New-York tribune., 1910-09-09

for limited periods not exceeding aItS, MY
years but subject to removal, me +, .ervai
to he adjusted at more frequent 1Htel vd'a'
such lease 10 be in amounts to sucn FeSu-
lations as to prevent monopoly anu u'i
necessary waste. 1T. ,,,5er
lying the public lands should be sa1e-
guarded for the American people e;y,,a,1d ny apI
propriate legislation ana we recoI,' ~ t'.t'.r III
the early opening of the Alaskan anu otHet
coal fields belonging TO the people oI iiie nr,
United States for commercial pprsbi pun u1poI,1 90 20
a system of leasing, national o"heiShiP W
be retained. .... -, .,,o
federal government of the damage doEe pS
the smelling of copper ores anu .nt stiI
biIity of so improving methods as 10 utn-
ize the Injurious by products in connection
We favor rf-operative action the part
of states and the federal government i9; i0oh
ing to the preservation and better ntli.za, i2a
ton of the soils by approved scientific
methods. , ~ tba
We approve of the continuance OF me
control of the national forest by tne
federal government, and approve the POM
of restoring to settlement such pubilc Janus
as are more valuable FOR as,icti,nte ~, st,tes
and federal government acquire for re-
forestation lands no. more sVaiuapie To-
other purposes, and that all existins s,c Lor 9So
tected by state and federal government
we We recognize the Invaluable service OF OF
earnestly recommend that it be more gen
erousIy supported by the federal govern
ment and that state, federal ana plsSos prHa.g
fire patrol be more generously provided
for the preservation of forests and human
life and appreciate and approve OF tls
continuance OF the service OF tne oltieu nies
States army in fire control in emergencies;
We favor the repeal of the timper anu
stone law. - .
We indorse the proposition for the pre-
servation by the federal government OF IiIe
Southern Appalachian and White noun
tain forests.
To Conserve Animals and Birds.
We recommend that the federal govern
ment conserve migratory birds and "lld
We recommend that the public and prl,
vate schools instruct the youth OF the Idlu
in the fundamental doctrines or cofiSerNd
ton. .oa. of
our natural resources depends upon ne
and development of the people phy 3Ii slca'lfS, y
intellectually and morally, ana IN oi9et ~
promote this purpose we recommend ma
the training and protection OF the PeoPlS5
and whatever pertains to the heaitn tI atti
general efficiency be encouraged by metn-
DDS and legislation suitable to this ef!d;
Child labor should be prevented ana chliu
life protected and developed. .-.a
Realizing the waste of life in trahSpoi "a
ton and mining operations we Recommend
legislation increasing the use OF pi9p gpFa
safeguards for the co9seTvatiGi trat in order g to
make better provision for procurlHS w
health of the nation a department OF ;poI pnoI
lie health be established by the ha'ioH''i
We recommend the adequate maintenance
of a national conservation coillhlSSioi -
investigate the natural resources or Iilt
rduntrT and cooperate with the work OF
the state conservation comm1sslo1S, anu en-
we urge the legal establishment alu ti i.'1'I n,.
tenanCe of conservation COMMISSIONS ~,
corresponding agencies on the part OF Oh
states Of the Union - oor
Nothing in these resolutions to De con
strued as questioning the rights OF lie
states or the people of the United states
guaranteed under the federal Constitution
Calls 1t Political Meeting.
The fight for the insertion of the name OF
President Taft started originally at meet
ing of state conservation commissioners.
At this meeting Henry Hardtner, of Loulsl-
ana declared that the conservation prlncl-
nles favored by the convention were no
more those of Roosevelt than of TAFT lie
asserted with much heat that the congress
was much less a conservation congress
than a straight political meeting the ten
dencv of which seemed to be 10 eXalt MI
Roosevelt at the expense of President Iait-
The state commissioner thereupon voted
10 demand that Taft'S name be mentioned
the same as that of his predecessor Nheh
this was done it was declared that the tlsht
would be carried to the convention at the
night session
Mr. Pardee and Frank H. Short, repre-
senting California, engaged in heateo
argument during the session of the com
mittee Chairman Pardee surrendered his
chair and, advancing to Judge Short, SHOOK
his finger at the latter and said;
you've had your say about state con-
troll Now let me say to you. Judge Snort,
that if there IS TO be discussion OF TINS
question from the California standpoint,
there is one more man m mere Ir9n apt 'llo TO
tell YOU that man, even thouSl ne bt
from Fresno, and six feet tall can sGi
away with a bluff, and I'm going to can
In the course of his address before the
congress Clifford Pnchot said:
In the effort to conserve our natural re
sources we recognize that com oiflatton5
hev0nd state lines can he met effectively
only by agencies equally capable or oper-
atirg across such boundaries II Is ciedi
that the control Of interstate cominerclai
power is possible only by the use OF inter
state federal power We are opposed 10 tne
extension of state jurisdiction at the eX-
pense of real control by the people over
monopoly. as in the case of water power.
While I do not believe that the state
alone can carry out the conservation pro
gramme in the face of interstate attacks
Ilpon it. do not fail to recognize the great
and useful part which the states must play
IN tbic great movement for the permanent
welfare of all our people. Also, appreciate
that in much of the work ahead co-opeld-
ton between the states and the natlol Is an
essential condition of success. But when /
see the special interests attemptlne 10 tdke
refuge behind the doctrine OF state rights
propose to say so.
w. D. Simmons of st. Louis. said, in an
address:
When this nation of business people uh-
derstand that conservation is simply an
other fern for business management CT
the peoples capital the pressure OF puohc
opinion will be 50 strong behind TINS move
ment as to brook no interference or uelaS
I'm the passage and enforcement of the
laws needed to begin at once a business
administration.
have a suggestion to make which l ask
Won to take to the Governors who ap-
nointed YOU to attend this congress: that Is,
that each Governor summon to his capltoi
for consultation say. six of the iedllhS
btIsinesS men of the state. selecting those
Who in their own business have by success
full use of modern advertising demonStrat-
ed that they have learned from experience
how to reach the individual now 10 ten
him something they want him to know.
Ask this business council to formulate
Vavs of making known not only the facts
about the forests and water supply and
the Importance of these facts to every in
ton but why VIZ in the United states
average thirteen and half bushels of
wheat to the acre. instead of twenty-three
and a half bushels, they do in Germany
and thirty and nineteenth bushels IN Great
I ritain: how this is making homestead
lands scarce and prices high. because we
ONLY get half the amount of crops we should
get from the land we have under cultlVa-
ton. and consequently the supply is get
ting less every year in proportion to the
demand