Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-28
speaks on Health and lie

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Speaks on Health and Life
A. b. Farquhar of York, Pa, repre-
sentative of the American civic as
sociation, spoke on Conservation of
Human Life and Health and Mrs.
j. Ellen Foster of the department of
Justice Washington. on Conservation
of Child Life"
DR. w. J. McGee, the soif water eX-
pert delivered an address on Relative
Importance to Our Natural Resources
and divided the resources of the coun-
try into five classes. naming them as
the lands. waters. forests, minerals
and human health. He ranked the
waters as the most important of the
natural resources, as all lie uepehdS
on them. Taking up this Inc OF
thought, he said;
1--WE are just beginning to realize
that few countries have enough water
for full production and population. Cer-'
tainlv our country has not. Fully
third of our country is practically un-
productive and uninhabitable by rea-
son of insufficient rainfall. Even in the
remaining two-thirds of our territory
the rainfall is hardly adequate.
In the light Of recent knoWledge
concerning the role of water IN inc
i
five efficiencies become clearer
Soil Depends on Water
"The efficiency of the soil depends
primarily on it's capacity for storing
water The efficiency of plants Is
measured by their capacity for CROWN
! itself depending on water. The eftlclehcY
| of animals is akin to that of plants.
1.-THE efficiency of man is measured
primarily by Individual capacity, for
successful effort itself depends on
vigor of vital processes. In the cur.
rent state of opinion the ideal means ol
conserving and increasing human el-
| fciency lies in the prevention of dls-
/ ease and in the cure ana protecIloii VI
| infants and invalids.
"The efficiency of the state Is meas
ured nv the capacity of the average
citizen multiplied in the population ana
the abundance of the natural re
sources. The ideal means of promoting
/ IT lies in the maintenance or the lam
| lily. of the home and of the electorate,
/ Henry A. Barker, of Rhode lsland
smoke on conservation in the civic
| ASPECT" and General Marion P. Maus'
u s. A.. commanding the department
! Of the columbia, on Conservation In
the Military Aspect
Pinchot Presides
At the afternoon session Clifford
| Pinchot presided. John Barrett SPOKE
on "Interdependence of Nations III
| Conservation
! Mr. Barrett said in part: THE ne
cessity of conservation of resources is
| everywhere admitted, but the people
are deenlv concerned as to its prectlcai
working out, which Will anect IdVoi
ably or adversely every state OF @ inns
nation to the value of many lhlliioII9
! of dollars and eventually large N
| crease Of or stagnation in popula-
| tion. ,..s..ooo Of
"Aa To the reported difference OF
onipion between certain high offlclais
| of the government, it can be SAID tnat
| this in the opinion of thoseNWho know
| the facts, has been greatly eXdSseIa'eC
| +brouob the contention of partisans OF
| either side. It Is nothing remarkapie
| that there should be an honest diner
ence of view between officers OF oul
government which will ultimately prlhs
good rather than harm 10 tne S"u9e' a3e
zone thing in this connection IS az
so1rte1v certain. namely, that the hnal
attitude of the administration at wash
! inoton will be one of justice ana OF
ri@ht conservation has no stronger
| and fairer friend than President 1ait
| and even if the issue at the present ls
! slightly clouded, the country can resi-
| content that President Tafts pollcy
viii mean progress and not retroSres-
| sion. 49,.
Taft Friendly to West
1.-THE west has never had better
friend in the presidential chalr lnaH
the present occupant, and at the sailie
| time no president who was prompted
with a higher conception OF ms uu'S
| to the country at large.
! positive proof of the value or the
new policy Of conservation initiated by
| President Roosevelt and being con-
tinued by President Taft Is shown by
! the desire of Canada and Mexico ana
even of South America to cooperate
! in a movement for international con-
/ servation."
Former Governor Pardee, who ad-
dressed the congress on Right Use OF
/ Natural Resources said IN part.
There was a time when our vast
natural resources were apparently in
exhaustible and we permitted too many
of them to fall into hands of those who
monopolized and used them to the
detriment of the people. There are
those in this country who desire to
monopolize the water powers on our
rivers and streams who are eager 10
grab our forests. who desire to seize
on great areas of coal lands and use
them all for their private agGrandlze-
ment and the detriment of the people.
| Iron, copper, oil and other resources
have enabled those who exploited them
to reap enormous fortunes-fortunes
that have too often been used to the
detriment of the public good. Such
minerals belong TO the people.
People Should control Lands
rs there any reason in morals or
political economy, to say nothing or
| fundamental law, why the public
should not regulate the use and abuse
of these resources and cause them TO
be exploited that thev shall be neither
unnecessarily wasted nor made the
means of depressing those VINO are
compelled to use them?
1--WE have given over to the deVastat. =.
ing ak and fire brand of private enter
prise three-fi -fifths of all our magnificent
| forests The air you breathe here to-
day is thick with the smoke of burn
| inc forests, once, if not now. the prop
erty of the people. Is there any rea-
son why the government should turn
back to public entry one acre Of the
forest lands which were withdrawn
under Roosevelt and Garfield? Would
it not be better if all the public FOR
ests should continue to be public for
ests?
"Cermanys public forests are among
| her most valuable assets. spain sur
| fers because she permitted her forests
! to he destroyed And thousands of
| Chinese starve and drown every year
because their rulers did not have sense
| enough to see that forests are essen
| tial to nations prosperity
ornithoogist Speaks
William L. Finley, ne ornithologist,
! spoke on conservation through the
! A ,1f ip1g