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

tons income, thus derived, woult
now pay most Of the nations ex
penses; those resources would have
been wisely used and not exhausted
and our whole growth would have
been national and sound instead of un
balanced and defective. We woult
have enjoyed all the benefits of oul
natural resources and yet our children
would have inherited colossal nationa
Eealth and small national burdens in
stead of private interests enjoying al
of the benefits Of our natural resource:
and their children inheriting colossa
private wealth and small private bur
dens."
Senator Beveridge paid splendid
tribute to Clifford Pinchot as presiden
of the national conservation commits
sion, the man who. for years has fear
lessly fought, and ceaslessly toiled, tt
save and protect for the people the
property of the people; and in thai
nationwide battle has been the fielC
officer of the man who first made this
movement a permanent and practica
policy of American craftsmanship
Theodore Roosevelt.
Continuing, the senator gave advice
to the younger generation to think and
act for the general welfare, saying
only as the entire nation is prosper
Gus can any state be really prosper
GUS"
HILL AN EXPONENT
OF STATE SOVEREIGNTY
James J Hill, chairman of the
board of directors of the Great North
ern road, speaking on practical Con
servation," claimed the credit for first
pointing out to Americans the danger
of soil spoilation and declared that
conservation itself must be conserved
In an address four years ago
fully stated the soil problem" he said
land the method of how to meet it.
The people of this country were soon
interested The need of the hour and
the end to which this congress should
devote itself is to conserve conserva'
ton. 1t has come into that peril
which no great truth escapes-the
danger that turks in the house of Its
friends.
1T has been used to forward the
serious error of policy, the extension
Of the power and activities of the ma
tional government at the expense OF
those of the states. The time IS ripe
and this occasion is most fitting for
distinguishing between real and fanci.
ful conservation and for establishing
a sound relation of means to an end.
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!. THE reclamation service i
!. should be excluded from con- i
!. servation Its work is not !
!. preservation but utilization. Z
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!. from national control and con- !
= duct of affairs. The machine <
!. is too big and too distant; It's i
:! operation is slow, cumbersome !
!. and costly. !
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Toward the conservation of miner
al resources little can be done by fed
eral action. The output is determined
not by the mine owner, but by the
consumer. The withdrawal of vast
areas of supposed coal lands tends to
increase price by restricting the area
of possible supply. 1t is foolish tc
talk of leasing coal lands in small
quantities to prevent monopoly. Min
ing must be carried on upon large
enough scale to be commercially pos
sible
1.-The whole West protests against
the demand that federal lands form
ing water power sites should be with
drawn and leased for the profit and al
the pleasure of the federal govern
ment The attempted federal control
Of water powers is illegal because the
use of the waters within a state is the
property OF the state and cannot be
taken away WIN IL.
PINcHoT ExPoUNDs
CONSERVATION POLICY
Clifford Pinchot, former United
States chief forester and pioneer in
the conservation movement. spoke on
"The Conservation Programme" His
declaration of principles follows:
Conservation meets with opposition
when it interferes with some mans
private profit.
Opponents of the cause, while pre-
tending to approve its principles. fight
it by condemning its/methods and its
men.
Safety and sanity in conservation
means putting the public welfare
ahead of corporate profits.
The natural resources belong to all
the people and should be developed
and protected for their benefit and not
for the benefit of the few.
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+ Necessaries of life still I
!. owned by the people, like coal +
\ and water power. should re- +
!. main in public ownership, and /
+ be leased only for limited peri. +