Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-09-09
MONOPOLY AND WASTE
MUST BE ABOLISHED
Proper Development and Use of the
Nations Natural Resources Are Dis
cussed 5y Colonel Roosevelt in the
st. Paul Conservation Congress.

Ing We have studied with care but to bet
ter living on the farm and to better bust
Tess on the farm the farmers themselves
nave given scant attention. One OF the
most urgent needs Of our civilization Is
that the farmers themselves should ur-
dertake to get for themselves a better
knowledge along these lines. and then TO
apply It, Sir Horace Flunkett. for many
years Wyoming cattlcman, ana now de-
voting himself In Ireland to the country
ME problem there, has suggested In HIS
recent book on the Country Life Prob
lem In America" the creation Of q Coun-
try Life institute rs center where the
work and knowledge OF the whole world
concerning country life may be brought,
together for the use of every nation, I
am strongly IN sympathy with this idea.
ana hope to see II carried out with the
corporation and assistance Of our own
people. Last spring. while visiting the
capital Of Hungary. Buda- Pesth, was
immensely impressed by the Museum OF
Country Life. containing an extraordinary
series OF studies In agriculture, in stock
raising. In forestry. in mining; the ex-
hibits were OF the utmost practical Inn
portance and were ulso intensely inter-
esting and instructive s
As q people we have not yet learned to
economize One OF the virtues we Ameri-
cans most need ia thrift. 1t is a mere
truism to say that luxury ard extrava-
ganco are not good for Nation. So far
RS they affect character. the loss they
cause may be beyond computation. But
in the material sense there Is loss
create. than Is caused ~ both extrava-
gance and luxury put together ] mean
the needless. useless. and excessive loss
10 our people from premature death and
avoidable diseases. Wholly apart from
the grief. the suffering, and the wretched-
ness which they cause. the material loss
each year has been calculated at nearly
twice what II costs TO run the Federal
government. In addition 10 the state and
city health officers and organizations,
there s. urgently needed a Federal bn-
reau of health. to- act. so far as the Ma
tional government properly may. to re-
lteve our people from this dreadful bur
den. ss ~
National Conservation Commission.
One Of the most important meetings in
our recent history was that of the gov
errors in the white house In MAY, 1905
| 10 consider the conservation question. BY
! the advice " the governors the meeting
| was followed by tha $ppointment Of
| National conservation commission. The
meeting OF the governors directed the
| attention OF the country to conservation
| as nothing else could have done. while
| the work Of THE commission gave the
| movement defniteness and supplied 1t
| with practical program. But at the
| moment when the commission was ready
| to begin the campa!gn for putting Its pro-
I pram into effect IN amendment to the
| Sundry civil service hil WINS introduced
| by congressman from Minnesota with
I the purposes 81 putting a stop to the work
! SO admirably begun. ConEross cassed the
! amendment. rs object was 70 put an
! end to tSe work of a number ~ commits
sicns which hal ,ann apr"'uted by the
!; president. and who's, contribution to the
! puhlic welfara tnd 'esu s'mp'T incalcu-
iaE;e. among is,esc wsrn the commission
! fnr reargnrizjne tile business ',Aihods ct
tho government s.the 4rphltc, lands COM
/ mission the country life commission
! and the National conservation commits
| SION itself When 7 Signed the Sundrv
! civil service Bill ccntai"'n~ this amend
! rrent Transmitted with Il ps my last
| OFFICIAL art a memorandum declaring that
! the arnenh,,ert WIS Void heraH$e II was
| a, Unconstitutional interference" with the
/ rlrl-+a of the .yarutsvs and thst n were
j to r,ain president would pay to II no
! attention whatever.
! The National conservation ""mn''ssion
! tterar,n,'1 becar-7c dorr az. ~ susoen-
| sion ~ its work rar,e ut most unf'r-
| tunatc time aud ther" was se"'n',s dan
~
; 10 lost, 4. THO critical r'""eM -" NJ
| tional corservation hssociat!on vas or
| ran'zed IT tonlS wv N, work which 9th
erv,s, would not hr"s been dorA. cni II
| cy,.r"ised most :,SA::Il in1ne1r" " Pee
| venting lst' legislation, in sccql1ry the
, Tn ra:.,,riou ~ be!t"r conservation Hsas-
| rrcs mt 'he mast s"se'bn Of cnr"r"ss ard
| IN promoting the Message nswise laws. u
! a,..crvee t;1n rcnfl.'snce ana sHrpDrt ~
s,,t, ~ = n Er,s -
! ve,":,.,,rrt AMI preservation % "rr nat
iriral rcserr~es and IN preventing them
| trt.,, rasajr,g into 49, bands ~ unf1n-
! .-s.};n.i n;.>.nyoIies. n f"'us wit, h" Ma
! !!..,.al conservation CONGRESS 'r holding
! ttis meeting am here by the jot1t In
, v.tation Of both
Pan-American Construction.
v..en tho gcve~rn>c,t OF The United
! States awoke to the idea Of conservation
! and saw that II wac good. II lost no time
in communicating the advantages OF the
new poir,t Of view to its immediate neigh
| bors among the nations. A North Amer-
can conservation conference WAS held Ia
Washington, and TIE cooperation Of
Canada and Mexico IN the great problem
Of developing the resources Of the CONT
non. for the benefit ri It's people was
asked and promised The nations moon
our orthern and southern boundaries
wisely realized that their opportunity 20
conserve the natural resources was befter.
than ours. because with them DESTRUCTION
and yuoncpclization had not zone 30 1fr
a. they had witt, us Sc !: & with TIE
rep,1blics Of Central and South America.
Obviously they are on the verge OF
period Of great material progress. The
deyelorn1ent CT their natural resources
their forests. their mines. their water.
and their soils-wil' create enormous
wealth. It il to the mutual interest OF
tile United States and our sister Ameri-
can republics that this development
should be wisely done. Our manufactur-'
ing industries offer market for more
and more Of their natural wealth and
raw material, while they will increasingly
desire to meet that demand in cominer-
scial exchange. The more we buy from
them, the more we shall sell to them.
Their prosperity ID inseparabiy involved
with our.own. Thank heaven, W Of this
continent are now beginning to realize.
what In the end the whole world will
realize, that normally It is a good thing
for a nation to havs its neighbor nations
prosper. We Of the United States arc
renuinely and heartily pleased to seq
growth and prosperity In Canada. in
Mexico, IN South America.
Unless the governments Of all the
American republics. including our own.
enact in time such laws as will both pro-
tect their natural wealth and promote
their legitimate and reasonable develop
ment. future generations will owe their
nisfortunes to us Of today. A great pa
triotie duty calls upon us. We owe 1t ts
ourselves and to them to give the Amsri-
can republics all the help We can. The
cases in which we have failed should be
no less instructive than the cases In
which we have succeeded. With prompt
"a .Aar X j