The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-06
Delegates in St. Paul Warned Against Men
Who Posing as DiSinterested Citizens, Are
Paid Agents of the Special Interests
===FOrmer President Answers the
Opponents Of Conservation

: pei the railways to cooperate with
1 the waterways continuously, efec
| lively, and under reasonable condi
tions. Unless we do so. the railway
lines Will refuse to deliver freight TO
the boat lines. either openly or by
Imposing prohibitory conditions. and
the waterways once improved will do
comparatively little for the benefit OF
the people who pay the bill
Sir Horace Plunkett. Tor many
years a Wyoming cattleman. and now
devoung himself In Ireland to the
country life problem there. has EuG
gestcd in his recent book on the
Country Life Problem in America. "
the creation OF a country life institute
as center where the work
and knowledge of the whole world
concerning country life may be
brought together for the use of every
nation. | am strongly In sympathy
with this idea, and ] hope to see IL
carried out with the cooperation and
assistance of our own people Last
spring. while visiting the capital OF
Hungary. Budapest. was immensely
impressed by the Museum of Country
Lie, containing an extraordinary Sc
rieS of studies In agriculture. In stock
raising. In forestry In mining. the cN-
hibits were OF the utmost practical
Importance, and were also intensely
interesting and instructive I greatly
wish We had such museum in Wash.
ington, and some Of your farmer con
gressmen ought to get a full and de-
tailed report of this Budapest museum
10 be printed as public document
for distribution
Human Efficiency.
AS a people we have not vet
learned TO economlZe. One of the ylr-
tues we Americans most need is thrift.
II is a mere truism 10 say that luxury
and extravaganza are not good for L
nation. So far as they afJect charac-
ter. the loss they cause may be be-
yond computation. But In the ma
terial sense there is loss greater
than Is caused by both extravaganza g
and luxury put together. | meaa he
needless. useless and excessive loss
TO our people from premature death
and avoidable diseases Wholly apart
from the grief. the suffering. and the
wretchedness which they cause. The
material loss each year has been cal
culated at nearly twice what it costs
10 run the federal government In ad
dition TO the state and city health Off.
GERS and organizations. there "a Ir-
gently needed federal bureau Of
health, TO act so far as the national
government properly may, TO relieve
our people from this dreadful burden,
! The National Conservation
Comm ssion.
]
"ODe Of the most important meet
ings in our recent history was that OF
the governors In the White House in
May, 1908, 10 consider the conserva
ton question. By the advice OF the
governors the meeting was followed
by the appointment of national con.
servatlon commissfOu The needing
or the governors directed the alten.
tion OF the country to conservation as
nothing else could have douo. while
the work of the commission give tie
movement detlniteness and supplied
II with practical prog"rm. But n.
the moment when the commission was
ready 10 begin the campaign for mt.
ting It's program into effect. IN amend.
ment TO the suudry civil service hill
was introduced by a congressman I'm
Minnesota with the purpose OF putting
stop to the work so admirably be.
gun. Congress passed the amend.
ment Its object wss TO pu. an end
10 the work OF a number of commits.
Hions. which had been appO.HtcI bv
the president. and whose contribution
10 tho public welfare had been Simply
incalculablc. Among these wore tho
commission for reoreaniZmF the bust
ness methods of the government, the
public lands commission. TIE country
life and the national conservation
commission itself. When ] sIzncd rh ID,
sundry civil service bill containing
this amendment. 'ral5mii.ad w.th (,
as my last official act q memorandum
declaring that the amendment was
void. because il was ar ~euco1G. itu.
tlonal Interference Hith the rights OF
the executive, and that if were TO @
man president | would PAY 10 IL hc
attention whatever.
The National Conservation Com
mission bercupon became dormant
The suspension OF its work came q
most Unfortunate time and thcr,
Was serious danger that the progress
already made would be lost AT thi,
critical moment the National Consery
alton association was organized. /
took up the work which otherwis,
would not have been done. and IL ex
erclsed u most useful influence in PIE
venting bad legislation. In securing
the introduction OF better conseTva
ton measures st the past session o
congress. and In promoting the pas
sage OF wise laws. II deserves tb
confidence and support OF every cit
zon interested IN the wise develop
, mcnt aud preservation OF our natura
resources. and In preventing then
from passing into the hands OF M
controlled monoDolios Il Joins wit
the National Conservation Congres
In holding this meeting. am her
, bv the Joint invitation Of both.
State and Federal Control
rOne oi the most important cor
i scrvatlou questions Of the momen
l. relates To- the control OF water powe
- monopoly IN the public lnteres
e There Is apparent TO the Judicious ol
server distinct tendency on IN
/. part OF cur opponents 10 cloud tho Il