The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-27

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Conservation does not aim to suspend
use-its object is to perpetuate use
fulness in full measure this year and
every year to come.
farmer who owns a pasture
large or small-and rents it for stock
grazing, takes due care to cover his
agreement the number of head and
the length of time they are to be
Kept on his land. He makes sure that
his pasture is not to be so abused in
any one season as to ruin it for the
future. He cares for his own land as
1t is the province of the Forestry De
partment to care for the public land
entrusted to their supervision. He
practices conservation because he can
not afford to do otherwise
1t is not widely known that instead
OF wishing to keep settlers out of the
Natural Forest Reservations, induce
ments are given by the department
to get people to settle within their
ndaries-homesteade are free to
pasture their domestic stock within
the reservation-an to cut from the
forests the timber they require for
building houses, barns and fences.
1t is not generally understood that
making forest reservation does not
mean that no more timber is to be
cut there for market; on the con-
trary, it's prime object is to insure
continued cutting and selling of it
for all time.
1t is not widely known that the
revenue from timber cutting on the
public forest lands amounts already
to a million dollars year, and the
annual revenue from the pastures
puts another million into the public
treasury-and that this is only be-
ginning; or that meanwhile this kind
of revenue making regulation also af-
tects the regularity of water supply
our rivers and streams-a
most vital question as has been
shown by many able opponents of con-
servation.
When this nation of business peo-
pie understands that conservation is
simply another term for business
of the peoples capital,
the pressure of public opinion will be
SO strong behind this movement as to
brook no interference or delay in the
passage and enforcement of the laws
needed to begin at once a business
How to spread more widely cor
rect understanding of such facts is
today most important problem How
shall we reach the people who have
not yet been reached, and who in all
will not be reached by
published in the usual way?
have a suggestion to make which
ask you to take to the governors
who appointed you to attend this con-
gress; that is, that each one q mean
each governor) summon to his CAPT
tol, for consultation, say six of the
leading business men of the state
selecting those who in their own bust
ness have, by successful use of mod
ern advertising, demonstrated that
they have learned from experien>
how to reach the individual-how to
tell him something they want him to
know Knowing how to do that is
just as much matter of education
and experience-in fact, education
from experience-as are the methods
of the forester or of the politician
who is past master" at the game
he Of taf hn
benefit of this experience. 1t can be
had for the asking. The business men
can be depended on to help wheney-
er called upon. They will be particu-
larly ready in this matter which, in
as it is successful will
make for good trade and stable bust
ness conditions.
The conservation of our natural re-
sources stands for more stable bust
ness conditions year after year in
that it tends to reduce the chances OF
destroying our new wealth-the crops
just when they seem to be practically
assured
Ask such group of successful adj
NeTIlSGTS 10 formulate SCH6luG VI
reaching the public generally with the
kind of information they want, and
should have about conservation. En-
list the cooperation of the army of
commercial travellers within the state
there are no more loyal American
citizens anywhere-none who can do
more in such a campaign-none who
will more gladly lend hand when
once they are advised along proper
lines, and know how great factor
The conservation of our natural re-
sources can be in the upbuilding of
business everywhere, and through it,
The general prosperity of our people. /
Ask this business council to formu- /
late ways of making known not only
The facts about the forests and water
supply, and the Importance of these
acts to every individual man, woman
and child in the nation, but why we
n the United States average 10 IL
bushels Of wheat per acre, instead Of !
% IL bushels, as they do in Germany
md 30 $40 bushels in the United King +
iom Of Great Britain; how this is