Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-14

ISQeYalaHL 1893 ~ HAsA 9&QS. M:GJ
should give those who are living today
the benefit of our natural resources
as we'll as those OF later generations
He warned the people against the in
sidous activities of agents Of the spe'
cial interests, who, as victory draws
nearer, are rebuilding their efforts to
defeat the conservation movement He
added that it would be no small mis-
fortune If meeting such as this
should ever fall into the hands OF the
open enemy or false friends OF the
great movement which it represents.
Mr.. Roosevelt strongly urged federal
control of water power sites and
pointed out that most OF the "preda.
tory corporations" are interstate and
therefore out of reach of effective
state control One of the prime OBJ
jects OF these corporations that are
grasping and greedy. he said. 10 to
avoid any effective control, either by
state or nation, and they advocate at
this time state control simply because
they believe it to be tho least ef1ec.
tive.
He declared that unless the govern.
ments Of all the American republics,
including our own. enact in time such
laws as will both protect their nat.
ural wealth and promote their legiti.
mate and reasonable development. fu.
ture generations will owe their mis-.
fortunes to us OF today.
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/. He further declared that we 4
j. have passed the time when 4
+ needless waste and destruction 4
+ and arrogant monopoly are +
+ any longer permissible. Hence. +
+ forth we must seek national ef T.
+ cheney by new and better +
+ way, by the way Of the orderly \
+ development and use OF our \
+ natural resources. +
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Mr.. Roosevelt urged the establish.
ment of a federal board OF health and
In this connection said that the need.
less loss to our people from premature
death and avoidable diseases each
year has been calculated at nearly
twice what It costs to run the fed.
sral government.
Mr.. Roosevelt said that the rail.
ways should be prohibited from own
ing or carrying any interest in the
boat hines on our rivers unless under
the strictest regulation and control Of
tho interstate commerce commission.
In conclusion, the former president
said that the supreme political task
Of our day, the indispensable condition
Of national efficiency and national wei.
fare, 10 to drive the special interests
out Of our public lie.
EeERHART's VIEWS
ON CONSERVATION.
Speaking on the Economic Value
Of Conservation" Governor Eberhart
of Minnesota said:
conservation of natural resources
does not consist merely In the preser.
walton of these resources for the ben
eft of future generations, but rather
such present use thereof as will result
in the greatest general good and yet
maintain that productive power which
insures continued future enjoyment.
ut follows necessarily that any the
ory of conservation which does not
provide for the present as we'll as the
future does not cover the entire field
and cannot possibly bring the best re-
suits. From every economic stand
point 1t is desirable that the present
generation should be preferred, since
future discoveries and inventions may
render present resources Of less value
and Importance to the coming genera
lions.
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+ conservation movement Is not j.
+ limited merely to the consid- +
j. Grafton of natural resources. !
!. Every great convention called +
j. to consider the problems in +
+ volved has widened the scope +
!. Of the movement, so that to- +
!. day it includes the elimination +
!. of wasteful methods in almost +
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my own state of Minnesota, like
all other states, during the past fifty
years has been rather mining the fer
tility out of her soil than cultivating
II. There is perhaps not single rep
Sosentative IN this distinguished ~