Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-09
THEY AGREE.
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President upon the material basis of our
National welfare. They united in MEM
Orable Deciaratfon which should hang on
the wall in every school. One outcome
Of the Conference at which the Declara-
tion was adopted was the appointment of
the National! Conservation Commission,
whose chief duty was to prepare an in
ventory Of the natural resources of our
country-those resources which are. in
the language of the Governors, the found
ationS Of our prosperity. It's report is to
be used by the President in transmitting
to Congress information as to the state
Of the UEion so far as natural resources
are concerned
The Commission consists of Senators
and Representatives. members of the Ex-
ecutive Departments and public spirited
private citizens, familiar with particular
resources. 1t is wholly without funds
and it has therefore depended altogether
on the public spirit of it's members and
the cooperation Of the Executive De-
partments at Washington and in the sew
eral states. especially the scientific and
statistical bureaus. Its work has brought
these Bureaus into closer and more ef-
fective cooperation than ever before. and
for this reason its results will rank as by
far the most useful statement of the Ma
tional resources ever prepared in any
country. Each Bureau. without relaxing
its regular work. has collected and sum
married the results of its past work. and
has contributed them to the Commission.
| desire to make special acknowledgment
to the men who have so cheerfully and
successfully accepted and carried out
this additional task. They have rendered
a real service to the whole Nation at the
cost Of great personal sacrifice Of time
and effort to themselves And the best
of it all was the admirable spirit of CO.
operation which characterized the whole
work.
I am especially glad to welcome the
cooperation of the States, through their
Conservation Commission and otherwise.
Such cooperation gives earnest and mutual
assistance between States and Nation.
and mutual benefits to follow. Without
1t the great task of perpetuating the Ma
ttonal welfare would succeed with difficult
ty. IF States and Nation work for it
together. all I'm their several fields. and all
joining heartily where the field is COM
vance
The National organizations concerned
with natural resources. such AS the great
Engineering Societies, the National Riv-
erS and Harhors Congress which is now
holding its fifth convention. the Southern
which has rrade SO excellent a beginning
ali these and many others have Joined
in the work in a way to gladden. the heart
of every patriotic American. A special
word is due the National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress, 1t Is the one organization
that is advocating waterway policy. and
not q waterway project. and Is National
IN it's scope. for it represents practically
all the friends of waterway improvement
In these United States. The question of
river and harbor improvements and the
benefit that such will bring to the pro-
Queer and the consumer has. through its
work. been f;vorabv and prominently
brought to the attention of the country.
Prominent commercial organizations and
men Of character and influence through
out practically everv section of the Coun-
try are enlisted in the cause it represents.