Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-05-20
MUST PROVIDE FOR
2OO,OOO,OOO SOULS
so SAYS JAMES J. HILL At THE
RESOURCES CONSERVATION
CONFERENCE.

ONsvseS " UOU1.
RESOURCES CONSERVATION
CONFERENCE.
AIMS TO DODGE A
FUTURE DISASTER
Railroad Head Declares That in Fifty
Years the Drain on the country's
4'fts from Nature May Result In
Trouble II No Move ls Made.
Washington, May 15.-The second
days conference at the White House
between President Roosevelt and the
governors of the various states and ter.
rtor1es for the consideration of the
question OF the conservation of the
natural resources of the country was
held Thursday. President Roosevelt
called the meeting to order, after
which he invited Gov. John A. Johnson
OF Minnesota to preside.
Perhaps the most noted speaker was
James ]. Hill, chairman of the board
OF directors of the Great Northern
railroad, on 'The Natural Wealth of
the Land and Its Conservation" Then
followed addresses by Prof. T. C.
Chamberlin of Chicago, president of
the American Association for the AID.
vancement of Science, on "Soil Waste
age" and by r. A. Long of Kansas City,
on Forest Conservation" A general
discussion of the subjects of the ad.
dresses was then begun, in which a
number participated.
Discussion Precedes Conference.
The scene previous to calling the
conference together by President
Roosevelt was one of animated discus
sion. Notwithstanding the intense
! neat In the east room, every available
seat was occupied. President Roose-
welt, upon calling the delegates to
order, announced that Gov. Deneen of
Illinois would preside at the after
noon session. The president then in
troduced Mr.. Hill as the first speaker
Of the morning session. Mr.. Hills ap.
pearance on the platform was greet.
ed with a great ovation. He talked
for nearly an hour, and at the conclu-
sion of his address was warmly con-
graduated by the members of the cab
met, William J. Bryan and others,
who shook hands with him.
James J. Hill Speaks.
Mr.. Hill smoke "a follows.
1.-TWO years ago, in an address de-
livered before the meeting of the Min
nesota State Agricultural society at St..
Paul l reviewed the practical conse-
quences and the statistical proof of
that national wastefulness which CON-
petent scientific authority had already
set down as distinguishing the Amer
lean people. From data of the highest
certainty, no one of which has ever
since been called in question, I then
forecast some of the conditions GER
tain to arise within the next half
century, when the population of this
country will have grown to more than
200,O00,00O. The facts were pointed
out not in the spirit of the alarmist, but
in order that attention might be direct
ed to the way which the nation may
escape future disaster. So rapidly do
events move in our time, so swiftly do
Ideas spread and grasp the public
mind, that some policy directed to the
ends then set forth has already be-
come a national care. 1t is this pol
icy-the conservation of national re-
sources, the best means of putting an
end to the waste of the sources Of
wealth-which largely forms the sub.
ject matter of this conference. For
the first time there is formal nation
al project, under seal of the highest
authority, against economic waste.
Method Is Significant.
'The method by which this end is
to be reached is scarcely less interest
ing or significant. This body has no
legal status and its conclusions will
not be of binding effect upon the ma
ton, the state or the individual Yet
they will carry a weight greater than
legislatures can impart, force that
even courts could not strengthen, be-.
cause they will not be subject to re-
peal. They will represent truly ma
tional opinion expressed with fidelity
to our national constitutional form.
"The sum of resources is simple and
fixed. From the sea, the mine, the
forest and the soil must be gathered
everything that can sustain the life
of man. Upon the wealth that these
supply must be conditioned forever,
as far as we can see, not only his
progress, but his continued existence
on earth. How stands the inventory
of prosperity for our own people?"
King to Be Wedding Guest.
London, May 15.-Miss Jean Reid,
daughter of the American ambassador
to Great Britain, Whitelaw Reid, and
John Hubert Ward, brother of the
earl of Dudley and equerry-in-waiting
to King Edward, will be married in the
Chapel Royal of st. James palace
June %. King Edward will be pres
ent at the ceremony.
Terrorizes Home; Kills Girl.
Pueblo, COL, May 15.-Without ap.
parent cause, James Lynn, a negro,
burst into the home of Mrs. Julia
James, white, and after beating the
woman numerically, drove her and
her daughter, Sarah, aged 16, into the