The San Francisco call., 1910-09-09

3. Settlement must be en-
couraSed by every legitimate
means on all land that will sup
port homes. Thus the tiliabIe
and without the national forests
should be disposed of in fee sim
pie to actual home makers, but
not to spectators.
4. The first and most needed
thing to do for our cultivated
lands is to preserve their fertility
by preventing erosion.
.. The nOnirrigabIe arid pub
Tic grazing lands should he ad-
nlinistered by the government In
the interest of the small stock
men and the home makers until
they can pass directly into the
hands of actual settlers.
6. flights TO the surface of
the public land should he sepa-
rated from rights to the forests
upon it, and the minerals be-
meath 1t. and each should he held
subject to separate disposal. The
timber and stone act should be
repealed.
AS TO OUR MINERALS:
/. Those still remaining i'm
government ownership should
not be sold, but should be leased
upon terms favorable for their
10 Ine re-
quirements of our people. Until
legislation to this effect can be
enacted, temporary Withdrawals
of lands containing coal. oil, gas
and phosphate rock are required
in order to prevent speculation
and monopoly.
2. IL fs the clear duty of the
federal government, as well ms
that of the states in their sphere,
TO provide, through investfga-
fIon. Legislation and regulation
against loss of life and waste of
mineral resources in mining.
WITH REGARD TO NATION
AL EFFICIENCY:
L. The maintenance of nation
al and state conservation COM
missions is necessary to ascer-
tain and make public the fncts
as TO our natural resources. Such
commissions supply the funda-
mental basis for cooperation be-
tween the nation and the states
for the development and protec-
ton of the foundation of our
prosperity.
2. A national health service Is
needed to act in cooperation
with similar agencies within the
ening life, decreasing suffering
and promoting yfgor and effi-
cheney of our people.
In the effort to conserve our
natural resources, we recognize
that combinations against the
public welfare which extend be-
yond state lines can be met eff
fectlveiy only by agencies equally
capable of operating across such
boundaries. 1t is clear that the
control of interstate commercial
power is possible only by the use
of interstate federal power we
are opposed to the extension of
state jurisdiction at the expense
or real control by the people over
monopoly as in the case of water
power.
While. l do not believe that the
state alone can carry out the
conserva ton program in the face
OF interstate attacks upon it,. |
do not fail to recognize the great
must play in this great move
nlent for the permanent welfare
of our people. Also, appreciate
that in much of the work ahead
cooperation between the states
and the nation is an essential
condition of success. But when |
see the special interests attempt
ing to take refuge behind the
doctrine of states rights y pro-
pose to say so.
1t is notApossible in a speech
like this to give the details of
the propositions covering so wide
field as the conservation ulIes1
tion, TO which l have referred.
To carry out this program in the
coming sessions of congress and
OF the state Legislature the
friends of conservation will de-
vote themselves with ever in
creasing energy and ever increas-
ing prospects of success, as con-
servation more and more gener
ally wins not only the belief
which ii has already, but the de-
termined fighting support of our
peoDle