The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-08-31

which control justice and fair deal
Ing among the individuals OF which
nations are composed with the vital
exception that each nation must do
its own part IN international police
work National friendships, like those
between men, must be founded on re-
spect as well as on liking. on forbeaT-
ance as well as upon trust. In all this
il is peculiarly the duty OF the United
States to set a good example.
Conservation Means Development.
or conservation | shall speak more
at length elsewhere. Conservation
means development as much as 1t
does protection | recognize the right
and the duty OF this generation TO de-
velop and use the natural resources
of our land. but | do not recognize the
right to waste them, or TO rob. by
wastqoil use, the generations that
come after us The natural resources
must be used for the benefit of all
our people and not monopolized for
the benefit OF the few. That is one
OF the fundamental reasons why the
special interests must be driven out
of politics. or all the questions which
can come before this nation, short of
the actual preservation OF Its exist
ence In a great war, there Is none
which compares in Importance with
the great central task OF leaving this
land even a better land for our de-
scendants than ii is for us, and train
Ing them into a better race to in
habit the land and pass Ii on. Con
Servation is n great moral issue, for
II involves the patriotic duty of in
suring the safety and continuance OF
the nation. Let me add that the
health and vitality OF our people are
at least as well worth conserving as
their forests. waters, lands, and min
erals, and that in this great work
the national government must bear a
most important part
Advocates Better Farming.
have spoken elsewhere also OF the
great task which lies before the farm
ers Of the country to get for them
selves and for their wives and chill
dren not only the benefits OF better
farming, but also those OF better busi-
ness methods and better conditions
of life on the farm The burden of
this great task will fall as 1t should.
mainly upon the great organizations
OF the farmers themselves. | am
glad it will, for | believe they are well
able to handle IT, In particular, there
are strong reasons why the depart
ment OF agriculture of the various
states, the United States department
OF agriculture, and the agricultural
colleges and experiment. stations
should extend their work to cover all
phases of life on the farm, instead of
limiting themselves. as they have far
too often limited themselves In the
past, solely to the question OF pro-
duction OF crops
Reaction Follows EXCESS.
Nothing Is more true than that cX-
cess Of every kind Is followed by re-
action; a fact which should be pom
dered by reformer and reactionary
alike. We are fact to face with new
conceptions of the relations Of prop.
erty TO human welfare chiefly because
certain advocates OF the rights of
property as against the rights of men
have been pushing their claims too
far, The man who wrongly holds
that every human right is secondary
To his profit must now give way to
the advocate of human welfare, who
rightly maintains that every man
holds his property subject to the GEN
cral right of the community to regu-
late its use to whatever degree the
public welfare may require It, But !
think we may go still farther. The
right TO regulate the use OF wealth in
the public interest is universally ad-
mittcd. Let us admit also the right To
regulate the terms and conditions OF
labor. which Is the chief element OF
wealth. directly In the interest of the
common good The fundamental thing
to do for every man is to give him the
chance TO reach place in which he
Will make the greatest possible con-
tribution to the public welfare No
man can he good citizen unless he
has a wage more than sufficient to
cover the bare cost of living, and
hours of labor short enough so that
after his days work is done he will
have time and energy TO bear his
share In the management OF the COM
munity, to help in carrying The gen
eral load. we keep countless men
ditions OF life with which we sur
round them. We need comprehensive
workmen's compensation acts. both
state and national laws TO regulate
childo labor and the work of women.
and especially we need in our com
mon schools not merely education in
6ook-learning but also practical train
ing for daily life and work We need
to enforce better sanitary conditions
for our workers, and To extend the
use OF safety appliances in industry
and commerce both within and be-
tween the states Also. friends, in the
interest Of the workingman himselGwe
need to set our faces Ike flint against
mob violence just as against corpor-
ate greed; against violence and iu-
justice and lawlessness by wakewoTk-
ers just as much as against the Law