Putnam patriot., 1909-01-29
INVENTORY OF
 cnl,aT,y,e prcn'InnES
Commission Tel's How 1hsj
 Should Ba Conserved.

ffEe aauSeFNH ifsEG fllfff fziAa'=att ttstW tttF aeld of deahIFe constructive work is accomplished ag hs authorization ef 2 Ioint committee on cooperation Co he composed of six members rf The state .s.nservaffon commissions and three members af 'he national conservation commission. wiib it's chairman abd secretary. Thls committee Is 10 devise wars and meaBs for effective co-opera. ton between ali for5e< working for Ire conservation of national resources
 Mir Pinehef lakes occasion 70 receg- nlze he work af the secretary Of the commission. Thomas F Shfpp and the secretaries of the four sections of va ters. forests. lands and minerals Ha~srx " ] MeGee. oyerton " Price George V Noedra9 and ] \. Haimes. resn.erffEefv without whose services. together with the government experts tho mixing af the national in= sensory weuia hasc fte5 impa ssfbie. The i've secretaries sign the report wifb him
 fhe report of ihe commission k de voted malnly ia aa Inventory If tue eeuniry.s resources Ia minerals. lands. forests and waters. closing with sec lion on -.uafieual efa.eieucy
 Thc mineral production of the Unit cd States for ia07 eseetded S2 2g1.ope.- eaa and contributed f-i ieF cent of the iatai freighi traHie ef The country Ths wnsfe iu The exffa lion and treat- mpnf If nsiaefal Hreaets during inc fame year eas eauaienf tp more iaan s3WeGonoe The available md .asfg acees zlele supplies of coal ID the United stafes aggregate appraximately l 36aGaa @ofee ioHs At the present iafrrs sing rafe af production ehis sup gh alI be so dofieted as to approach exhaustion tefare lhe middie ef the next century The high grade iron arcs sthe auly Iron ores available for Hse under existing eendEtiansi cannot be expected n iasf beyond tie middle 9f The present century The same is true ef the petroleum supply The sup ply ef sione. clay. cement. llme. sand and salt Is ample while the stock of fhe precious metals and of copper. had zine sulphur asphalt. graphite. quicksilver. mica and the rare metals cannot well he estimated. but Is clear IA exhaustible within one to three cen tnries uriess unexpected deposits are found
 The consumption of nearly all our mineral products is increasing far mere rapidly than our population stray aieam of light in the otherwise gloomy mineral situation Is seen h the faet that while the production of rual is Increasing enormously the 0zsee anA lass h mining nre diminish inz Thefe K urzehf ueed ef greater fafrty ta the mgnee The lass nf life 1aaaoaa mlas aes iasnts is apaqlIac
 fess Is 1id eH The assertion th4t l5ar#d ffhs If fhe country < 6re iass's~5 praa aetrase ef sf en00a day. sanld fe lreeents.sl # sl=e precautions takeu in lnrope were adopted here
 Speaking af the nations eultlyatla ersa the reaaff declares tha' there Las been 4 ~1is6I Ia retse in the average yieaA of onf sreai sfapIe farm pead nets. but leiiber lhe iaereese iu azrez age nor the Eiell per acre has kfat pace wIfh oar iu reasc ia PeFuiaiion. WHhin fl censnrs we shaA probably have fa feed three times as many people as naw and the mtin bulk of our fuad supply must he grown on our own saH N, have uew nearly Goeo.- o00 farms averaging lf6 acres each. but anly a litf,e more thaa two-iifFhs of the area of continental United States is under cultivation The United States ean grew the farm products needed hy q poaal1tlon m1re ihan three times as gr.st us our country now con taius but Me must greatly increase the yield per asrc
 The greatest unnecessary waste of our soil k preveutable erosion Second only tu this k the waste. neRuse and mIsass, af 6rf'ieer derived from ami teass aaa sHr8 Oiher great causes of leSs an eer to injurious ma@NHis. eiaHl &lfztses and insects Nest of these fvn Hsses re pceNentahle
 Tts nss.s H '@hile lanfi saS as fl whnlr d. ,at ~uNserve thr best ipfer ,.sfs tf iht is. ale Te'R ta fhe surface r the e eIag naealnesal nahlle a8uls sh ad D. granted ealy go aetuai b6HeMa& rs
 NrNt tq rur need ef feed and water eouse~ aaY nesl ef timlser desiar,.S ll3e rep0Fi Fhe preservation by ass' under The methods uf practical foresua of all publ5e faresf lands either in stale CT federal ~ WuershiR is essential t0 the pefmaneat public welfare Effec- tive and inmediafe cooperation hy prl vate enterprise. state ownership and federal ewncrShils k needed If the pub lie interest x to he suhserycd. Ky rea- sonable thrifi We can produce con stang glm,.er supply beyond eur present aeea and wifb if conserve the useful ness ef cur sfreaU,s for irrigation. wa. ter supply. uaY lgasioa and power
 of the 70ts0npaOsao cubic feet If water aaua7is flowing Into the sea less than l Der cent Is restrained and utilized fer municipality aud eomnu- nigy supHly. tsSs than . per cent ter some ia ner ceut If that in the arid and semlarEa resionsl is used for irri- gaEiau peehsR> peT cent is used for navigation and less than , rer cent for FasNsaf
 Tae sreSheJS re attended by de Strsse ggAs sssH# rHtsRsn The soil matter aaaa&Il4 fr6 ase lewer rivers and harlars sF lats sas sea $ computed at s>stks4fa7a tsas >sil wash rednses ty n V aF fsF ee Iag pHsSsaet4xlty If usiaae fes aEa increases ehannei antsAas aae e4r hei.9lng ia ghe HlYerS. The sHa# ss tae farms aieae k ssa att=a7zss and EaFge leS~es fellow E esa waters AHa the sSs- @he5s,s ase3s If fhe siFs.A ms
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