Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-02-06
ROOSEVELT SHOWS congress
their CONCLUSIONS.
Most Remarkable Document Ever Laid
Before the American People-Shows
Inventory Of Natural Resources
Calls Attention to Conditions on
Which Future Welfare Depends.


national conservation commission Presi-
dent Roosevelt said:
"This report, which is the outgrowth
of the conference Of governors last
May, was unanimously approved by the
joint conference held in Washington, ID G
between the national conservation com
mission and governors of states, state
conservation commission and conserva-
ton committees of great organizations
of citizens. 1t is therefore in a peculiar
sense representative of the whole ma
tion and all its parts.
80 1t is one of the most fundamentally
important documents ever laid before
the American people. 1t contains the
first inventory of its natural resources
ever made by any nation. In condensed
form it presents a statement of our
available capital in material resources,
which are the means of progress, and
calls attention to the essential cOndi-
tions upon which the perpetuity, safety
and welfare of this nation now rest
and must always continue to rest.
"The facts set forth in this report
constitute an imperative call to action.
The situation they disclose demands that
we, neglecting for a time, if need be,
smaller and less vital questions, shall
concentrate an effective part of our
attention upon the great material foun-
dations Of national existence, progress
and prosperity.
"Ihe great basic facts are already
well known. We know that our pOpu-
lation is now adding about one-ffth TO
its numbers in 10 years and that by the
middle Of the present century perhaps
l5O,OOO,000 Americans, and by its end
very many millions more must be fed
and clothed from the products of our
soil. With the steady growth in popu-
latiOn and the still more rapid increase
IN consumption our people viii hereafter
make greater and not less demands per
capita upon all the natural resources Tor
their livelihood, comfort and cOnVon-
ience IL is high time TO realize that
our responsibility 10 the coming millions
rs like that Of parents 10 other children,
and that I'D wasting our resources We
are Wronging our descendants.
The president urges an appropriation
OF $4,000 10 carry on the conservation
work outlined through corporation of
state and federal commissions. lmmedi-
ate action is urged in the formation of
these commissions. The report presents
a mass of astonishing statistics N shows
that the mineral production of tho
United States for 1907 exceeded 82 900,
100000, and contributed 65 per cent of
the total freight iraiie of the country.
The waste up the distraction and treat
ment 0f mineral products during the
same year Was equivalent 40 moro Chan
faOOQuO.uoO. Tho available and easily
accessible supplies of coal in iho United
States aggregate approximately 400.
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