The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-06-11
creasingly require, thinking


nation exists. ! think it can not b
disputed that the natural resource
exist for, and belong to, the people
and belive that the part Of the wor
which falls to women and 1t is n
small parts to see to it that tn
children, who will be the men an,
women of the future, have thei
share of these resources uncontrolle,
by monopoly and unspoiled by waste
Then you get Immediately to tn
question: What specific things cal
organizations like the Daughters o
the American Revolution do? Or tn,
outdoor Art League Of the Califor
mia Club? should like to make twt
or three suggestions and only two o.
three, believing that in the begin
ming of great movement Of this kint
tc scatter our forces is to lose i'm
petus and weight.
THE women Of those splendid bod
les have all begun most admirably, il
seems to me, In the work which has
already been undertaken by their con.
servation and other committees. ]
doubt, however, if they realize what
women have already done for conser-
walton and what they may do. Let me
tell you, as | have sometimes had the
pleasure of telling audiences of ladies',
that some Of the earliest effective for
est work that was done in the Uni
ted States--and which laid the lines
that have been followed since-was
that of the Pennsylvania Forestry as
sociation-begun and carried through
first of all, by ladies in Philadelphia.
LET me add, further, that one Of
the bravest, most Intelligent and most
effective fights for forestry that I
have known of was that Of the wom-
en- Of Minnesota for the Minnesota
National Forest. And it was a superb
success, and we have got that forest
today.
And let me add, also, that I have
known Of no case of persistent agita-
lion under encouragement finer in a
good many ways than the fight to
save the great grove of Calaveras big
.rees. The government is going to
nave possession Of that and preserve
t for all future generations.
Time and again, then, the WON
m have made it perfectly clear what
hey can do in this work. Now, let
ne suggest that obviously the first
Joint of attack is the stopping of
waste. Women can bring and this
my suggestion they can bring, to
he children in the schools the idea
# the wickedness of national waste
nd the value Of public saving. The
ssue Is moral one, and they are the |
rst teachers of right and wrong.
1T is question of seeing what 10y
lty to the public welfare demands
us and, then, of caring enough for
ne public welfare not to perfer to set
personal advantage first. 1t is a
uestion of having our future citi-
ems inspired as boys and girls with
ne spirit of true patriotism, as
gainst the spirit of rank selfishness,
re anti-social spirit of the man who
eclines to take into account any
her interest than his own-whose
ne aim and ideal is personal success.
Women can, both in public and at
ome, by letting the men know what
ey think and by putting it before
e children, make familiar the idea
conversation, and support it with
CONTINGENCIES that nobody else can :
'proach.
In practically every state legisla-
re that held its session during the
st year conservation measures were
for consideration. If women will y
pport these conservation measures d
II they will put their influence be- \
nd them-I have lived long enough =
semi-political life to know what u
at influence will mean. When ask 9
their interest in the conservation a
'vement and to secure the saving 9
waste, ask 1t with the fullest pos a.
lie realization of its value.
'One more thing. Let me ask the y
men to remember that however i'm :
rtant 1t may be for the lumber ~
N, the miner, the cabinet maker, :
railroad man, the house builder, ~
every industry, that conservation re
'uld obtain, when all is said and q
he conservation goes back in its a.
ectest application to one body in pe
country, and that is to the chill al
N. There is in this country no "a
er movement, except, possibly, the al
lcation movement-and that, after
is in sense only another aspect
the conservation question, the =.