The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-29
Is Guest Of American National
Live Stock Association.
PUBLIC HAS BEEN AROUSED.
Heartily Approves State Ae.ion-ls
Amused BY Pleas Of Corporations
Who Seek to Control Water Power
Sites = Government Coal Lands
Should Not Be Sold.

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Denver, Aug. 2o.-Thls country has
shown definite signs of waking up to
the absolute necessity of handling its
natural resources with foresight and
common sense. The conservation ques.
ton has three sides. In the first place
the needless waste of the natural re.
sources must be stopped. 1t is rapidly
becoming well settled policy of this
people that we Of this generation hold
the land in part for the next genera
ton and not exclusively for our own
selfish enjoyment.
Just as the farmer is good citizen
If he leaves his farm improved and
not impaired for his children, and II
! bad citizen IL he skins the land in his
own selfish interest, so the nation be.
hayes well IL 1t treats the natural re-
sources as assets which 1t must turn
over to the next generation increased
and not impaired in value and behaves
badly II it leaves the land poorer to
those who come after us.
In the second place, the natural re-
sources must be developed promptly,
completely and In orderly fashion. 1t
Is not conservation to leave the natural
resources. undcveloped. Development
Is an Indispensable part of the conser-
walton plan. The forests, the mines,
the water powers and the land itself
must all be put to use.
Those who assert that conservation
proposes to tic them up, deprivlng this
generation of their benefits In order to
hand them on untouched to the next
miss the whole point of the conscrva!
ton idea. Conservation does not mean
deprlving the men of today Of their
natural rights III the natural resources
Of the land.
All'it means is that We of this gen.
Grafton shall SO use our rights as not
to deprive those who come after us of
their natural rights in their turn.
In the third place, so far as possible
these resources must be kept for the
whole people and not handed over for
exploitation TO single individuals. We
do not intend to discourage individual
enterprise by unwisely diminishing the
reward for that enterprise. On the
contrary, we believe tint the men of
exceptional abilities should have en-
ceptional rewards up to IL point where
the reward becomes disproportionntc
TO the service, up to the point where
the abilities are used TO the detrlment
of the people us IL whole.
We are for the liberty of the indi.
vidual up to and not beyond the point
where it becomes Inconsistent with
the welfare of the community. Thus
our consistent aim Is to favor the
actual settler-the man who takes MS
much of the public domain rs he him
self can cultivate and there makes u
permanent home for his children who
come after him. But we are against
the man, no matter what his ability.
who tries to monopolize large masses
of public land.
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