The San Francisco call., 1908-05-15

a.
Is now confronted.
The governors listened and talked
and applauded. but took no action. This
Is iett Tor tomorrow, the last day Of
tne' conference, and a plan is afoot to
nave the prepared speeches for that
aay printed IL the Record without read
ing In order that the time may be de-
voted wholly 10 results.
me resolutions committee was in
session all day and viii report in the
morning
A supplementary matter Of num-
oeI oI governors followed the days
session, and a committee consisting of
soFernor Wilson of Kentucky. 15over-
nor tolk OF Missouri and Governor
HDeioon Of Nebraska was appointed TO
DIihg IN suggestion for a permanent
ofganlzation of governors, independent.
perhaps OF any other organization
which may be formed by the confer
ence
President Roosevelt opened the
morning session with Governor Johnson
or minnesota in the chair, and announced
tnat Governor Deneen Of Illinois wopT9
preside at the afternoon session. The
president then announced James J.
Hlll chairman Of the board of directors
Of the Great Northern railroad. as the
Irst speaker Of the morning session
lie was given an ovation and his speech
was notable throughout
Hill said that IN some respects
the occasion that called together the
present assemblage is unprecedented.
HILLS STRIKING SMILE
1T is in effect" said he, "a direct
ors' meeting Of the great political and
economic corporation known as the
United States Of America. The stock
holders are the etghty-seven millions Of
people Of this country. the directors
az Ho-
positions bring them in touch with the
operations OF the whole country. We
should not fail to recognize the hfsh
note that has been struck and the i'm
mensity Of the interests involved upon
the lives OF millions yet TO be
Hill said that for the first time
there is a formal national protest,
under seal Of the highest authority,
against economic waste.
May we not hope that from this
gathering there may be born not only
a wiser system of using the still re-
naming resources OF this country. but
cooperation between nation and
state that shall be as helpful in our
political future as these deliberations
ought TO be in our economic future2"
Continuing. Eill said in part;
The resources Of the sea furnish
less than per cent OF the food supply
The forests OF this country the product
Of centuries Of growth are fast dis
appearing. TIE mineral wealth stored
in the earth can be used only once.
When fuel and iron become scarce and
high priced. civilization VIII suffer as
man would suffer by the gradual with
drawal Of the air he breathes
FEARS FOR FUTURE
The exhaustion OF our coal supply
IS net ia the indefinite future The most
favorable view OF the situation forces
the conclusion that irof and coal viii
not be available for common use upon
anything like present terms after
The end of this century.
NCw we turn 20 the only remain
ing resource Of man upon this earth.
which is the soil Itself"
Hin went On to show that in 1906
the total unarprOpriated public lands
in the United States consisted Of 192.-
OoO. coo acres OF this area the divisions
OF Alaska. arizona, California, Colo
rado. Idaho Montana. Nevada. New
Mexico and Wyoming contained 1877
100000 acres Of surveyed and sos 00O,-
900 acres Of unsurveyed land. Little Of
Alaska he said, was fitted for sgri-
culture. while practically all of the rest
is seiniarid land, available only for
grazing or irrigation.
we have" said he "subtracting
these totals, $4,000 000 acres Of sur
veyed and 3e,500,000 acres of unsur-
veyed land as cur actual remaining
stock. and 2I.000. 600 acres were dis
posed Of in 1907. How long viii the
remainder last? No longer can we say
that Uncle sam has land enough TO give
as all a farm"
ALL DEPEND oN/soIL
Him said that s6 per cent Of our peo-
pie are euga ged directly in agricul-
ture. and that all the rest depend upon
st. He estimated that in 1925 the pop
ulation IN the United States would
reach total Of about l30,000,o coo, and
by the end of the century at least
200.000.000. He continued:
Where are they TO go, how are they
to be employed, how fed, how enabled
10 earn living wage? We are ap-
preaching the point where all our
wheat product viii be needed for our
own uses. and we shall cease 70 be an
exporter Of grain. Cur own people
whose mineral resources viii by that
time have been greatly diminished,
must find themselves thrown back upon
the soil for a living If continued
next 50 years as it has the last, what
must be the outlook"
Ex-Governor Pardee Of California
spoke on California, its rivers and for
ests. The forestry problem in the
southern part OF the state is the plant
ing OF new, rather than IN the preServ-
alton and conservation of existing for
ests. Its water problem, dependent
upon that Of reforestration, consists IN
creating new natural forest litter re-
serves for the retention Of the melting
SHOWS and rains. which. under present
conditions, run on the bare mountains
IL foods 10 the ocean. In northern
California the stream and forest prob
lens consist entirely. or practically so
Of protection, preservation and con-
servatlOn.
Upon the solving Of these problems,
he said. depended these important mat
ters for the future OF the state-eIec-
trio power irrigation, navigation of
rivers. reclamation OF swamp and over
flowed river lands, lumber and timber.
In part he said:
EX-GOVERNOR PARDEE'S SPEECH
The streams from which power nav be oh
tained have been within tie last few years fled
upol in such numbers. under the lax laws of
California and tie United States that tie fear Is
expressed IN msfy sections thar tie power las
already been pretty wei taken up Many OF
these filings FOR purely specnia tive purposes:
others are FOR future development. bHt compare
lively few u them. not mere than a dozen 0r 10.
are actually being used Ia process Of prepara-
ton FOR utilization.
ishe fear is becoming prevalent that the acqui-
sitlOn Of tlese water rights by private persons
corporal ions VIII lead 10 mouODoiies and