Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1909-01-23

The use OF the Suh31c grazing land
should be regulated in.such ways a
to improve and conserve their value.
Rights TO the surface Of the publ
land should be separated from Fight
to forests upon 1t and to minerals be
meath it, and these should be subjec
\ to separate disposal.
The coal. oil, gas and phosphate
rights still remaining with the govern
ment should be withdrawn from entr,
and leased under conditions Favorable
for economic development.
Minerals.
The accompanying reports show tina
the consumption of nearly all of GU
mineral products is increasing NOR,
rapidly than our population. Our min
eral waste Is about one-sixth of ou
product, or nearly $l0OOOOO for eacl
working day in the year. The loss o.
structural materials through fire /,
about another million day The los.
OF life In the mines is appalling. TIL,
larger part of these losses of life and
property can be avoided.
Our mineral resources are limited In
! quantity and cannot be increased OF
reproduced. With the rapidly increas.
ing rate OF consumption the supply will
be exhausted while yet the nation Is in
Its infancy unless better methods are
devised or substitutes are found. Fur
Their investigation Is urgently needed
In order to improve methods and to de-
velop and apply substitutes.
IL is OF the utmost Importance that a
bureau Of mines he established In ac-
cordance with the pending bill TO re-
duce the loss OF life I'm 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. Ii
should cooperate with the states in
supplying data to serve as basis for
state mine regulations. The establish
ment of this bureau win mean merely
the transfer from other bureaus of
work which II 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 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 IL Is as follows:
Resolved. That joint COMMITTEES be
appointed by the chairman TO consist of
six members OF state conservation com
mlssio ard three members of the ma
tional coz walton commission whose
duty Il 'h,i he to prepare and present to
the stato ara national commissions and
througI them to the governors and the
president plan for united action by all
organizations concerned with the con-
servation Of natural resources. ION mo-
tion OF Governor Noel of Mississippi the
chairman and secretary of the conference
were added to and constituted part OF
this commlttee)
The second resolution OF the Joint
10 which | refer calls upon
the congress TO provide the means for
such cooperation The principle OF the
Of interest among all our
people In the great natural resources
runs through the report of the national |
commission and the pro- |
,eedings of the joint conference. These |
resources. which form the common ba- |
sis of our welfare can be wisely devel- |
Dpcd, rightly used and prudently con
served only by the common action OF |
Ill the people acting through their rep |
resentatives In state and nation: hence i
he fundamental necessity for co-opera-
ion. Without II we shall accomplish |
but little. and that little badly. The
resolution follows:
We also especially urge on the congress
1f the United States the high desirabillty
Of maintaining national commission on
he conservation of the resources OF the |
empowered TO cooperate with
state commissions to the end that every
sovereign commonwealth and every sec
ion OF the country may attain the high
legree of prosperity and the sureness OF
,erpetuity naturally arising in the album
liant resources and the vigor. intelligence
md patriotism of our people
In this recommendation most heart
ly concur, and | urge that an appro-
'riation of at least $4,000 be made to
over the expenses of the national con-
ervation commission for necessary
ent. assistance and travelling expenses.
'his is very small sum. | know OF
10 other way in which the appropria-
ion of so small sum would result
n so large benefit to the whole ma
ion. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The White House. Jan %, 1909.