The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-20

rubric was written in the history
of the affairs of the west Friday morn
ing when the governors of Pacific coast
and Rocky mountain states promulgated
a declaration of principles. That dec
laration contains, In general and spe.
ciGc terms, the aims and ambitions OF
the west. The sentences are clean-cut,
!he words well chosen, and the phrases
well set. There can be no mistahng
the mind of the men who put 1t forth.
In teh foregoing document there is
comprehensive definition of what the
west has rightful reason TO hope VIII
como TO it if Justice prevail. Broadly.
it is the doctrine of state s rights and
state IS preorgatiyes. it is protest
against the prevailing system of tri-
butte paying to the federal government
for that which is inherent in the SOW.
ercign state in the way of resources,
The governors, In their seventh PROPOSE
ton. declare it to be repugnant TO the
fundamental idea of liberty that the
federal government should exact rcve-
nue. from the physical resources OF any
state. That proposition was thoroughly
threshed out upon the opening day of
the conference and the governors were
of one mind regarding 1t. The asser-
tion that the states are equally able
with the national government to handle
the conservation problem in their own
commonwealth was vigorously upheld
by the various speakers long before 1T
was put into the form of writing.
To Present Their Case.
Along the lines clearly indicated in
the declaration of principles, the gov
ernors will prepare the case To be pre-
sented by their representatives before
the National Conservation congress IN
st. Paul, September TO 9, inclusive.
ln fcr m
barking upon the journey to st, Paul
there will be prosecuted vigorous cam
paipn in the various states by and be
tween the governors with the end In
view of perfecting the subject matter
to be presented. IL is not improbable
that some OF the governors may meet
in conference again before the con
gress meets.
At any rate, the west will go to st
Paul with au unbroken front, knowing
what 1t wants, having an abiding faitl
In the Justice of its requests and de
mands and prepared TO defend the west
crp idea in season and out Of season
1t has clearly developed during the tall
Of the last two days that the pcopl,
of the east are hostile to the west only
in that degree OF hostility which il
bred of ignorance. Natural il Is tina
the people Of the east should know littl
or nothing about tins great question o
conservation OF resources in the west
for they have no undevcloped resource
of their own TO speak of. and consc
ouently have no adequate conception o
what the word conservation mean
to the western states. where by far Tn
4 greater area is in the infant stages o
1eyelopment or developed not at all.
Campaign of Education.
Therefore, the delegates OF the west
ern states will go to st. Paul cquippc
to press a campaign Of education. !
has been stated repeatedly and evident
lv accepted ms being largely true tina
The people of the east are not cnemic
of the west. and are antagonistic I
the western idea only in so far IA the
minds have been warped by persistcn
Misrepresentation put forth in adroitl
worded literature, by "interests,
whose sole aim is to exploit the +,
sources of the western states for the
own gain, IL has been stated that tn
people of the cast arc willing TO a"ccT
the representations OF rcpreseDtatiN
western men. and are ready TO folio
those representations and TO insist thi
their representatives i'll congress d
iIsewisc That being true. il is I'll
mission of the western men TO convin,