Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-14

methods prevailed IN iron mining in the
lake
call for Governor Hughes me. spon.
ttncous hacking. but the dctrarturc ot
tho Governor for Albany wac announced
Jonn Hayes Hammond who has the
roput alton of being tho highest paid min
ing engineer In the country, read paper
on engineering methods in which he drew
tho conclusion that Will, this was no
way 10 revoiutionizo mining methods,
'hoy might be improved gradually.
SEC. ROOT SPEAKS.
Tho climax Of the afternoon session
was the speech OF Secretary of state
Elihu = Root. MIR Root spoke in part
AS follows:
80 onr can ovcrestimato tho i'm
rortanoe Of maintaining each and ev-
erv one Of tho sovereigntirs Of the
states and no ono can ovorestirnate
the Importance Of maintaining the SOW
"rci@ntN of the United States. The
nation cannot perform the function Of
states s"Vcroignties.
"7h" States in the s.tse of the
powers reserved 20 thon. rest under
duty that forbids the people of any
state to live unto itself alone
"Th" constitution of tho tnltcd
states pronibits tho states from max
in,- any agroonen, with cacb otha-
without tho conscnt or Conp,cse Inn,
Won can mako arv nur,b,r q, ar-cc.
rn,nte vith the consent OF Congress
regard this meeting as marking
now doparture--tho beginning or an
ora in which tho states of tho t-nion
will exercise thoir rcservcd powcrs
lrou a hi ghcr Olau,, Of u9friotiSr7 and
owe "' country thah mas ever cxiStod
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No ''hho. non "'ion 'h' treasury GO
par 'h''nI nEAt ''a' '' me questions
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Twcuty-sovcn governors and % husi-
ness mon ot Washington heard the
ric"- -pr"s.lcr; o. TIE United State tho
speaher - the House ~ Re7oD scntativee.
II" secretary Of TIE trea surE, the
minority leader IN tho House and the
others speakers !iSctHSs questions in
volVod in the subject being considered
a. the 'onf'r"nce Of governors az the
v mt" H"us" th'S week at a dinner to
n'Ehl a. ""'ch ,h'N were the guests OF
'ho washington BOARD OF trade
THE PRESIDEN ) ADDRESS.
The President said IN mart. This CON
fe.encc on the conservation of natural
resources is in effect meeting NJ the
representatives Of all the peopie Of the
United states called to consider tho
woi.hticst orohlern now heforr tho nation
and tho occasion for the meeting les IN
the fact that the natural resources Of
our country are in danger OF exhaustion
if We permit the old wasteful methods
| of exploiting them longer 10 continue
| Every step of the progress of mankind
| Is marked BY the discovery and use of
natural resources previously unused
without such progressive knowledge and
utiliza ton of natural resources popula-
zion could not grow. nor industries multi
ply nor the hidden wealth the earth be
developed for tho benefit OF mankind
Nature has supplied to us in the Unit
cd states. and still supplies to us. more
kinds Of resources in more lavish de-
gre than has ever been tho case at any
other time or with any other people. Our
position in tho world has been attained
by tho extent and thorouShness Of the
control we have achieved over nature
hu; we arc moro. and not less. dependent
upon what she furnishes than at any
previous time OF history since the days
of ,,-ir,iti,.c man