The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-06-11
Echoes of Woman's Clubs
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PINCHOT ASKS WOMEN TO AID
CONSERVATION WORK

VI
Washington, May 17.--What Mrs
Lowell White, the charming chairman
of the Outdoor Art League of the Cal
ifornia club, and her lovely and ener
getic sisters In that progressive ant
public-spirited organization are doini
In their immediate section Of til,
country the Hon. Clifford Pinchot /.
decidedly of the opinion can be done
In every other part Of the United
States by the women everywhere In
conservation Of the use of our ma
tural resources, the application Of
common sense to the common good
and the artistic development Of out
door surroundings.
He suggests that while patriotism
Is, for instance, the keynote Of such
an influential organization as the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, 1T is also the keynote of the
success Of any nation, and patriotism
which does mot begin in early years
may, though it does not always, fail
under the seVerest trials mot always,
for many men and many women have
proved their deepest patriotism to
this country, although they were
born elsewhere. Yet, as a rule. 1t
must begin with the children. And
almost without exception 1t is the
mother who plants patriotism in the
mind of the child 1t is her duty.
The growth of patriotism is first Of
all in the hands of the women OF any
nation. In the last analysis it is the
mothers of a nation who direct that
nations destiny.
Il want to say 1t as a man-as a
man occupied in more active work
than falls to the lot Of most women"
ne says. "We men recognize that
whatever we may do is, to certain
extent, superficial, as compared with
his fundamental task which rests on
ne women. II, then, their task lies
n the creation of patriotism, 1t Is of
interest to inquire. What is the fun
lamental duty of the patriot? think
here conservation comes to the front
It once.
THE fundamental task of patrioti-
SIN is to see to it that the nation
xists and endures in honor, security
nd we'll being. Fortunately there is
10 question as to our existing I'M
lonor, and little, if any, as to our ex-
sting and continuing to exist in Sc
urity, but the real fundamental
roblem which confronts us all now is
his: Shall we continue as a nation
0 exist in well being? That is the
observation problem.
IL we are to have prosperity in
his country 1t will be because we
ave an abundance of natural re-
ources available for the citizen. In
Their words, as the women of the
ountry guide the minds of the chill
rem towards the idea of foresight,
list to that extent, and probably a
tile more, will the generations that
70 coming hereafter be able to carry I
trough the great task of making this [
alton what its manifest destiny de- &
ands that 1t shall be. The women
e putting their hands to the very 4
rot basis of the work that all of us q
I'VE to do. q
The women ought, then, to recog-
re, II this task is to be carried out,
e great truth above all others. That t
is nation exists for its people we all t
NIT, but that the natural resources o
the nation exist not for any small a
CUP, not for any individual, but for a
Q people-in other words, that the
tural resources of the nation belong t,
all the people--that is truth the p
lole meaning of which Is just be- u
ming to dawn on us. The great 81
estion may be brought perhaps :
lie closer when say this. There is h
form of monopoly which exists or in
n has existed on any large scale til
ich was not based more or less d. fo
tly upon the control of natural re- m
trees. There is no form of mono OF
y that has ever existed or can ex- 81
which can do harm If the people
1erstand that the natural resources WI
ong to the people of the nation, pc
exercise that understanding as m
y have the power to do tn
1T seems to me that of all the TO
vements which have been inaugu- sh
9 to give power to the conservation dc
., the foresight idea, there is none di
re helpful than that the women Of tn
United States are taking hold of DIR
problem. We must make all the otl
pie see that now and in the future ed
resources are to be developed and all
)loyed, yet, at the same time, of
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