The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-05-13


erty witch contains the assurance
% welt hcinE Cor himself and hts
ehliafen
Natural Resources.
The natural resources / have emu.
nefHted ean hv divided into two
HAafnif distinguished onHarH aes
eafaInHlf aa they are ur are not
Eanthie of renewal Aimee N uaad
hnst necessarily hc exhausted. The
minerals do not and can not renew
themselves Therefore in dealing
with The coal, the OFT tho ras. the
ieaai the metals generally. 40 that
Ne can ia n Ca tfy a. Hse that they
are WisrlY used. THE cNhauutlon iu
certain "a eumc Ia time
The Hnaund riau ~ resources COM
HistH ef those which can not only
he nHed ia such manner as t.
lsage them undimlnlahed Tor our
ehtldrsu. bet can actually be ims
proved ~ wise use. Tho soil. the
FORESTS the WATERWAYS come Ia thia
category In dealing with mineral
resources. man d. able ta Improve
On nature only hy putting the re-
anufaea 60 "a beneficial Use. which
IN tie end uxhauata thnm. bat Ia
dealing With the soil aud ita prod
uets. man can Improve on nature
tf compelling the resources a. re-
new aud even reconstruct Them
selves IA such manner as Co serve
increasingly beneficial uars-N hile
the htins waters can be- ua control
led a. IL multiply their benefits
Neither the primitive man nor
ths rleesars was aware uf uns duty
10 rastefifH hi dealing with the ru-
usMattu resources when the
American settler fviied tho FORESTS
be felt that there waa plenty Of
forrest lett Tar tho anna who cama
after him, Whom hr exhausted the
aotl af hia farn ha fnlt that hts son
euuid So West and tnkr up anoth.
81 50 u Was with his immediate
HtieeHaauFa Whom the soils NaHh
from the farmers fields chokrd the
nelsahefiHE river. h1 Thought only
nf aainE the railway rather than
boats Zoe moving bis produce and
supplies
Farm the Yhss.
Nov All thls IN changed ON the
average the san ~ tho farmer of 70.
day must make hia living on HE
fAthss farm There BE- "a aifNs
Guilty Ia doing this n the father viii
etsreiss Wisdom No wise zee Of
farm exhRu~fs IL fertility ~
With tl~s forests We arc over the
verge 81 timber famine Ia this
eauatFys and Il "A unua r,iunahln for
thu natiun - the states 10 permit
ahN faFthnf cutting ~ aur tiuiber
save Ia accordance with . system
which VIII provide that the next
EHnveaiiun shall see she timber IN
CREASED instead ~ diminished
A1re1fef. Nc can add enormous
tracts &c the mest valuable psasihia
Agricultural land g. che national
domain rs irriratiun ia the arid
aud senl-afid regions. and hy draius
a. II great tracts ~ swamp land
rs tie hfufif regions We can encFz
mousiY inrfsasr our transportation
facilities hy the canailaatioa 81 oar
rivers 80 a. a. complete = great
system 4 waterways oa She Pa
siElel Atlantic and Gulf osstals. anu
IN the Mississippi valley fruui the
kruAt plains 10 tho Alioshcnies and
fFatn the northern ikkrs a. the
mauth st the mighty Father ~ Wa
tpru Hut ali these various uses II
aaF natural resources are 80 closely
eaHnes tad that they should h. u0=
prsitaatsd and should he trwstd a.
tart II ore coherent plan. and not
IN AanhAMara and pies~nsai fash
iaa
Waterways Commission.
Il Is largely becaus. % thix that
sppaaat~a The waterways commits
stan last year and that have
sought - peFpetusts w. Serk. 1
sish 70 take this opportunity 20 81
pres Ia beartirs, fastioa nv ae-
xmas lssigmeui 60 all the nasfnbsfa
u thz commission, a. great per-
safssi saertfics ~ time and effort
they have rendered q service Is The
rtabiie for which w~ can not 10
ten grateful F.spssiA crrsils IL aas
II the initiatlwa. the energy. ths
dsentisu 70 duty and the fAfaizast
ssinesa u clifford i'inehet. 60 ahasn
wa 0wn - much OF thn pro9reaa
Sc have already made In hSnaiinK
this usAffea 81 the Coz ordination ana
essss sersatiua ~ natural resources
II is had not breu Tor hiui this cssn
Nsntfon u~ithsr would nor could
hsks eesrn called,
Xa aFe cefning o. recognise a.
never hsfafs the rixht - the ns-
ton to guard us own fasur~ in
tne essential nattsr 81 natural r.
sssuFues In tho past 40 have al
mtttsd IN. riGht 81 th~ individual
- tnjare The future n the fspuhiie
for his oan prrsent profit The
time has come fpr a ChanEa. AZ a
people ws have the rtRht and the
duty. sessund o. none other bat tho
right and duty - aireyinH The
tuaT1sl law. 81 requiring and doing
fs1Hftas 70 protest ourselves aud cur
eiliadFen against tho Waatrfsi do
Vsinufnent 81 nur natural resources
whether that waste g. cnunrsi b
thr aetuai daatricfis.n ~ such ra-
saafess ~ ~ makinx their ifnpoa-
site q development hereafter.
Property Rights.
A recent opinion % tho Maine an
pFnmr bench sets forth unsquieocal-
- the principle that the property
rights - the individual are sub
ordinate - the rights u ths CON-
uuuity. and especially that the
waste - Wild timber land derived
originally from the state. involving
as e would the impovrfishment u
n a.