The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1910-09-01
RO OSEVELTON
G. CONSERVATION
Government Should Cooper
ate With State in
Controlling.

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in an
address delivered at Dchvc! Moray
restates his conservatism policy in
the following language:
This country has shown defir ite
signs of waking up to the absolute
necessity of handling its natural re-
SOURCES with foresight and common
sense. The conservation question
mas three sides In the first place
the NEEDLESS waste of the natural re.
sources must be stopped. II is, rap.
lilly becoming we'll settled policy of
this people that we of this genera
tion hold the land in part for the
next generation. and not exclusively
for our own selfish enjoyment Just
as tho farmer is good citizen If he
leaves his farm improved and not
Impaired for his children. and a
bad citizen if he skins The land in
his own selfish interest, so the nation
behavhs we'll if ii treats the natural
RESOURCES as assets which ii must
un dyer TO the next generation in
creased and not impaired in value.
and b hayes badly If Il leaves the
land poorer to those who come after
us.
In the second place. the natural
resources must be- developed
promptly, completely, ana in orderly
fashion II is not conservation to
ieave the natural resources undevel-
oped. Development is an indispen-
sable part of the conservation plan.
The forests, the mines, the water
powers and the land itself, must all
be pu to use. Those who assert
that conservation proposes to tie
them up. depriving this generation
of their benefits, in order to hand
them on to the next. miss the whole
point bf the conservation idea Con
seryatIon does not mean depriving
The men of today of their natural
rights In the natural resources OF
the land. All it means is that We of
this generation shall so use our
rights as not to deprive those who
come after us of their natural rights
In their turn.
"In the third place. so far as pos
sible hese resources must be kept
for thf whole people and not handed
over nor exploitation to single iLdi-
vidualB We do not intend to dis
courage individual enterprise by I'M
wisely diminishing the reward for
that enterprise. On the contrary. we
belieya that the men of exceptional
abilities should have exceptional re-
wards up to point where the re-
ward becomes disproportionate to
the service, up to the point where
the abilities are used to the detri-
ment pf the people as whole. We
are for the liberty OF the individual
up t0 and not beyond the point
where II becomes inconsistent with
the welfare of the community. Thus
our consistent aim is to favor the
actual settler-the man who takes as
much of the public domain as he
himself can cultivate, and there
makes permanent home for his
children who come after him: but
we are against the man, no matter
what his ability, who tries to mon
opolize large masses of public land. !
State or Federal Control.
Nov. to preserve the general well
fare. tp see to 1t that the rights of |
the public are protected, and the H.
berry Of the individual secured and
encouraged as long as consistent |
with his welfare, and cnrbed when 1t |
becomes inconsistent Herewith, it is
necessary TO invoke the aid of the
government. There are points in