The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-08

the States and territories to meet at
the White House May 1918, 1908, IN
this letter he said. Recently I declared
there is no other question now before
b nation of equal gravity with the
question of the conservation OF our nab
ural resources, and + added that it Ia
the plain duty of us who for the mo-
ment are responsible to take inventory
of the natural 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 a home. Mr.. Taft
recognizes the Inherent yearning Of the
people apparent on every page Of his
tory to own in fee simple some portion
of the earth. The desire is as Keen to-
day as it ever was. Or all u wealth.
producing class, the farmer needs n
homo most Eyo vn,,Sf hove IOrd IIN
should by all means own it. His farm
need not De SO large as some suppose,
but it should belong to the farmer,
not to some n else. This is not only
self-evident because of the advantages
to the farmer, but because of its adj
vantages to the nation at large. 1t is
the corner stone of our national life.
and all social Improvement and con-
tent.
Giy a man a home upon the soil,
and you have made him a patriot who
will defend your institutions at the
ballot box or IN the battlefield. Mr..
Taft proposes to open the door to our
! vast natural with the Re-
NAotANlA N.Y. oIloS \
This is a most hopeful augury of the
future. When the people have easy
access to the and and can fully utilize
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
\ nySparS hn aS ya1JrlprnrS 40 r0SSih1n
Let the good work Of home-making con-
tinue under Taft and Sherman.
The Future Growing Brighter.
We are entering upon a 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 to our people of the wealth a,
their very doors is characteristic of the
w~atchfulness OF the Republican party
and the work must be firmly and intel
ligently directed to reach it's highest
possibilities to the citizen. We arc
planning not only for ourselves, but
for future generations. We are the
f%orefatllers Of q mighty future in I
mighty land. IL we are equal to oul
duties and opportunities we will make
homes west of the Mississippi river fol
q hundred million of the freest mel
and women who ever walked the earth
We are living in an age of might.
achievements. The great canals ant
reservoirs for constructive work 70
irrigation in the arid region, the Pan
anna canal and other mammoth project
will soon stand as completed monu
ments to the constructive genius of GU
people and this age. The future i
potent with still grander undertaking
which will in 2 few brief years, unde
Republican direction, stand as accom-
! plished facts.