Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-05-20

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use iof natural: resources previously
unused. Without such progressive
knowledge and utilization yiof natural
resources; population could mot grow,
slIoff Industries multiply, nor the hIsda-
den, wealth of the earth be davelepSsSa
for the benefit Of mankind, 5.5cz..:lTji
ngFrem the rst1beginnineseaf ciyiIIii- iIIii
cation, ,:onsdhe banks oofi ithes NileHana
the Euphrates; ;ths Industrial progress
:0f the world has sRSohe on slowly, with
Occasional Setbaeks,ss- but; the Whole
steadily, through tens Of fentISies. 60
the present day,1i But. Of late the rap
.iditY; Of the process, has jnereasaa sat
suohi aarats That more space has: been
aStuafly:5e during THE century
and a2auaraer 6ccdpIsd BY ioaf t!1F riiasttign ion
al-Hfel than during the preceding Six
thousands years that; take, Us .backtp
the: eaIliest onuments5 Of fEgyptnto
he aearTi aitiesaof, the yBsbglenianS
plainau15 bocg Is u 5 3 81. es-is Isifot
A Difference of Degree.
when the: founders aof this; nation
met lot independence Hall In aPhilar
delphia the conditions Of commerce
had not fundamentally changed from
what they were when the, 'Phoenieial
keels first furrowed the lonely waters
sf~the~Mediterranean.o-~rFhe-~-d differ
cnces were those of degree, not Of
kind, and they were not in, all Cases
even those. OF, degree Mining was
carried on fundamentally as it had
been carried j. on by the Pharaohs in
theC countries: adjacent to'Rthe Red
f:f9e II s,tfa1e vafas9 of atfe: merchants ants of
Boston,; of feGharfestoai,j like the wares
Of the merchants of Nineveh and Si-
DON, if they went by water, weresicar-
ried by boats propelled bys7sailsiror
oars; if they:went- by land wereIcart
stied in wagons drawn sbypobeasts Of
draft te or m packs ON the backs OF
beasts Of BURDEN The ships that
crossed the high seas were, better: than
the ships. that had ,once crossed! the
Aegean, but they were of: the ! same
type; after all---they .-,werai wooden
ships. propelled by sails; and on land,
che roads were not 2ias good as the
roads Of the : Roman Empire, while
The 4 Is nstefEice ss of d the pests vas probably
lin, Washington 's.ntime Anthracite
..oal was, known only as aaai,pseless
black stone; and thesgreat fields of
bitumia6us ,;eoal were undiscovered.
As, steam was :uRkp pdwn,. the I'll use, of
,oal%: for iP!otYst !t pr9dnctiop vas I'M,
ireamed Of. Water wast stpractieally
;hs 9nly source ef power, save the
power was used f5nlyi in the most
primitive fashion. But Il fekssmal
ron deposits had been foundsin this
country, andtthe !,lse of iron}by our
,ountrymen was very small: ) Wood
VAS, practically the. only fael, and
what lumber was sawed was consum-
ID locally, While the forests were re-
sarded chiefly as distractions TO set
,'lement and cultftationl .qefEv !o9 {,
THE merefiacrsase in our eonsump-
jon Of coal during 1907 oyer. COG .5eS-
:eeded the total consumption { in 1876,
HE Centennial year. ,Fhs enormous
.,tores Sf famin srai t6ill and y GAS are.
,larg gone. 0sr natail waterways.
,lre-notogoney but they chape~beenaso
injured BY neglect, and! by the divir
nor, O.. .resp6nsibility, and. utter lack
5ff system in dealing. with them, that
here is less navigation on them now
than there was. fifty years ago. Fin
alIy, wei began with soils of unexam=
pied ,fertiljtXoand.y -haxec,sa~~irn-
poverished them, by .injudicious use
and by failing. to check erosion that
heir crop producing power is dimin-
ishing instead of increasing.
Such was the degree of progress
10 which civilized mankind had at
-tained -whenrthis> nation began it's ca
reeru 1t. is. almost impossible for US
in this day TO- realize how little our
revolutionary. ancestors knew of the
great store Of natural resources whose
discovery and use have been such
vital factors in1the growth and great
nessyofithisnatiorl, and how little they
required Ito take,lfrom this store, in
order to- satisfy their needs slou
After speaking iupon the various
points wherein sour natural resources
should be conserved the President
coTsed as follows:
Finally; lett us remember that the
aonservation of ohr natural RESOURCES
though the igravest problem Of .to=da ~
! is yet but part of another and greater
problem to- which this nation .is moi
vet awake, but tp WHICH it will awake
in time, and with which, it must here
after grapple #, it, is 70 liveLths
| problem of national efficiency, the pa
ttriotic 'dGty Of insurring the; Safety
I and continuance OF the nation Wher
/ the people of the United States con
sciously undertake I'd raise themselve.
as citizens, and the nation and <itRt
States in their several spheres;2 to lthl
highest pitch Of excellence in7prrate
State, and national life ando to d.
/ this because it is. the frst!,of. allith7
duties uef true patriotism,r then "a nt
enot till then the: future of>this nation
in quality and in time, will be assur
dS7ssfa5aof Glenn Great Speech.
Governor, R. 3, Glenn, fof Eortl
] Carolina, covered himself wi th. glor..
before the President and the Cover
I nafs. " He made a: very delight fu
1speeeh. taking as his subject the Alp
1:palachian- White Mountain park pro
! iect@ The Times, calls 1T the" on
startling feature of The! session
/ Among other THINGS GoNeruor; Glen: