The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-09-09
TRUE LEADERS
misunderstood.
Declares Best Known Teachers Of
Conservation Urge the Develop
ment Of Resources
BY Associated Press.

= BY Associated Press.
st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. John B.
White, of Kansas City, said In a speech
before the National Conservation con.
gress here today, that the true leaders
Of conservation have been misunder
stood by press and people.
Even in Alaska" he said, the best
known teachers of conservation urge
the development Of all the resources
for the benefit Of the people. They
wish to encourage pioneering both on
small and on a large scale. 1t is
not the purpose Of conservation 10
preserve from exploration and discoh.s
everyu nknownr esources, If there can
be found for new fields men brave and
fearless enough to take the risks OF
life and of capital For instance,
when In the prospecting OF a country's
possibilities, and in the risks of life
and capital incident thereto, there is
called into action every bit OF physl-
cal or mental energy to meet condi.
tions that seem insurmountable, it is
not our purpose to hamper or retard
and say that this risk and cost shall
be left entirely to future generations.
We are willing to encourage the cut.
ting OCT Of the way, and doing all we
can in this generation, believing that
the next generation will find new du-
ties suited to their advanced condi.
ton, and change Of needful require
ments.
Wise conservation with use means
the maximum Of efficiency and profit,
with the minimum OF waste and cost.
We do not wish the few to have un.
fair advantage. We desire each and
all TO have opportunity according to
his talents and his physical or finan.
cial ability, that the known and I'M
known resources of a country shall
not be gobbled up by a few without
an equal opportunity to others who
can furnish the same needed measure
Of requirements to insure success. We
realize that corporations arc neces-
sary to develop country; that aggre,
cations Of capital made up from large
and small stockholders OF the peopM.k
can accomplish more with less waste
than can individuals. They can put
In expensive and saving devices, and
can operate at far smaller pereenl
tage of profit.
Just so WITH Alaska's coal. Alaska E
needs coal, and all we ask Is that some
fair method shall be adopted. which
will best subserve the requirements
and will encourage development.
Conservation and economy must
enter into our very life: and every ef
fort should be made to get the most
ou. of little; to find a use for what
we are now in various ways wasting.
In European countries, the hard strug-
giles of the masses have produced the
sayinghabit, a virtue we have got TO
learn and practice individually and as
"a people, before conservation will be
come a national success. Unless we
halt in our mad extravagances. per
haps there will come to us in some
degree these sad experiences Of suf
fering, which has put the saving priu.
ciple into the very fibre of the cid {
world peoples; and we win learn our
lesson, as they long ago learned
theirs. We must each share the bur.
dens of conservation, and We viii
likewise all share in It's blessings.
The science Of conservation as
philosophy Is wholly independent of
who owns the property, but It's sue.
cessful practical application often de-
pends very much as to ownership
Combinations Of capital have the adj
vantage, and this needed capital gisr
greater possibilities for conservation.
Compare the country butcher and his
fifty per cent waste with the million
dollar packing house, which has no
waste. | II not the fault Of conser.
yatlon that there are extremes in COM
blnations, resulting in trusts or mon
opoies. They are practiclng conser
vation in the extreme. ia saving Of
raw material by greater utilization
and By the discovery Of new uses fof
by.products. The Standard oil eom'
pany is another example Of the yery
fineness Of division and subdivision
of by.products, which find place ID
therapeutics, in the arts, and in vas
cline, paints dyes and hundred other
valuable chemical products This q
conservation.