The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-07-16
HOW They Can Help In the Con-
servation Eo.ement.
MUST BEGIN WITH CHILDREN.
To Nave Town and Country ossuty
Chief Of Forestry Bureau Plssds Pss
Support Of Women to Point Out
Wiekedasss Of National Waste.


Speaking particularly of the women Of
California and the gigantic tasks they
undertake and accomplish. he says:
Il have known of no case Of Ier-
sistent agitation under discouragement
finer in a good many ways than the
fight to save the great grove Of Gala
veras big trees The government Ii go
ing to have possession Of that and pre-
serve it for all future generations.
Time and again the women have made
1t perfectly clear what they can do In
this work. Now, let me suggest that
obviously the first point of attack Is
the stopping Of waste in our forests.
Women can bring-and this is my sug-
gestion-they can bring, as no other
body of citizens can bring, to the chill
dren In the schools the idea OF the
wicke,lness of national waste and the
value Of public saving. The issue IL u
moral one and they are the first teach
ers Of right and wrong"
II we are to realize the town and
country beautiful we must begin with
he children, and upon the women de-
wolves this duty OF proper instruction.
Mr.. pinchot says that patriotism Is
the keynote Of the success Of any ma
tlon. and patriotism which does not
begin in early years may. though 1t
does not always, fail under the sever
est trials-not always. for many men
and many women have proved their
deepest patriotism to this country. al
though they were born elsewhere. Yet.
as rule. 1t must begin with the chill
dren. 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 ma
tiOn. In the last analysis 1t Is the
mothers Of nation who direct that
nations destiny"
While Mr.. Pinchot is chiefly interest
his remarks regarding wOman's work.
both directly and through the child.
apply with equal force to all matters
Of public welfare. Preservation Of our
natural resources affects the town as
well as the country, and as our chief
forester says: II think 1t cannot he
disputed that the natural resources
exist for and belong to the people. and
believe that the part of the work
which falls to the wonderland 1t Is no
small parts to see to 1t that the chill
dren. who will Ike the men and women
Of the future. have their share Of these
resources uncontrolled by monopoly
and unspoiled by waste.
ut is a question of seeing what 10y
atty to the public welfare demands Of
us and then Of caring enough for the
public welfare not to prefer to set a
personal advantage first. 1t is ques-
ton Of having our future citizens in
spired as boys and girls with the spirit
Of true patriotism as against the spirit
account any other interest than his
own. whose one aim and ideal Ia per-
sonal success.
"Women can, both in public and at
home. by letting the men know what
they think and by putting it before the
children, make familiar the idea Of
conservation and support 1t with
approach.
"In practically every state legisla-
ture that held its session during the
past year conservation measures were
up for consideration. II women will
support these conservation measures,
if they will put their influence behind
them. I have lived long enough in
semi-polltical life to know what that
influence will mean. When I ask for
their interest in the conservation
movement and to secure the saving Of
waste I ask 1t with the fullest possible
realization Of its value
zone more thing. Let me ask the
women to remember that. however i'm
portant 1t may be for the lumberman.
the miner. the cabinetmaker, the rail-
road man. the house builder. for every
industry. that conservation should OBJ
tain, when all Is said and done conser-
walton goes back in its directest appli-
cation to one body in this country, and
that is to the children There is in this
country no other movement, except
possibly the education movement-and
that, after all. Is In a sense only an
other aspect Of the conservation ques-
tion, the seeking to make the most Of
what we have-sO directly aimed to
help the children. conditioned upon the
needs Of the children, belonging to the
children, as the conservation move
ment, and 1t is for that reason more
than any other that I ask the support
Of the women Of this country."-LIos