The Mankato free press., 1909-01-29

be exhausted While yet the nation is in
its infancy unless better methods are
devised or substitutes are found. Fur
ther investigation is urgently needed
In order to improve methods and to de-
velop and apply substitutes.
1t is Of the utmost Importance that q
bureau of mines be established in ac-
cordance with the pending bill to re-
duce the loss of life in mines and the
waste Of mineral resources and to in
vestigate the methods and substitutes
for prolonging the duration of our min.
eral supplies. Both the need and the
public demand for such a bureau are
rapidly becoming more urgent 1t
should cooperate with the states in
supplying data to serve as basis for
state mine regulations. The establish
ment of this bureau will mean merely
the transfer from other bureaus of
work which it is agreed should be
transferred and slightly enlarged and
reorganized for these purposes
Conclusions.
The joint conference already men
toned adopted two resolutions to
which l call your special attention
The first was intended to promote CO.
operation between the states and the
nation upon all of the great questions
here discussed 1t is as follows:
Resolved That a joint committee be
appointed by the chairman to consist of
six members of state conservation COM
missions three of ha
tional conservation commission whose
duty 1t shall be to prepare and present to
the state and national commissions and
through them to the governors and the
president a plan for united action by all
organizations concerned with the con-
servation of natural resources. (On mo-
tion of Governor Noel of Mississippi the
chairman and secretary of the conference
were added to and constituted a part Of
this committed
The second resolution Of the Joint
conference to which l refer calls upon
the congress to provide the means for
such cooperation. The principle of the
community of interest among all our
people In the great natural resources
runs through the report of the national
conservation commission and the pro-
ceedings Of the joint conference These
resources, which form the common ba-
sis of our welfare, can be wisely devel-
Oped, rightly used and prudently con-
served only by the common action of
all the people, acting through their rep
resentatives in state and nation: hence
the fundamental necessity for co-opera-
tion. Without it we shall accomplish !
but little. and that little badly. The
resolution follows:
We also especially urge on the congress !
of the United States the high desirability |
of maintaining a national commission on |
the conservation of the resources of the !
country, empowered to cooperate with |
state commissions to the end that every |
sovereign commonwealth and every sec !
tion of the country may attain the high !
degree of prosperity and the sureness of |
perpetuity naturally arising in the abun- |
dant resources and the vigor. intelligence |
and patriotism of our people
In this recommendation most heart |
lily concur. and 1 urge that an appro-
priation of at least $4,000 be made to !
cover the expenses of the national con !
servation commission for necessary !
rent, assistance and travelling expenses
This is very small sum- | know of |
no other way in which the appropria-
tion of so small a sum would result |
in so large benefit to the whole ma
ton. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The White House, Jan. o. 1909.
In forwarding to the president
report of the national conservation i
Clifford Pinchot, chairman
Of the commission, says the entry of !
the conservation movement into the
field of definite constructive work is
accomplished by the authorization Of a
joint committee on cooperation. to be
composed of six members of the state
commissions and three
members of the national conservation |
with its chairman and
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