The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-02-25
PLAN CONSERVATION
Resource Conference Is Held
in Washington.
ADDRESSED BY ROOSEVELT
President in Urging World co-opers.
tion Says Ablest Man VIII Do Best
Where Neishbors Do Well-Mexi-
cans and Canadian Speak.


Washington, Feb. RECOMMENDATION
cooperation of worldwide scope was
the keynote of an address of President
Roosevelt, made al the White House
yesterday before the delegates in at
tendance upon the North American
Conservation conference. This senti-
ment, which was first voiced by the
president, gathered considerable
momentum during the days proceed.
ings and was reflected In addrt sses of
those who participated
In part the president said:
This conference represents one of
the many steps that have been taken
OF recent years looking toward har.
monious cooperation between the ma.
tions of the earth for the common ad-
vancement of all. In international re-
lations the great feature of the growth
of the last century has been the grad.
ual recognition OF the fact that in.
stead of being normally to the in.
terest of one nation to see another de-
pressed, 1t is normally 10 the interest
of each nation to see the others ele.
vated. Fundamentally 1t is the same
with nations as II is with individuals.
Talks on Mans Prosperity.
"As a rule the most prosperous man
is the man who lives in a prosperous
community, as rule the man Is pros.
porous who has prosperous people to
deal with, who carries on his business
with other prosperous people. who has
prosperous people round about him.
A poor locality is just the locality
where Il is hardesi for the ablest
type of man to do well. The ablest
nan will do best where his neighbors
nations In commercial relations the
trade of one nation is greatest moi
with the poor and backward nation,
but with the rich and progressive ma.
tion. Study the trade returns aud
see where on the average the best
customers are found: the best
customers on the average are the
prosperous nations When one nation
strides forward along the path OF civ.
ilization, as rule that progress
means the uplifting of nations gen,
orally.
The movement that you gentlemen
are beginning, of national cooperation
for the conservation of national and
International resources, marks an,
other stage in the advance along those
lines. Each nation will be left abso-
lutely fret, of course, to exercise it's
own wisdom In doing with the things
that concern itself but 1t will be given
the chance to profit by the wisdom OF
other nations; and | know of no ma.
tion or individual that cannot profit
by the wisdom of others.
Would Conserve the Streams.
in addition, the opportunity will be
given to all of us to join together in
doing the work that can best be done
in union, by all or some of us, as com.
pared with doing II each one separate
ly. With nations whose boundaries
march along a great extent of land
frontier, as with Canada, the United
States, and Mexico, there are neces.
sarily large tracts of land in which
the welfare OF the people depends
upon the action not only of that coun.
try, but of the neighboring country.
This OF course is especially true
where our streams are concerned. You
cannot cut down the forests on the
head waters OF an international
stream without having 1t hurt both
nations. am anxious to do all that
in me lies to help you gentlemen In
getting our several peoples to come to-
gether with the idea of working In har.
mony for the common good instead of
working each to get something at the
expense of the other. Ultimately each
OF us will profit immeasurably II, in.
stead of striving to advance by
trampling down the other, each strives
to advance by Joining with the other
for the common advancement.
IL welcome you on behalf of our
people. | think II is of good augury
for the North American continent that
you should be here; and believe that
the movement which you this day
initiate is one of the utmost import.
ance to this hemisphere. and may be.
come of the utmost Importance to the,
world at large"
Speeches were also made by Secre-
tary Wilson, Commissioner Sidney
Fisher of Canada. Romulo Escobas of
Mexico, Carlos Sellerier and Senator
NeWlands