Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-23
TALK ON CONSERVATION
Or. Eliot and Mr.. PinChot Use
Same Theme.
AT THE HAMPTON NORMAL
Famous Educator and Chief Forester
Address Large Crowd in Cleveland
Hsll-Meanins Of the Mveh'used
Word Defined.

there Sunday afternoon TO listen 10
the addresses of Dr. Charles w. Eliot.
! president emeritus Ct Harvard Uni
yersty, and Hon Clifford PincSot.
chief of the United States forestry
bureau.
DR.. Hollis b. Frissell, the principal
OF the school. presided and introduced
| the two distinguished orators.
Mr.. Pinchot on Conservation.
! Mr.. Pinchot spoke in part as fol-
! lows:
The idea of the conservation
policy is TO make this country a bet
ter place 10 live in. both for us ana
| for those who are TO follow When
our forefathers came to this country
and gradually settled in this great
land of Uncle Sam. they explored and
took possession of it. They did ex-
actly what every new people does
when they take possession of new
land-thet used not only what they
needed. but destroyed what they
, didn't need. They exhausted its re-
/ sources by bad methods Of cultiva.
ton. People saw finally that they
must have a larger supply of timber
to meet the wants OF those who were
TO follow They talked mere vigor- 4
ously and effectively about the for
ests which were being destroyed by
| fire and reckless cutting The Ameri-
can peoples got the idea clear in their
minds that it was good thing TO
fhe ff.rnctc from that arose
the cors movement
1T was then easy to carry out the
idea and apply it to coal lands, agri-
cultural sells. streams. and all our
natural resources. The plan was first
/ publicly outlined by Mr.. Roosevelt at
the jamestown Exposition. Then MT
Roosevelt called meeting of all the
governors in the White House and
the result of that meeting was the
appointment OF National Conserva-
| ton Commission.
we found that we were using up
| cut timber three times as fast as II
was growing. that we had supply
left for only one generation. that coal
lands wire being wasted and that as
much coal was left in the ground as
was taken out. We found that If we
| used out water power which is not
used now, It would be enough TO turn
every wheel in every factory and on
| every railroad in the United States.
Thinking Ahead the Solution.
Thinking ahead in matters of this
kind is the whole solution of the ques-
ton. Conservation covers three
fields. We must stop waste Second.
we must not exhause the fertility OF
the soil We must see to X that the
resources that can be preserved, are
kept available for use in the future-
You can cut forest so as TO destroy
it. but again you can cut it. and make
it more productive. In other words
while we have every right to make
| free use of what has been put on
F, this earth for the use of this genera
ton. we have no right so to use 1t.
as to deprive the coming generations.
We must stop waste. and see that
| there shall be natural resources, be-
cause this nation Is not going to stop
| when we are gene. and we must see
| that oar descendants have the same
fair chances that We, have for pres
perity in this land. We need now
two things-no waste, and perpetual
ticn Of natural resources. Third, see
TO il that the people have their share
of these natural resources
Or. EIiot's Address.
Dr EIict described conservation as
a problem in democratic education
| He showed that II related TO the
necessaries of modern life and refer
red to Mr.. Pinohot as a pioneer OIL
conservation. We must learn" he
said. how to keep and utilize to the
best advantage The natural resources
If this country. We know thoroughly
thai our forests are not only neces-
sarv for our national life fer today.
| hut will always be an essential eie-
ment Of any civilized nation"
He showed that the application OF
science TO conditions in Egypt
| brought about the increased produc-
tivitv Of the soil. Dr Eliot said; We
are all devoted to the Strengthening
and consolidating Of the free insfitu-
tsons which We love and which have
done so much for US. We want to
make public liberty sure on the North
American continent. not only for de-
cades. but centuries TO come.
Nov conservation is great dem
ocrat.c movement. 2 problem in Amer
lean welfare. Human welfare now and
in the future demands that the constr
walton policy be adopted. Conservation
Is collective action-each for all ana
all for each. which Is the motto OF
switzerland.
The reduction Ct the death rate,
prevention Of sickness which inter
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