The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-09
CONSERVATION A DUTY,
DECLARES PRESIDENT TAFT
Members of National Congress at St. Paul Find
Him Thoroughly in Accord with Their
Ideas---His Speech.

spoke substantially as follows:
Gentlemen of the National Conservation
Congress:
Conservation as an economic and po-
litical term has come to mean the preser-
walton of our natural resources for
economical use. so as 70 secure the great
est good 10 the greatest number.
The danger TO the state and to the peo-
pie at large from the waste and disspa-
ton OF our national wealth is not one
which QUICKLY impresses itself on the peo-
PIE of the older communities, because its
most obvious instances do not occur In
their neighboThood. while in the newer
part of the country the sympathy with
expansion and development is so strong
that the danger is scoffed at or ignored.
Among scientific men and thoughtful OBJ
servers. however, the danger has always
been present: but Il needed some one 70
bring home the crying need for a remedy
of this evil so as to impress itself on the
public mind and lead 10 the formation of
public opinion and action by the repre-
sentatives of the people. Theodore R0osa-
Welt took up this task In the last two
years os his second administration. ana
we'll lid he perform it.
AS president Of the United States
have, as it We're, inherited this policy,
and l rejoice in my heritage. I prize my
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pr :" e ''' 80 '-''
realizs ,,reat ,5o+il.ll a-tt.i...-
conservation &c ,,sfIo,,ai II q, er,,t. a,..-,.
ma, az ,,s 60. ,,.-,.., -. -,..,i
what 7 ,sr do ~ ,bo ,,,,s, 7 .l,,u n,
not ss ,,,osiao,,t - " 80 1.,+t az. -
don't ~ tba Moi 49,, '-,..,ii...,,.
is not a question of.politics. or OF fac
tons, or of persons. 1t is @ question that
affects the vital welfare Of all OF us-of
,,r,s ,bat No - co.. -. -,
ings ~ mis- eor, ,iriess ,,.s l,so-;i.. ~,
rnoee WI, ,st-o ,s~t a, ,,,o-, .-5 ,,.S..
az a,ro,o,,ti,. e,-i,.,,,,, ,-.i.-ti,ti,- r.; .t.
,a,,sa IN ,,,,,,y,- ,,,,,.i,.7 - ,,,,,.,s @
i,,flicisIl,, c,,5sj,far s,.sr, ,-,..,y,,,a Nv
1nefho,1 y,,,,,,s,.,1 ,,-f,t d ,.,.,,,. =. - e.
tiveness in acbia,irr. C.,r ,,o-n.1o, ms
pose. ana wholly without regard to who
proposes it or who vii, claim the credit
for its adoption. The problems are OF
very great difficulty and call for the
calmest consideration and clearest fore
sight. Many OF the questions presented
have phases that are new in. this coGH-
Try and It IS possible that In their soiu-
uon We may have TO attempt first one
way and then another. What l wish 70
eINphdsize, however Is that satlsiac-
tory conclusion can only De reached
promptly II we avoid acrinony, imputa-
ooha Oh oad iaith' ana pohtical eontro-
Fersy.
Inc pubnc domain OF the government
OF the United states. including all the
sessions from those oil the thirteen states
that mace cesslons 10 the United states
'',l" Ihcl e'l Aiaska amounted III al 70
about l'sVo'Vvv'ep acres. vi TINS there IS
"a, es pu',s ,liiieh. proP ' ~, OUT
9V.i1e'''1's l.Ne 'v9'vV''u' vi
800 " 'liS tIe naIIohai Forest re-
go, ~. ~ ooo o' neo i,leeu 0'a'eS proper EN-
- 49,. ~ 49,,
- ny 'l9' u37'o' u'i,se' t''e
.-sI ts.,ds tIe+ is iar,9. ~ -.
,rasauisa~,,,, ,,,t,,,.,i. Isl So. S-i- >
~, co.I r.,S.. IN IN - , -. - :,
fel nhos1ba,a ,ords s''9 anu
A,r;o,,I,,,,.,
n.y. al -aNs'
Our iahd laws for the entry OF agricul-
tural lands are now as follows;
The original homestead law, with the
requirements OF residence and cultivation
Tor live years, much more strictly en-
'orceu ina" ever before
The enlarged homestead act. applying
10 nonirrlgaple lanes only, requiring five
years residence and continuous cultiva-
zion OF one-fourth of the area
The desert-land act which requires on
the part OF the purchaser the ownership
81 o., d w". .l IGN i anu rloroush reci-fla-
payment of Sl.25 per acre.
The donation or Corey sc+ u,dor ,v,tch
,be s,ars selects tbo ian1 ard ,ro,.,sas
Tor its ar,atio,, o,d +ho ti.ta ,.ast. L.,
the SETTLER who resides unor the lar1 o.i
ruI.ivatas II ana nays tho cost 90 tLa
racIapation
r,ha ra+to,.l rao,,,,o.ior ho..,o..o,,
',,r,,',, e. $50. i'ie.-' a.,
r,,,.,,.a.tar - -. .c..ia - - - ~
,o., 49,. ~ S - -,
he 49,. - tha eo,,er,,,,,,,. 80 ~ -.
81 - -, VI '''0 N0'' "a
-. -. , ~,
nc Piesen' S"iie4e COS Passeu p''' ui
&c. ,i,poi ,tii'oe' Nell'e ,1Ie o"Hei sll' 7
30. ~ .le 50 q i',''e'I' ~ sIe - o4iiu
.o.'t 'ne SuI taee a''u pe1nIl.'lus I"'I,e-
en- res upoI tiIe sur is'Se vi t.e
AN "t.'c"' ~.ei PER lee'eu' sINe tHe
So e 49,, ~ IN IN ..le sui lace'
49,, az .,.,I,ts.+ ~ 90 -
a. ."'-.b - ny So {. iiIite u !
NJ may Ne uisi0seu u ~ Il uiiue' orHe'
lhere Is no crying hesu Ior rdcIcaI re-
worm IN the ihethods OF u'sposlhg OF what
are really agricultural Iahds. Inc pres
ent laws nave worried Wen Inc en-
iargeu homestead Jaw mas Encouraged the
successIui farming OF Iahus III the SEMI
Hrid regions
Reclamation.
pv tho reoia rnatior act n fund has hea,
cras.ad 80 tba n,oceefs ~ ~ -,,tiic
iards az rho T-ni+ad states with which, 70
.orstr,,c, ,vorl,s for stori,e, eraet bo,,;os
nj water at y,roner attitudes fror, which
arid and subarid lands of the government