The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-10-06

claims and desires Every difference
was settled, however. In the bill rs
finally passed, by which the oyster
beds OF Aiapama. threatened with e1-
tinction without legal protection
AGAINST Nexha usiton and depredations of
pirates" will pc conserved.
Within five years three movements
for naluraI resource conservation have
been Iauncneu and nave achieved sue
cess: the state game and nsh protec-
tlun, the forestry CONSERVATISM, and
the oyster protection. In all of these.
Commissioner w aIIace has been prom
inent.
his letter to President John Craft
of ,he commission, immediately upon
the appointment, exports the duties OF
the COMMISSION. as follows:
Wallace Says.
II take this occasion to extend TO
you my sineerest congratulations upon
your appointment TO the once o! o.s-
ter commissioner, which designation
has Just been announced by the Gov
ernor. Your office Is one OF si<aai :e-
sponsipility. 1t Will become necessary
for you and your associates 10 DE pio-
neers In developing field oil endeasot
in Alabama, which heretofore mas been
unexpiored. The conservation OF the
natural resources of a state and a Ma
ton is one of the MODEST works In
which a patriot can engage. The peo-
pies heritage as 1t consists In mines,
forests, game fish aud oysters mas peeh
wantonly and reckiessiy annihiia ed by
a class Of vandais that have sought TO
live only in the present and animated
by intensely seIfsn and deplorably mer'
cenary desires, have disregarded the
rights of posterity In these sast NAT
ural resources with which God has so
abupdantiy endowed the American peo-
pie.
From a commercial standpoint the
oyster industry should be developed SO
as to be made worth millions TO the
people of the Alabama coast counties
The public reefs should be carer Ally
guided by your commission 10 as tc
prevent depletion. The strictest vigil
lance should be had lest oysters that
have not attained a merchandise size
prescribed by law as being three inch-
es from hinge to mouth. be taken from
the reefs. Your commission should ue.
veIop new oyster beds by taking oss-
ters from places where they are roc
thick and spreading them on reefs
where they are too thin and should
likewise carry shells from the facto.
rfes and spread them In places where
the oyster beds can be improved and
enlarged
'srhe provision of the law which con-
templates leasing water-bottotns TO
persons desiring to engage In oyster
culture, should be a most potential
factor in developing the oyster Indus
try It Is an established fact that
oysters thrive when transplan I'D in
suitable waters. as has been evidenced
by the great success in this business
that has crowned the efforts of the cit
liens of Bon Secour, who lave hour-
ished by reason of oyster planting for
the past fifty years.
'Tt Is known that oysters will prop
agate rapidly in the spawn ircuit II
the bottom is prepared by placing
thereon rough substances. Operating
as you will under the provisions OF a
modern and model law for the p:eser-
walton of oysters. there Is no good
reason why the fondest aspirations of
trainers of the statute under Which
you hold office should not be consum-
mated.
..Be assured that my most enthusi-
astic and earnest cooperation IS yours
in your efforts looking to the conserv-
alton of the bivalves and to the tevel-
opment of the oyster industry in Ala
bama."