Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-10
STATES RIGHTS IN coNsERvA-
TON QUESTION VOTED DOWN.;
NATIONAL HEALTH 30 ARD
WILL BE FAVORED.
PIA .HOT ADDRESSED
CONGRESS TODAY
DEPosED FORESTER, V,!osE
FRIENDS ARE IN CONTROL OF
ST. PAUL MEETING, cJ7a.luEs
HIS VIEWS.

st. Paul, Mimi, Sept s. - noon
the resolutions committee OF the Con-
servation Congress referred to sub
committee for revision the various
planks for the conservation of natural
resources. The committee demanded
control by the nation, rather than by
states. The committee voted also to
advocate before the convention a ma
tional board Of health.
Chairman Pardee of the resolutions
committee called that body to order
before the congress resumed. The
membership of the committee is said
to indicate that the platform to be
recommended to the convention will
be strongly along the lines of national
control as favored by Colonel Roose-
welt and Clifford Pinchot.
Pinchot is Speaker.
Clifford Pinchot, the central figure in
the conservation scrap, addressed The
congress today. He outlined his views
of conservation as follows:
The fundamental principles of con-
servation are few and simple. One Of
the first is that the natural resources
and natural advantages belong to all
the people, and should be developed,
protected, and perpetuated directly for
the benefit of all the people, and not
mainly for the profit of few.
Another is that the natural resources
still owned by the people which are
necessities of life, like coal and water
power, should remain in public owner
ship and should be disposed Of only
under lease for limited periods, and
with fair compensation to the public
for the rights granted. IA at,
ASH to our waters:
!. Every stream should be made USE
full for every purpose in which it can
be made to serve the public. The prep
aration Of d broad plan is needed with
out delay for the development Of our
waterways for navigation, domestic
supply, irrigation, drainage, and
power.
2. Every power site now in state or
federal control should be held so. and
should be disposed Of only under lease
for limited time and with fair COM
pensation to the public.
8. In the development Of our water
ways, the cooperation of the states
with the nation is essential for the
general welfare.
AS to our forests:
1. All the forests necessary for the
public welfare should be in the public
ownership. such as the national for
ests already in existence, the proposed
Appalachian and White Mountain ma
ton forests, and the state forests of
New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
and other states.
2. The protection of forests against
fire is the first duty in forestry Of
states and nation alike. The way to
stop fires is to get men to them as soon
as they begin. The maintenance and
extension Of forest fire patrol by the
nation. the states and their subdivis-
ions, and by associations or private
citizens who own timber lands, is alb
solutely necessary.
8. The protection Of existing forests
by wise use is the first step in for
estry. Reforestration is the second.
4. Land bearing forests should be
taxed annually on the land value
alone, and the timber crop should be
taxed when 1t is cut, so that private
forestry may be encouraged.
5. The private ownership Of forest
land is public trust and the people
have both the right and the duty to
regulate the use Of such lands in the
general interest
Az to lands:
l. Every acre of land should be put
to whatever use will make it most use
full to all the people.
land policy should be the making and
maintenance Of permanent prosperous
homes. Land monopoly and excessive
holdings must not be tolerated
g. Settlement must be encouraged by
every legitimate means on all land that
will support homes Thus the tillable
land in public ownership within and
without the national forests should be
disposed Of in fee simple to actual
home makers. but not to spectators.
T. The first and most needy thing to
do for our cultivated lands is to pre-
serve their fertility by preventing ero-
sion.
s. The nom irrigatble arid public
grazing lands should be administered
by the government in the interest Of
the small stockman and the home
maker until they can pass directly into
the hands Of actual settlers.
g. Rights to the surface Of the pub
lie land should be separated from
rights to the forests upon it, and the
minerals beneath it, and each SHOULD
be held subject to separate disposal.
The timber and stone act should be re-
pealed.
JAMES NEvlNS HYDE DIES.
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