Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-25


more vital Importance to the future OF
TINS country than tho problem OF con-
servation and the problem of the better
'heht or public HE. Moreover THESE Two
problems arc really lnterdepcndent, for
''e't''or OF them can ne successfully soiNc"
SaVe on condition That there Is al iehSt
'"easureapie success IN the eH"r' 10
'oNc '"e other. In any gre"t country
'"e prime phEs,cal asset the PnFS'oai
in"re Valuable thhn any o,her' IL
WY .''''S vi .ne SOIL All our i''ouS''i' H
Wv Do"''''e,c''I "e'rare, al our n'a.c''a'
'ope"' vi every k'no' "epeh"S W.
"' '''o, ie'o'' upon our preserving ana
NV '.'.''s '"e ie'.,l''S Oh inc SOIL ms
~, ~, ''S '''e 'o''s'l N"''o'' VI '',e
euno,lv. OF . ,,,rae Il ,,,rther,,oro ,,,,,,,os
the development OF country life, for there
cannot be permanent Improvement of
! tho soil if the life Of those who live
on II, and make their living out of II, is
suffered TO starvc and languish to become
stunted, and weakened and inforio. TO
| the type Of life lived elsewhere
I'VE are now trying to preserve not
| for exploitation by Individuals but for
| the permanent benefit OF the whole people,
tho waters and the forests. and we are
doing this primarily as n means of adding
| 20 the fertility Of the soil: although IN
each case there IL a great secondary use
both of the water and Of tho forests for
! commercial and Industrial purposes
SJ1O1-J,D RRoAnFN Itt-1r
/
| III 'ne Na'i'e way IL IN esSe'''"' ior inc
farmers themselves ~ "! 10 oronoeh inc
|
country 10 make " more at'rac'iVe, &c
give " every ah'uH'' h"" ain W ueVe''P'
men' wi'ch mas been given 10 the ite OF
the man OF the cities therefore, friends
the conservation ana rurh me policies
are really TWO SIDES or the Same poi'cN
and down at the bottom TINS p"lcE rests
upon the tnndamentai law t'IAt he''he'
man nor nation can prospe. unless II
dealing with the present, he s'eaui'E TAKE
thought for the future
I'm one sense this problem with whicf
we have 10 deal Is very, very old Wher
ever civilizations have hitherto spruh.
up they have always tended to go through
certain stages and then to fall. NO ma
ton can develop real civil'za uou with
out cities Up 10 a certain POM '"o Guy
a strange and lanertahle fact that al
vavs hitherto after this point has bee,
reached the civ. II has tended to develoI
AZ tho exnense of the country by drainin,
,ho country of what Is hest in II. ant
making an insignificant return for THU
,as+ n consequence in the mast. ever,
c,vi,,v,,,on In IFS later stages has tende,
really. 10 ,y,+n.ss @hos. conditions undo
,yb,c,, tha cities nrosncr and tn
$50, ao, Them aro uplv sign
,h,, ,ho.n .o,,sarc,o. ora M wor)
T., ,,,s r,,ion NJ ours But YER,
.or.ur,.o,,. ,ro sao NOW what never he
Co.,, ,,.oe coon :, o,v c,v,I,zat,on-ar
..,,,,oa ; o,or. ,,,h,ic ,rterest in th
IL roooz,,,i,n ~ ;,s ,,.avttv an,
; ..,, tee so,u,,on
-...,, ,,,,,,,
"Tho problem docs not consist merely II
the growth of the city. such CROWN II
i'sef Is good thing and nor pa'
thing for the country. The propienl con
sists In the growth OF the city AT IN
, expense Of the country; ana. even Wher
this is not the case IN so great an epualt!
OF growth IN power ana interest," us u
make the city more ATTRACTIVE 'hth IN
country ana theretore hp' 10 "r"'" l"
country or 'ne people VINO ought u NV
therein
The human SIDE OF me rurai III
problem Is TO make the carver OF III
as attractive ana AS re'nu''o'a'.ve "s 'of
responding careers IN 'he Guy NOW, al
wen aware tnat the farmer 'hust H'ihSe'