The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-04-08
CONSERVATION POLICIES
PROMULGATED BY PINCHOT

II. tpiJs~lng s.z.e-sent Of princI-
PIES ol IT, SztioaaI CgfserTz.51a A.
Eoeiztasa 40. furnished The Tr5zns
b, Nr. u. z. Cup. " p4b.lsa ths
E,z,snes; n b5p@s thz: :, may y u
gsnsra. lntsrzs. u o1E rezders.
-W- {, hereLy dse-aEs ths 9oHT.s-
tim that rhs great property u or
country resta upon thz zD1ndzn' Re-
E,grees If rhe lznd eb9sea D. or
fore ztLer- f14 thsIE h1znes ard
where tbey aid thc Foundation oi tbs
gre4s aati0n-
I'VE box 7ppn thes. resources a.
= heritage 70 b. nzde nae If IN estzb-
llshing and promoting N comfort
prosperity and happpInsas Of TIE
American ,eople, but n: - Be wasted,
de.eriorated o. neediessiy Destroyed
eve agree that cur oomtry's f1-
turs Is involved II this: that ths
great natural resources supply The
material basls On whieh o0r e.viliza-
ton must continue 70 depend. and On
which the perpeDgfty Of the sst1on
ftseli rests.
I'VE agree that this material baEiS
Il threatened with exhaustion.
I'VE agree that the land should bs
% used that erogi0n s0iI-wash shall
esase; that there should Be reelzmz-
ton OF arid and semi-zrId regions By
means OF irrigation, and Of swamp and
overAowe4 region b. means Of drain
age, that the waters should De %
conserved and used as 70 promote
navigation 70 enable the arid regions
70 b. reclaimed b. irrigation, ana
t. develop power in the interests Of
tn people: that ths forests which
regulate our rivers. support 0ur in
duEtries and promote the fertility and
prOductiysnezs OF the soil should Be
preserved and peEpet1ated; that the
minerals found 80 abundsntIy De-
meath the surface should Be % used
as 70 proIong their utility; that the
beauty, hezithfuIness and habitability
OF our country should be preserved
and increased; that the sources Of na-
tional wealth exist for the benefit Of
the people, and that monopoly thereof
should not Be tolerated.
I'VE declare our firm conviction
that this conservation Of our natural
resource is a subject OF transcen-
dent Importance, which should engage
unremittingiy the attention Of the
nation, the state and the people, In
earnest cooperation.
"W0 agree that this cooperation
should find expression in suitable ae-
ton by the Congress and by the
Legislatures OF the several states.
"Let US conserve the foundations
of our prosperity" We, therefore,
form this association TO advocate and
support the adoption BY the people
themselves and by their representa-
tives Of definite and practical meas
ures TO carry the foregoing principals
into effect and to oppose in all APP
propriate ways all action which is in
conflict with the principles whether
such action is attempted by individual
citizens or by legislative or admins
trativa officials. Among such meas
ures arc the following:
FORESTS
Th1 protection OF the source wat
ers oil navigable streams, through the
purchase OF control by the Nation Of
the necessary land within their drain
age basins especially in the Southern
Appalachians and the White Noun
tain.
The enactment and enforcement
both by the Nation and by the sever
al states, Of effective laws to prevent,
by active patrol during dry weather,
and by other appropriatiye means, the
spreading Of fire in all forests. wheth-
er publicly or privately owned.
The reasonable but effective public
regulation OF timber cutting on for
est land, whether publicly or privatly