Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-30

In the enclosure were the vnuck wagons.
The wagons had been brought in from the
plains and were piled high with biscuits
and raw steaks. Louis Callahan of Deer
Trail cooked the steakssi In kettles Callahan,
now a wealthy ranchnian was once cook
on a ranch. k
Colonel Roosevelt ate his steak and bis
cults from tin plate and said 1t was Just
great" Then he mounted the tall piece Of
one OF the wagons and delivered his speech
Speaking Of changes that have taken
place on cattle ranges since he first be-
came acquainted with them, Colonel Roose-
welt said
Thirty years ago l came west Of Mis-
hour, in the Red river valley. In those
days the buffalo still 'aboanded in great
herds, and there was still difficulty with
the Indians. The conditions Of life were
very hard, but they were more attractive
than they are today. / boid 1t peculiar
pleasure and a peculiar privilege to have
taken part in your life in those days. The
cattle bearing my brands, the Maltese
cross and the elk horn, were first put on
the little Missouri twenty-eight years ago.
Now travelling through the country here,
am struck by the Improvement in the
comfort, and In the opportunities for clean
illness and neatness which the rangesN show
as compared with the conditions of a
quarter OF a century ago.
LAS far as l can see the men on the
ranges today ride as hard and work as
hard and are as thoroughly manly as the
men OF Is years OF age The greater COM
forts they now enjoy contribute to their
self-respect. While II gives me great
pleasure to think Ofsthe past, I have even
greater pride in the present and In the
promise for the future Of the great west"
Speech at Auditorium.
Colonel Roosevelt In his address said;
Conservation does not mean non-use Oh
non-development. 1t does not mean thu
tying up OF the national resources Of th'
states. 1t means the utilization OF thos'
resources under such regulation and con
troll as will prevent waste. extravaganc,
and monopoly, but at the same time no
merely permit but encourage such use
and development as viii serve the interes
OF the people generally"
This country has shown definite signi
OF making up to the absolute necessity
Of handling its natural resources with
foresight and common sense. The conser
walton question has three sides. In thu
first place the needless waste OF the nat
ural resources must be stopped. 1t Il
rapidly becoming a we'll settled policy o
this people that we OF this generation holC
the land in part for the next generation
and not exclusively for our own selfisl
enjoyment Gust as the farmer is a goo'
citizen If he leaves his farm improved
and not impaired for his children, and
bad citizen II he skins the land in his owl
selfish interest, so the nation behave
well II 1t treats the natural resources a
assets which II must turn over to the mex
generation increased and not impaired 4
value, and behave badly II It leaves tn
land poorer to those who come after us.
In the second place, the natural re
sources must be developed promptly com
pieteiy and In some orderly fashion. II |
not conservation TO leave the natural re
sources uncovered,
Development Indispensable.
Development is an indispensable par
Of the conservation plan. The forest III
mines, the water powers and the land Il
self, must all be put to use. Those VIII
assert that conservation proposes to Il
them up. depriving this generation OF the
benefits In order 10 hand them on III
touched TO the next miss the whole poir
OF the conservation idea. conservatio
does not mean depriving the men OF toda