Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-27
CONSIDERATIONS
ADVOCATES MEET
FIRST NATIONAL CONGRESS is
OPENED
ADDRESS OF WELCOME OUT
LINES LEADERS IDEAS
Chairman Of Oregon Commission Says
Natural Resources Are Only
Given Us In Trust
for All Time
[Px Associated Press

tBy Associated Press,1
SEATTLE, Aug. 26.-The first ma
tional conservation congress met in the
Alaska Y Yukon- Pacific auditorium this
morning, with delegates present from
all parts of the United States, and from
Canada.
The session was devoted to speeches
of welcome and an address by Joseph
n. Teal, chairman of the oregon con-
serVation commission, on the NeceS-
sity of Conserving Our Resources.
The keynote of Mr.. Tears address
was that the natural resources we have
are ours but for time; that, while
providing for our present needs, the
right is not ours to exhaust the sources
of supply.
No other theory he said, is tenablo
Conservation is predicated on the con-
ception that we occupy merely the po-
sition of trustees of our resources for
limited time, Two thoughts should
be kept in mind---the thought of the
generation to come and consideration
of the whole people, not the enrichment
of the few.
Limited Franchises Desirable
Notwithstanding the idea is wholly
untenable, even in primary analysis, We
are now proceeding on the theory thaS
the resources we have are for our dis
posal through all eternity. The solu-
tion of the problem is to stop in per-
petuity rights which belong to the peo-
pie as a whole"
The necessity of granting a perpetual
right in order to induce capital to in
vest the speaker ridiculed. He recalled
that at one time this contention was
made in granting franchises by mu-
inequalities. 1t was asserted that capt.
tai would not invest unless the fran
chises were perpetual. In the face of
this assertion capital went in and bid
thousands of dollars for limited fran
chises.
The same condition, he declared, pre-
walls in the matter of grants of natural
resources.
The Inauguration of the conservation
movement, the speaker said, is consid-
cred by Theodore Roosevelt the great
est act of his administration.
5aIlinger Hiding Out
.Mr. Teal spoke of the great work ac-
complished by Clifford Pinchot and
took occasion to deny that President
Taft is anything but supporter of the
conservation movement, quoting from
the presidents message and from
speeches and interviews to show how
emphatically he is in accord with the
movement.
Clifford Plnchot will be the principal
speaker tomorrow morning, and will
preside at tomorrow afternoons ses-
sion.
Former Governor George C. Pardee
of California, who led the fight in the
Spokane irrigation congress against
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger's S
public land policy, will be the principal
speaker tomorrow afternoon.
Promoters of the congress express
the hope that the strife between the
followers Of Chief Forester Pinchot and
Secretary Ballinger will not attract so
much attention as to push aside other
important matters.
Secretary Ballinger, who is inspecting
irrigation work in the Kittitas coun-
try, a few hours ride from Seattle, is
not likely to attend the congress. His
friends say he is avoiding personal
controversy at the request of the ma
tional administration.
Many Speakers Make Addresses
John Barrett director of the bureau
of American republics, presided at the
afternoon session, which was given
over to a symposium of addresses on
What Conversation Is Doing in My
State"
Among the speakers were: Alaska,
Royal A. Gunnison; British Columbia,
f. J. Fulton; Hawaii, A. f. Knudsen;
Louisiana, John e. Hardtner; Pennsyl-
vania, A. B. Farquhar; Rhode Island,
Henry A. Barker; Utah, Governor
William Spry; New Mexico. w. A.
Fleming Jones: Washington, Joel Shoe
maker; Nebraska, Prof. G. E. Condey;
Colorado, Prof. Louis G. Carpenter;
New York, r. E. Pearson; California,
Alex Macllie; Missouri, II. Is. McAfee;
Maryland, Bernard n. Baker
The congress, which it has been pre-
dicted would witness personal contro-
versy between the chief forester of the
United States and the secretary of the
Interior opened pleasantly this morn
ing with Clifford Pinchot on the plat
form applauding a peace declaration,
and Secretary Ballinger in the kitikas
hills, 125 miles away, studying an lr-
rigation project.
The fact that charges affecting the
administration of the public lands are
receiving personal attention of Presi-
dent Taft inclines the radicals in the
congress to adopt pacific attitude.
For Benefit of All
When e. II. Libby of Charleston,
Wash, president or the washington
Conservation association, called the
congress to order, he pointed out the
congress is held for the sole purpose
of benefting all the people Of the
United States and not for the purpose
of exploiting any policies of any set
of Washington officials.
I'VE are here to try and work out a
policy for the people and not for Off
cialdom," he haid. I'VE constitute a
voluntary assemblage, not to support
or condemn any man or set of men,
We are trying to do what is right for
all the people and to conserve and
teach the right use of all the national
wealth of the United States, There is
nothing political in this meeting. There
must be nothing political, Should there
be- the objects of this meeting would
be lost and its efficiency sadly
diminished"
MIR. Pinchot, who sat on the plat
form with President Libby was one of
the leaders in the applause that greeted
the chairman's declarations of peace.
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Wilson Deeries Waste
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