure to- come.
1T may be that little progress will
be shown for four Or five years. The
active worker of today may become
a bit weary Of not showing better re-
suits, but if we can only keep the right
kind of people interested am sure the
come in this country.
america today is suffering from
too much surface work. We as peo-
pie have been satisfied to skim over
affairs, forgetting that we have an OBJ
legation to our sons and grandsons.
eve have been destroying right and
left, and now that the subject has
come before the people in national
way I have the greatest hopes that
good will come from the first meeting.
"My idea is to make the organiza-
ton a lasting one. We want yearly
meetings, oftener if need be, but not
less than once year. The people OF
the United States need to get back to
nature. We want to pay more atten-
ton to the ground and less to stocks.
Less Wall street and more farming will
be one of the greatest salvatiOns OF
this wonderful country. We have had
hard times, and we are not out of the
woods yet. We have been taught a
lesson, and if it is a lasting impression
then it has not been in vain.
''This is one of my busiest days, but
I can't think of anything more impor-
tant than to assist in trying to awaken
our people to the consideration of our
natural wealth Of land
81 want to see the states and the ma
| tional government join hands in saw
ing the natural resources. While the
organization of governors has no legal
footing, it will result in arousing the
people of this country to the real dan
ger that confronts them and their chill
dren."
what of the new wave of good
times? Is it due, or has it arrived?"
Mr., Hill was asked. The venerable
railroad magnate, leaning back in his
chair, said slowly:
''It is due; that is one thing sure"
''And has it arrived?'
Railroads and corporations in gen
eral have been accused Of making hard
time cries at various tines" he replied
"Some people do not understand that
it is not cry of wolf, but a cry OF
distress. AS result, I dislike to talk
Of hard times. I think conditions are
improving. Everything indicates this
But we are not back to our good times
''But would rather discuss the ques
ton of saving our forests, our mines
our land. That is the real foundation
Again, let us keep in mind that We
want to look to the ground for results
Let us pay little more attention tt
the farmer, the miner, the forest.
; will pay us in the end. 1t will NEAR
more business for the railroad man.
II was glad to meet so many able
men in washington. You will find tina
the governors Of every state in TIT
Union will join in this movement tt
stop the waste of what nature ha
, given us and that it will grow eacl
year until in the end we can show re
suits worth while
!. "But want to say right here that
believe Washington should never b
selected as the place of another meet
ing of the kind. The atmosphere o
the capital is essentially political. Yo1
must keep politics out of this institu
tion.'
Where, Mr.. Hill, do you think thes
conferences could be held to have tn
proper environments
''Never in big city. I think a cit
like Springfield, ILL.,, would be an idea
: place. Then there are the large un
: versity and college towns. Ithaca ais
would be an ideal place for meeting
The place chosen should be where bi
agricultural experiments are being cal
ried on. There you would have objee
lessons to hand-lessons which are e!
sential-for our redemption is to com
from the soil and in no other way"
Red Eyed Kentucky Chicken.
George Ladenburger of Dover, Ky
has sure enough curiosity in the Pc.
session of red eyed chicken. It
not the eyelidS that are red. as migf