The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-09-10
ADJOURN CONSER.
YAT|ON CONGRESS

The National Conservation congress,
in session at st. Paul, Thursday NIGHT.
adopted a platform placing the seal
OF its approval ON national control of
natural resources, and adjourned. IA
threatened fight ON the part VI tho
state conservation commissioner to
place the name Of President Taft il
the platform along with that Of Thoo-
dore Roosevelt, as the great fyiond Of
conservation, did not materisIi1e On
the floor, as Roosevelt's uamo Ana1ly
was taken out Of the platform h cen-
mittee.
The following were ehosen o6lesrs:
President, Henry Wallace, Doe
Moines, Ia; secretary, Thnnanz II.
Shipp, Indianapolis, Ind; treasurer, ID.
A. Latshaw, Kansas City.
Clifford Pinchot and J. B. White, Of
Kansas City, declined to be nominated
for the presidency and Mr.. Wallace
was not opposed. One Of the featpfss
OF the meeting was au address by
Chief Forester Henry 8. Graves.
The Rssoluticns.
The resolutions, a. adopted by the
committee and adopted by the con-
gress, follow:
"The second National Conservation
congress-, made up OF delegates from
all sections and nearly every state and
territory of the United States. met 1t
the call OF . great moral iseue, in
session assembled at St. Paul, does
hereby adopt and solemnly dec1are 3 the
following platform Of opinion And con-
clusi0n concerning the inheeont riG6ts
of the people Of the United otateS:
Heartily accepting the eptrit snd
intent of the constitution ard adlnes-
| ing to the principles laid down by
Washington and Lincoln, We declare
our conviction that ws live under d
goevrnment Of the people, BY the peo-
pie, for the pelople; and we rspudiate
any and Al special Or local interests
or platforms or policies in conflict with
the inherent rights and sovereign viii
of our people.
Recognising the natural resources
of the country - the prime basia ~
property and opportunity. We hold the
rights of the people in these resources
to be natural and inherent, ana Justly
inalienable and indefensible and W ~
lsist that the resources should and sh1f1
be developed, used and conserved II
ways consistent both with curye1t we1-
fare and with the perpetuity = or
people.
try % 9 great natural rcsoures, Ne ap-
lprove and endorse the opinion TINT al
the waters belong to all the psJrle and
hold that they should be used ia he
interest of the people.
Zach Stream = Unit.
! Realizing that all parts OF each
drainage basin are related ari indie
should be regarded and treated ~ q
\ nnif from - IN 1fu Yy1natfAs saud
since the waters are essentially ninl1j)e
and transitory and are generally in
terstate, we hold that in all eases Of
divided or doubtful jurisdiction, the
waters should be administered by CO.
operation between state and federal
agencies
Recognizing the interdependence Of
the various uses of the waters If the
country, we hold that the primary uses
are for domestic supply and for agu-
culture, through irrigati u Or othefwises
and that the uses for navigation and
for power. in which water is not con-
sumed, are secondary; anj we c0iapiepa
the modern view that suen use u the
waters should be made with rcfelepse
to all other uses for the public vel
fare in accordance with the principle
of the greatest good to the grsatest
number for the longest tina.
Viewing purity Of water snpPly -
essential to the public health and gan
eral welfare, we urge upon municapai,
state and federal authorities and on
individuals and corporations and ON
action toward rectifying and prevent
ing contamination Of the water.
Reclamation Approved.
approving the successful efforts Of
the United States to provide homes ON
arid lands through irrigation, We en-
dorse and commend the reclamation
service and urge its continuation and
the extension of the same policy to the
drainage of swamp and overflow lands,
to be carried toward 20 far a. appro-
pirate through cooperation between
states and federal agencies.
"Viewing adequate and economical
transportation facilities ~ among the
means of conservation, and reailxin9
that the growth of the country has -
ceeded the development OF transPoee~
ton facilities, we approve the prompt
adoption of comprehensive plan Tor
developing navigation throughout the
rivers and lakes Of the United States,
proceeding in the order OF their mag
nitude and commercial importance
Recognizing the vast economic BEN
rived largely from interstate streams
no less than from navigable rivers, we
favor federal control Of water power
development; we deny the right Of
states or federal government to con-
tinue alternating or conveying water by
granting franchises for the use thereof
in perpetuity and we demand that the
use of water rights be permitted only
for limited periods with just compen-
sation in the interests of the people.
Federal Commission Demanded
"We demand the maintenance of the
federal commission empowered to deal
with all uses of the water. and to co.
ordinate these for the public welfare
in cooperation with similar commits
sions OF other agency and maintenance
by the states. a.
Approving the withdrawal Oft pub
lie lands pending classification and the
separation Of surface rights afrem min