The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-09-06
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15kA LANDS
onszsss To Authorize Grant.
= Leases 30 Public Can Retain
(Bol and Prevent Monopoly
q Rich Resources
= 10 Conservation Congress On
vt That vitally Affects Secre-
Try Of Interior Ballinger.

PAUL. Mann., Sept. 5.-Presi.
Inft. In q speech to the national
o<vatlon conSress here today, out.
~ Jlan for the conservation OF
rnfural resources. HIS recon
11k1ons will be embodied In has
>o1 moosago 10 congress, and are
= incidentally In reply to the at
~ made upon Secretary OF the IT.
)or Ballinger.
&orarding the Alaska cosl lands.
tUnd which the Ballinger case re-
1soo. President TAFT says TO private
ri c1aims have been allowed or per-
6eA He Urges congress TO amend
low affecting these lands so they
r. b leased, thereby Allowing the
lille to exercise wise contrci over
4 rcSident Tuft suggests It would b.
il . better II there were less talk
rnora deflnfte action TO conserve
natural resources.
Ihol arrival of President Taft in ST.
nl today was marked by the lack
1nrnonstration of q crowd OF 10000
onlo which surrounded the depot
1fn A Gibley-st The cheering was
nrn6ic and came from groups In
W. throngs.
Preoident Taft was escorted through
= streets, which were well-hned by
1notically silent people. The CROWDS
parently had come to see him, not
D oheer him.
rom box President Taft review
the Labor Day parade and this
~ passed on without demonstra-
|c,. The line OF 10000 union men
ned silently and even grimly be-
- the president. Over dozen
6ns were not In the parade, having
~n1dod several weeks ago. not to be
1owod by the president
IRreoident Taft proceeded from the
Dlowing stand to the Auditorium,
oro 10000 delegates and invited
oofS of the conservation congress
It'd him There were few labor
x mem In the audience. as they found
ut OF the seats taken after the
nde was ended. 1t was openly
fred by the union leaders that the
nf1forium had been packed" against
o common voters, and contained an
r1once OF business men and their
3ndg who would be friendly to Taft.
ruoident Taft entered the hall at
131o q. m.
Is apeech follows;
me danger 10 the state and to the
6D1o at large from the waste and
G}Dation OF our national wealth 70
one which quickly impresses itself
thP people Of the older communi-
o4 While In the newer. part OF the
@ankty the sympathy with expansion
~ development IL so strong that the
S6eoT II scoffed at or ignored. Among
NEVER. the danger has always been
|ooont: but II needed some one 70
mig home the crying need for a REM
NJ Of this evil 90 as to Impress itself
RnRfion OF public opinion and action
tho REPRESENTATIVES, OF the people.
5oodore Roosevelt took up this task
the last two years OF his second adj
I1nietration. and well did he perform
me public domain of the government
the United States, including all the
[opions from those of the thirteen
.o<4e and including Alaska, amounted
M TO about 100000. 900 acres. OF
| ri there is left as purely government
0n4Ety outside OF Alaska something
MA 700, 0O0, 900 of acres. or this the
1x1ohal forest reserves In the United
|114o proper embrace $4,000, 900 acres.
- rest Is largely mountain or arid
D4pkry, Offering some opportunity for
11oulture by dry farming and by
c>Amation. and containing metals as
HE ~ coal, phosphates. oils. and
Mural gas. Then the government owns
nnny tracts OF land lying along the
1Hk3fns OF streams that have water
8Xor, the use OF which is necessary In
~ conversion OF the power into elec-
U<@ty and Its transmission.
xI1o present congress passed bill
& treat Importance, severing the own
Ioh1p OF coal by the government in