The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-14
Copservation Current Events.

Facts, which cannot gainsay. force me to believe that the conser- vation of our natural resources is the most weighty question now before the people of the United States."-Theo- dore Roosevelt. 19NN"Ts ST. 72HC
 Our land. our forests, our waters and our minerals are the sources from which come directly or indirectly the livelihood of all of us. The question of the conservation Of our natural re- sources is the question of fundament- al importance to the United States" William Howard Taft. sHo "Conservation is the application of common sense to common problems for the common good."-Gifford Pin- chot. H
 The material for this column has been supplied by the Conservation Commit tee of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. J. Morgan smith Is the member of the National Commit tee from this State. Address any com munications in regard to material for this column to Mrs. Amos G Draper, Chairman D. A. R., Conservation Committee, Washington. D. c.
 Forester Pinchot publishes as \ Farmers Bulletin the declaration of principles on conservation adopted by the Governors at the White House conference, in May, 1908. sWe will hope and suppose that the' farmers read Bulletin No. $40 of the United States Department of Agriculture. But what If they do? What If every man. woman and child in the whole country could be convinced of the need for a vigorous conservation pro- gram? Would they get 1t? Not in a thousand years if theE didn't organize the fight
 The Forester has been at work to organize that fight for ten years. The administration tells us it Is doing all it can to the same end now |. James J. Hill has hit the conserva- tion nail on the head. There will new CT be any progress. thinks that astute empire builder. until the plan of wa the light of the greatest good to the whole country
 What ought to be done by the friends of the conServation movement and done right away, Is this:
 "The fight should be focused. There ought to be as nearly as possible unanimous demand upon Congress for one thing. That one thing should be commission to lay general founda- tions for future appropriations as to the future purchase of national forest lands. the development of mineral re- sources in the public lands;~Athe pro- tection of soils, as well as to digging channels and building dams. If that can be accomplished, tAen there is some hope for the whole cause of con- servation. Somebody ought to send out farmers bulletin on the need of getting together"-Washing Times. Mir Clifford Pinchot, chairman of the Joint Committee on Conservation. and National Forester. will hold a conference with members of Southern State Conservation Commissions at New Orleans on November 1. The an- nual convention of the Lakes-to-the- Gulf Deep Waterway Association will then be in session and 1t is expected that conservatlonists will be on hand | in large numbers.
 On November 15-16. the Mississippi Atlantic Inland Waterways Assocta- tlon will hold its annual convention at | Jacksonville, Fla. This association "advocates a band of unity cementing | the interests of the Mississippi Val | ley, Gulf and Atlantic coasts insepar- | ably together. An inland waterway connecting the Mississippi and Apa- lachicola, thence across the Florida Peninsula to the Atlantic"
 | While the United States Is discuss l ing plans for the systematic develop ment of it's waterways. Canada Is l forging ahead upon plans for eXten- sive Improvement of the rivers of the Dominion While the Americans have been merely talking, the Cana dlans have been at work In all. Canada has expended about $1OO,- | 100000 in the development and i'm provement of her canal system, with the result that nearly 100000 tons of freight originating fin the United States have been Ncarried in Canadian bottoms. But Canada Is not satisfied with this showing of success More ambitious plans are under considera- l ton. It is proposed to enlarge the