Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-01-23
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dent RooSeVeltS S message, dealing
with the report of the national con-
servation commission, was read in
both houses of congress 1t reads,
IN part, as follows;
TO the Senate and House Of Repre-.
sentatives:
transmit herewith a report of
the national conservation commits
sion, together with the accompany
ing papers This report, which is the
outgrowth of the conference of gov
ernors last may, was unanimously
approved by the recent joint confer
ence held in this city between the
national conservation commission
and governors of states, state conser-
yation commissions, and conservation
committees of great organizations of
citizens II is therefore in a peculiar
sense representative OF the whole ma
tlon and all its parts.
With the statements and conclu-
sions Of this report ! heartily con-
cur, and commend 1t to the
thoughtful consideration both of the
congress and of our people generally,
II is one Of the most fundamentally
important documents ever laid be-
fore the American people. 1t contains
the first inventory of it's natural re-
sources ever made by any nation In
condensed form it presents state
ment Of our available capital in ma
Nrial resources. which are tine means
d progress, and call attention to the
essential conditions upon which the
perpetuity, safety, and welfare of
this nation now rests and must al
ways continue to rest. It deserves,
and should have, the widest possible
distribution among the people
The facts set forth In this report
constitute an imperative call to ac-
tion. The situation they disclose de-
mands that we, neglecting for time,
II need be, smaller and less vital
questions, shall concentrate an effec-
tive part of our attention upon the
great material foundations of ma
tional existence. progress, and pros
perlty.
We know now that our rivers can
and should be made TO serve our
people effectively in transportation
but that the vast expenditures for
our waterways have not resulted in
maintaining. much less in promoting
inland navigation. Therefore, let us
take immediate steps to ascertain
the reasons and to prepare and adopt
a comprehensive plan for inland
waterway navigation that will result
In giving the people the benefits for
which they have paid but which they
have not yet received We know
now that our forests are fast disap-
pearing. that less than one-fifth OF
them are being conserved, and that
no good purpose can be met by fail
ing to provide the relative small
sums needed for the protection, use
and improvement of all forests still
owned by the government, and to en-.
act laws to check the wasteful de
struction of the forests in private
hands. There are differences OF
opinion as to many public questions;
nut the American people stand near.
~ as a unit for waterway develop
ment and for forest protection
LIFE AND LIBERTY.
We know now that our mineral re
sources once exhausted are gone for
ever, and that the needless waste oI
them costs up hundreds of human
hYes and nearly 100000, 1000
therefore, let us undertake without
delay the investigations necessary
before our people will be in position
through state action or otherwise, tC
put an end to this huge loss ant
waste and conserve both our min
efal resources and the lives of the
men who take them from the earth
The rights to life and liberty are
fundamental, and like other funda
mental necessities when once ac
qGred, they are little dwelt upon
"'"At to the pursuit OF happi