The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-06

attendance 1T the afternoon session was
meager to distressing degree
BY actual count there were 244 men men
due to the fact that the greater part OF
the crowd followed the president 70 the
state fair grounds, and partlS 10 rne
Eramme % scheduled a conference Of gov
ernors" and addresses 10y them. Mose
people took the word conference 10
mean that the governors would meet prl-
vatey and make speeches TO themselves; :;
Governor Stubbs acted as chairman OF
the session. When the meeting Was oyer, ;elo
Governor Hay walked down inc a'S'e
' 1T want want to say. Governor stubbs, that
you're no whittier man than Richard "A,
iesder sstitrseH TO this Mr. Stubs made no re-
Div. and Land Commissioner Ross. also
Of Washington. joined Mr.. Hay. ..
81 want to add" said Mr hoss. ma "a
Roosevelt ever had In his cabinet, that's
what we think of Mr. Ballinser out IN
Washington" r,.u,-s,or
and I'll say what ! please aoout MINI
answered Governor Stubbs. no,oo,,
Other governors present were; Ienge,i moai
OF Illinois, Brooks, WyofnlhSs anu 4No0i
Governor Denecn came out for national
control, and In doing so: briefly rcterIeu
to the scandals that nave arisen 'o''I''
Eve have a legislature in Illinois, he
said that has held both regular ana ir-
regular sessions. Al present III Is so'"'-
what below par.
This sally was greeted by laughter
governor Norris says that the Mon,
tana legislature can be trusted, added
Mr. Deneen. "I'm sorry / cannot say
that about ours"
Work Done in Salt Lake.
Governor Brooks read the following res
olutions which he said were adopted az
the meeting of western governors ~ Sate
Lake City and which he said expresses
the conservation of states there repre-
Sented:
First-that in legislatively solving the
problems of conservation the national
congress adhere 10 the doctrine of Aora-
ham Lincoln that. "the public lands are
an impermanent national possession helo
in trust for the maturing states.
Second-That state government no ieSs
beneficiently than national government is
capable OF devis!ng and adminlstering
laws for the conservation oil puoiic prop
erty and that the national and state gov
ernments should legislatlvely co-orulnn'e'
TO the end that within a reasonahle pc
riod of time the state governments De
conceded the full and complete admin
istyation laws as may be found aqaptanle
tc the varying conditions OF the severai
states.
seryation states demonstrates the dispo-
siton OF public property made under eN
listing national conservation laws anS
POPULATIONS nave ISnutu w isi''''iS''
monopolles and interests menacing the
common welfare. and that notifications
of such laws and regulations should oe
promoted by the conservation congress,
''Fourth-That the elimination from
the national forest reserves OF all home
stead and un-timbered grazing lands Is
Immediately expedient
States and Water Power.
'Fifth-That use and control OF al
water power inheres Of right, in the
states within restrictions. securing per-
petual freedom from monopoly
"Slxth-That the privileges OF Ameri,
can citizens TO seek and develop mineral
wealth wherever II may be found should
be ampihed and secured by laws:
.'seventh-That the idea OF deriving
federal revenue from the physical re-
sources of the states is repuSnant 10 that
adjustment OF constitutional powers
which guarantee the perpetuity OF the
union"
Governor Hay pleaded briefly for state
control. He declared that there was just
as much reason for Secretary Wilson to
come out 20 Washington and harvest
ihe!r crops as to. expect the federal gov
ernnlent to attend 10 The, states natural
resources.
the corpora tions A" said he they might
as well go back 10 territorial days and
be done with q.
president, Taft in his address this
forenoon expressed our ideas better than
! can. Also | might remark that tho
states which are strongest for national
cpGtrOl arc tloSe states whose resources
have been disposed of long ago.
"a tree is Ike a human being. 1t has
its maturity and It's old age. II should
be utilized at It's maturity rather than
source OF danger 70 tho mature timber
about it.
Teddy Speaks Today.
Tomorrow's programme is headed ny an
address by Theodore Roosevelt nnu in
cludes addresses by Miss Mabel Board
man, Francis Heney OF California, Her
bert Knox Smith. United States commits
sioner Of corporations, Governor Hadlcy
OF Missouri; President Fowler OF the Ma
tional Irrigation congress, and Former
Governor Pardee of California
President Taft's address in full follows:
President Taft's Address.
Gentlemen Of the National Conservation
Congress.
Conservation as an economic "a nd politi-
cal term has come TO mean the preserva-
tion OF our natural resources for economi-
cal use. so as TO secure the greatest good
10 the greatest number. In the develop
ment oil this country, In the hardships of
the pioneer, In the energy OF the settler,
In the anxiety OF the investor for quick
returns. there was very little time, OPP
portunity. or desire TO prevent waste OF
those resources supplied by nature which
could not be quickly transmitted into
money, while the investment of capital
WAS so great desiderntum that the pco-
pie as a community exercised little or no
care TO prevent the transfer OF absolute
ownership Of many Of the valuable nat
ural resources to private individuals
without retaining some kind OF control
OF their use. The impulse OF the whole
new community was TO encourage the
coming of population. the increase Of set
tlemcnt. and the opening UP OF business;
and he who demurred In the slightest de.
gree TO, any step which promised add-
tional development OF the idle resources
at hand was regarded as a traitor to his
helghbors and obstructor to public
progress But now that the communities
have become old. now that the flush OF
enthusiastic expansion has died away
now that the would-be pioneers have
come TO realize that all the richest lands
In the country have been taken up we
have perceived the necessity for a change
OF policy In the disposition of our ma
tonal resources so as to prevent the con-
tinuance Of the waste which has charac-
rerized our phenomenal growth in the
past: Today we desire TO restrict and
retain under public control the acouisi-
ton and use by the capitalist Of our
natural resources.
Danger In Waste
This danger to the STATE and TO the peo-
pie at large from the waste and dlssipa-
tion OF our national wealth is not one
t