Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-09-08
CONSERVATION IS
ROOSEVELT TOPIC
Is 6uest Of American National
Live Stock Association
PUBLIC HAS BEEN AROUSED.

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sources must t-a Developed promptly.
completely ed L o-se-i! fashion Il
: las coasa-vs.iia 70 leave the natural
ss-sS+urces Uadsve.e,s-,i Development
i II Indispensable part Q. the consar-
va.1aa ulaa The forests. Tie mines,
the water powers sid the laai Itself
MS. al be put to use
Those who assert tia, conservation
Proposes 70 lie them up. deprivtng this
generation Of their benefits IN orde. to
haod them On untouched 10 the next
miss the whole poin. Of the conserva-
tien idea Conservation does not mean
deisriving the uen ef today Of their
natural rights in the natural resources
II the land
Al. II means is that We OF this gen
es1tioa shall So use our rights as not
70 deprive those who come after US Of
their natural rights In their turn.
In the third place, So far rs possible
these resources must be kept for the
whole people and not handed over for
exploitation 70 single individuals We
do not intend to discourage individual
enterprise by unwisely diminishing the
reward for that enterprise. On the
contrary, we believe that the men OF
exceptional abilities should have ex-
cepdonal rewards up to a point where
the reward becomes disproportionate
70 the service. up to the point where
the abilities are used to the detriment
Of the people as whole
We are for the liberty Of the indi-
'-idnal up to and not beyond the point
where 1t becomes inconsistent with
the welfare of the community Thus
our consistent aim is to favor the
actual settler-the man who takes az
much Of the public domain as he him
self can cultivate and there makes a
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.
State and Federal Control.
Now, to preserve the general vel
fare. to see to 1t that the rights Of the
public are protected and the liberty OF
the individual secured and encouraged
as long as consistent with this welfare
and curbed when it becomes incon
sistent Herewith, it is necessary TO in
woke the aid OF the government. There
are points in which this governmental
aid can best be rendered by the states:
that is. where the exercise OF state
rights helps to secure popular rights,
and as to these I believe in state
rights.
But there are large classes of cases
where only the authority of the ma
tiona government Will secure the
rights OF the people, and where this IS
the case am convinced and thor
oughgoing believer in the rights of the
national government. Big business,
for instance, IS no longer an affair OF
any one state. Big business has be-
come nationalized, and the only eff
fectire way OF controlling and direct
ing it and preventing abuses in con-
nection with 1t is by haying the people
nationalize this control in order to
prevent their being exploited by the
individuals who have nationalized tls.
business. All commerce on scale suf
iicicntly. large to warrant any control
over II by the government is nova
DAYS Interstate or foreign commerce.
ana until this fact is heartily acknowl-
eused and acted upon by both courts
ana legislative bodies, national and
state alike. the interest of the people
wtltsuffer
N the matter Of conservation,
sear'ily approve .of state action where
'iiaeF our form OF government the
s'a'e, and the state only, has the
.D"er 70 act. I cordially join with
e'iose who desire to see the state,
N,'nlh Its OWL sphere, take the most
aasaned position in regard 10 the
"hoie matter Of conservation.
nave taken exactly this attitude in
! my own state of New York whero