Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-06

beyond Improvement, willie much neeus
to be Done in some other sections to inn
prove country 4ife. Az yet we know COM
paratively little o. the 6assc facts Of rhrAl
civilization. The means for bettsf sstm-
ing we hsv. ssisa With rs Sa - t sRs = ~
ness on the farm thS fayuaers fhsinssiyss
have given scant attention. .OFe II theI
most urgent needs OF Dur civilisati6n iAI
THAT tho FARMERS themselves shouIa Ms
to .s Fl f ,s.ts ss IA thsa es
apply 1t, Sir Hofsee Flrnisstt ~ .rs3sy
voting n,.ss.lt X frsSsad 6 tho country
flte steblern tnetA kSak t,i4sestsd IN Il htts.
recent book on tins Ceaasry Lfs PROB
try Lih institute - centef where the
work and knowiedse. bf the whole world
CONCERNING tgphtry He may be thought
together for The use .YS every rAtien: I,
am strongly in sympathy With thu idea.
xo-otarat3on ana assistAnes q bur SYN
people. Last spl4ng. ,vhils vaAlAnE eheI
lepitai Of H1nsAryl PaaS-fatth. 4 way n
immensely Impressed ~ INA 1enssum OF
COUNTRY 1lse se,sa aaiaS "A as extrs :,
RAISING. In forestry, IN mining. the ex-
hibits were OF the utnfest rrSeticAl snA-,
toftance ana we're also INTENSELY Inter-
esting and Instructive
AS q people we AAye net yst isArned toI
e eens mest need Il thssta + j. 4 hssrs
truism to say that 1uxufy asa exstAvs..
fencc are not soad 4ef 4 NlEaoI. - AAtI
a. they affsct c1,ASat,tAr the loss they;
eau.e may = 1syend e0insutA.ion. SatI
greater than Is caused by both extra~a-
eancs and luxury put together. mean
tho needless, use1ssS. ana exo4esfvS LOST
to our people tsona pfennaeure death and
avoidah1e dissases. wholly Goart from
tho grief. the anaefanss and tbs wreenaed-
aess which they cause, tbs .1nsteriAf loss;
each yesr hAs been caioulstsd at n4arlyl
twice what + costs 10 run. the TederaN
government. Ia addition TO zths stste and
city health officers and orEAntzssions.'
there IL urstntfy needed. = Federal nuA
seau Of health. to act. 30 Tar - the Ma
tioral government proper1y. may. 20 re-
iievs our people from this Dreadful bur
den.
National Conservation Commission
One Of the most Important n,estinss IN
our recent history was that Of the kov-l
ernors in tke white hOu.s IN May, 1865!
the advice Of tho governors tho assstanal
was followed by the appointment q =
National conaer14tao, oezarnission. The
meeting Of tho Eovernsra directed the
attention Of ths country to conservation
q. nothing else could have dane. while
the work AZ tbs commission gave this
movement dehniteness and supplied IL
with a practical program. But nt tho
moment when the eonarnisssen wae ,ready!
70 begin the campaign for putting IA pro-
eundry civil service hill vas introdscsd:
by congressman from MinnaAata With,
the purpose Of putting st4p to thAsvpdrle
80 admirably hesun, Congress tAsssd the
amendment. It's object was to put an
end to TIE work Of nnusber .of COMMITS
AaA MtHSxA&nAAA ~ thA
president. and wh9aA heatyihutton 20 tho
public veifxre had beeh simply incAiau-
liable. Amen3 theso wsfe the rs7As,sfs don
for 1eorEanisin5 the busfnsss methods Of
the government. the public lands com
niss1n. the country life COMMUNION,
ana the National oenssrva4ea. cetnnnts-
sion ieself. When stened TIA gunAry
civil service bill. containing this dHand-
nent. transmitted With It a. my last
oT4cial act q nsenner1ndurn DECLARING that
an uncensttut.onai Interference with the
rights Of tho executive, and that,H 1.were
to remain president would pay to IL no
attention whatever.
The National conservation. comAsssion
thereunon became dornian-. che .suspen-
sion Of its work Came at q most unfor-
tun.te time. and there was se-ious daln-
ger that the prosfasS ALREADY made would
Be lost AZ this cri!:eAl reofaeent the Sa-
ttonal conservation association WIS or
&aNaZeQ. IL look up 1H6 WON WS!ACyA SSAs
erw:.e would not have been done. cha it
exercised most asssfal inf1ue7es ~ pre-
venting had leE!alseion. in secufies tho
jntroductibn Of 'bsttar coasArvAttsn naeas-
ures at the part session 'of coAgrcss. ara
in promoting the passage o. wise laws ,1e
dsso-ves tho confidence aud support OF
every citizen intsressed IN the visa de-
velop-,ent and preservation OF our nat
ural resources, and In preventine them
from passing into I've hands Of uncon-
S4l~ ID f> Nh
t,cnal conservation congress in holding
this meeting. ! ann hero by the Joint In
vitation Of both.
Paa.Amerioan Construction.
When the government OF tho United
States aEeke 20 the idea OF CONDENSATION
and saw that It was socd. 1t lost no time
in communicating the ADVANTAGES OF tho
bors among the nations. North Alneri-
can conservation conference was hold In
w.shtnxtori, ana the cooperation Of
Canada ana Mexico IN. the great problem
Of developing tho resources Of tina cont
nen. foy the ben.at q. its peep,e was
our northern and southern bqan4aNes
wfsely realized that their opportunity to
conserve the natural resources was nefter
than ours. because withathern destruction
s.s , n had not + sn s 30 fss
1epublies Of Central ana South America
Obviously they are on the verge of a
period OF great nate.fal prosresa The
devsIornsAt Of tHar natural resources
their FORESTS, their mines. their water,
and their soile-vill create enormous
wealth. Il u TO the mutual interest Of
the United 51hkes and our sister Ameri-
can republics that this development
ehotld Be wisely done. Our aaanufActur-
Ing industries offer a market for moro
aaa mere ef their natural wealth and
raw material whtHs they will Increasingly
desire to meet that de.aaNd in CONNER
clsl exchange. tho moro No buy from
them, tho more we shall sell to them,
TAdr prosperity is insepatae11 inxeived
WITH j{ir own. THANK hesven, wesof this
oentln.nt arc now ees.nnins 70 real.se;
rsaux4, that auasF1atly It 10 Q good thing
for q uado1t TO have its asiEhhex nations
pFospsr We o{ the United States are
sSMulgaly sad heartily pls1sed 20 see
erov<h and prosperity Ia Canada, in
Mexico, ia south America.
Il II dlsaf that uoless the governments
Of our southern neIEhhers take steps IN
thu near futurS By wise legislation to con-
troll the devs1opnsnt and use Of theiy
natural resevIe<s, they will probably fail
1Dto Gbshsn6s % esnesssionaries and pro-
1sote11, With sAefe purpose. without re-
GARD % The. usrznsaens welfare OF tho
land IN which they work, viii be 70 make
the NEST possihle money ~ thu shcrtest
possible. nne. There will b shameful
waste. daVtruetive LESS. and ehort-dshtsd