The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-09-07


ings in our recent history was that
in May, 1908, to consider the conser-
walton question. By the advice of the
governors the meeting was followed
by the appointment of National
Conservation Commission. The meet
ing of the governors directed the at
tention of the country to conservation
as nothing else could have done,
while the work of the commission
gave the movement definiteness and
supplied it with a practical program.
But at the moment when the commits
sion was ready to begin the campaign
for putting it's program into effect an
amendment to the Sunday Civil Ser
vice bill was introduced by con-
gresham from Minnesota with the
purpose of putting a stop to the work
so admirably begun. Congress passed
the amendment Its object was to
put an end to the work of a number
of commissions, which had been APP
pointed by the president, and whose
contributions to the public welfare
had been simply incalculable, Among
these were the commission for reor-
ganizing the business methods of the
government, the Public Lands COM
mission, and the Country Life COM
mission and the National Conserva-
tion commission ftse1f When T
simrnd +ha crpdr,, Civil Sarvica hin
co,tainino t1,is a,oondn,en+ T Trans
INITIAL win IL &C INV last official act
q nemorandum declaring that the
amendment was void because if was
,,, Unconstitutional i,+erferanca with
the rights of the executive, and that
If l were to remain president [ would
pay to it no attention whatever.
The National Conservation commits
sion thereupo. became dormant. The
suspension of its work came at a most
unfortunate time, and there was seri-
GUS danger that the progress already
u-adc would be lost. At this critical
moment the National Conservation
association was organized. 1t took up
the work which otherwise would not
have been done. and it exercised a
most useful influence in preventing
bal legislation, in securing the intro
duction of better conservation meas
ures at the past session of congress,
an in promoting the passage of wise
laws. 1t deserves the confidence and
support of every citizen interested in
| the wise development and preserva-
ton of our natural resources, and in
preventing them from passing into
the hands of uncontrolled monopolies,
1t joins with the National Coserva-
ton congress in holding this meeting.
l am here by the joint invitation of
both.
When the government of the
United States avoke TO the idea of
the conservation and saw that it was
good, it lost no time in communicate
ing the ADVANTAGE of the new point
of view to its immediate naiehhors
among nations. A North American
! Conservation conference was held in
WASHINGTON. and the cooneration of
| C.nada and Mexico in tho oraat nroh-
lem of developing the resources of
the continent for the baneft of ito
people was asked and promised The
nations upon our northern and south-
ern boundaries wisely realized that
their opportunitv to conserve tne ma
tural resources was better than ours
because with them destruction and
monopolzation had not gone so far
as they had with us. So it is with the
republics of Central and South Am
erica. Obviously they are on the
verge of a period of great material
progress. The development of their
resources-their forests, their mines,
their water, and their soils-will
| create enormous wealth. 1t is to the
mutual interest Of the United States
and our sister American republics
that this development should be
wisely DONE Our manufacturing in
dustries offer a market for more and
more we buy from them, the more
we shall sell to them. Their prosper
lty Is inseparably involved with our
own. Thank heaven, we of this con-
tinent are now beginning to realize
what in the end the whole world will
realize, that normally it is good
Dor nations prosper. We Of the United
States are genuinely and heartily
p,eased to see growth and prosperity
of Canada, in Mexico, in South Am
erica.
It is clear that unless the govern
ments of our southern neighbors take
steps in the near future by wise Yeg-
and use of the natural resources. they
will probably fall into the hands of
concessionaires and prom ters. whose