The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-23
s,,eIrcT or SPECIAL MESSAGE
FRor PRESIDENT TO COM
GRESS.
RIVER IMPROVEMENT
strono,y Recommended - Conscrvs-
ton In Application OF Common
scnpc to Common Problems
For Common Good.


,to,t,e message ON the CONSERVATION
OF natural resources was read petoto
both houses of congress today W
reading Of the document came at thc 4
close OF the proceedings In each boaF
and there was but small at,ehhan'n
of senators and representatives Inc
president said in part.
The obligations, and not the fish y
II citizenship increase in proporlph
r. HI, increase of man $ wealth.
nover The time Ia coming Wneh
nau will be Judged, not by what NJ
l,ae succeeded in getting Tor hlihs ~
frtnu the comon stcr1, brt by now
uell he has done his duty as citizen
and Nv what the ordinary citizen nus
| yniucI In freedom OF opportunity DC
| ree ri his service for the common
,ocd. The highest value we Know =
hat of the individual citizen, aiiu
4 he highest Justice is To give nm
/ tair playin the effort to realize
best there is in him.
The tasks this natien has TO 40 ar
great tasks. They can only be nene
lat all by our citizens acting togetbeR
land they can be done best ol az ~
tho direct and simple application y
| ha,o,y common sense. The april =
, ltion Of common sense 70 eoa''"
problems for the common gooa' unae'
line guidance OF the principles upon
which this republic was based, ana
lhv virtue of which It exists, spel
|nerpetuity for the nation, civil ana y,
!. dustrial liberty for its citizens ana
= fro edom If opportunity In the pufsult
y II happiness for the plain American
y ar whom this nation was founstea ~
" shom ii was preserved. and tnronen
2 ybo,n alone II ela be perpetuatea.
" -,,on this pIatform--larger than party
IS ifrerences,} higher tnan class pre1a
~ lice, broader than any question "
" ,rofit auT loss there Is room iof
7 very Anerlcap' who realizes tnat vi
" omntbn good stands first. ,ats
o. rhseNatlpuai, .c,enseryation ssesnmis
nd AK wfssIx' .eonfIsash repeft to 70
Ild't sta,ement of facts aax principles
de saying The executive toesecommen'
TO the snectnc steps to which these lact
on and principles inevitably leaf. A'
OF ,ordingIy. call your attention
fly ,one Of the larger features OF IN
'es ituation disclosed by the report ap
Try n tho action thereby clearly demand
ne d for the general good.
OF Waterways.
The report says
hu. "Within recent months " mas oee
req .ccornized and demanded ny III
'lo' ,eonle through many thousand det
e ,ates from all states assembled
lhit convention Ia different sections
ess bc country. that the water"a!
hould aud must be improved propi
y and effectively as means OF MAJ
Gaining national prosperity
"The first requisite for waterw
,n,,.rovement is the control OF Z
..oters i'm such manner as TO redu
= ,oods and regulate the regimen
VI .bc navigable rivers. The seco
NJ a,misite Is development OF t'rihin'
VI ,pJ connections in srch manner as
regulate commerce"
Accordingly, urge that the oro
uE rlan for the development OF
AIN waterways. recommended ny tne
80 rap.l Waterways commission. he
-NS In effect without delay. II proNi
Z. ,or a comprehensive system ot "a'
-.v imnroyement extending to
,sce of the waters and benefits 10
rmei detiyed from their control. inciua
rahle raviraiiou. the development oil pow
gier' tho extension of irrigation. the '''
emily 600 of swamp and overow lands.
,revention of soil wash. and the Y
mis- dcaiion Of streams for WAFER sop
by II proposes to carry out the "cis
-e ~ coordinatinc agencies In the teo'
would 5euar,ments through the meaiu"'
hal an administrative commission
'aie lboar1 acting in cooperation "ith
dark s,a,cs and other organizations
individual citizens
alton. Tho work Of waterway d'Nf'
'ernor .hruld be undertaken WITHOUT 81
ngier. Neri,orius projects in fno"n
p able so,r,,;,y with the r-neral cutlne
IS. bot auv comprehensive plan snou'u
AZ the coed at once. The cost -
stponc ,,rt sho,fid - met by direct a.
citation if possible. but u pc
'ermft h. ,be issue of bonds IN snal nsi
ne - nstions. -, ,h,t
ucce7d l,,slou--ent ~ water ro"er .
pctsble -, Guarded uifh the utmost car
be diz =, ,bo national government 81
me states in order To ~, -, -,
, great people against the upsIoN up' :. /.
he iu- r,ororoly and to insure the'a
sell ~ sb,re in the henefits Whieh vi
hair. ~ development Of this sr =
years -sirh belongs % the He'p'e
1t half .,.,rtl be controlled BY them
Raizuli Forests
s bsarl rr~e hat provision b iha.'
moro rap