The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-09-14
BOTH THE SAME
President Finley, Of lie Southern Rail
way, on Conservatism.
PEOPLES AND RAILWAYS
Interests Are Identical. Says He in
speech Before the Congress
Say, the south is an agricultural
section Not WithstandinS Wonder
tul Industrial Development

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The interest OF the Railways Of
the South in conservation and tee
interes, OF tie people OF the South
in conservation are Identical. said
President Finley OF, the Southern
Railway addressing the Conservation
Congress at ST. Paul. MINI. Il will
20 further" continued Mr. Finley.
-and state my unqualified conviction
that any economic or governmental
policy that is. in the last analysis.
| 20 the best interest Of the people OF
any community IS 20 the best inter-
est OF the railways by which that
| community is served. Conversely.
my conviction is uneQual!y strong
that any economic governmental
policy tha: is harmful to the rail
ways is harmful TO the communities
served by them"
Therefore. Mr President. in all
that / say on the topic assigned TO
me-"the interest OF the railways OF
the South in conservation| must
be understood as presenting what |
believe 70 be the interest OF the
Southern people.
Il am not sure that the express
sion. Conservation Of national re-
sources is everywhere understood
in its broadest sense. think that
to some minds ic conveys only the
narrow idea OF the withdrawal from
present use OF some part OF those
resources. However important that
kind OF conservation may be il some
localities and under some circum-
stances, DO not believe there Is
much occasion for its application IN
the part Of the United States for
With am expected to speak-the
States south Of the Ohio and Potomac
Rivers and east OF the Mississippi.
! would define the type Of Con
servation Of aatura! resources that
should be applied in the section as
being the wise use OF those resources.
The South is interested in the
application OF the conservation Of
wise use TO its soils. its minerals.
its timber and its streams
Notwithstanding the wonderful
industrial development o! the South
since 1880. il is still pre-emineutly
an agricultural section. II is sec
ton. therefore. in which the conser-
vation OF the soil IS OF che highest
Importance There IS prevalent be-
lief that the productivity OF the
soils in those parts o. the United
States that have been longest under
cultivation has been seriously i'm
paired. Statistics do not confirm
me belief
Estimates 0. cotton yield per acre
have been made by the United States
Agricultural Department since 1855
These figures on their face do not
indicate any impairment OF TIE pro-
duc,iyi:y of the cotton soils OF the
South. II is noteworthy that tho
large and more uniform increases
n yield yer acre shown by the De-
partment.s figures are in the older
cotton states.
1 "Cnde- continuous use. with prop
er rotation and intelligent use OF fer
ti!izers, son productivity can be
largely increased This is matter
o. particular irteres. TO the South.
because with our ADVANTAGES Of soils
and climate we have an deal region
for soil conservation through crop
rotation and intensive farming"
The problem Of stream consevva-
ton was then discussed IN detail by
Mr. FINLEY The speaker also said:
The railroads are interested n con-
Servacicn OF soil. forests. etc. be-
cause it means among other things.
prosperity 20 the farmer and IN liz
crease in the volume Of farm pr%-
duets 10 be carried and also IN in
crease in their tonnage OF agricul-
tural aIa,n nin~c' ard in'pis .nents an!
o: all kinds Of merchandise which
prosperous farmer will buy.
In closing. Mr. FINLEY spoke o. he
economic strength Of the South. de-
clarinS the progress that has been
made is bu; the promise OF what
will be