East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-29

Denver, Aug. 29.-The presidential
salute of 81 guns was given today
when Theodore Roosevelt arrived and
a hundred thousand visitors were
gathered to welcome him. His train
arrived few minutes before IL
o'clock and the biggest crowd was at
the station since he left New York.
At noon the colonel was the guest of
the Denver Press club. Later he was
escorted to Overland park where he
was the guest of honor at chuck
wagon" dinner. Real chuck wagons
with two old cow camp cooks pre-
pared and served the feast in genuine
roundup style. Afterward he went
to the auditorium in the heart of the
city, and was there the guest of honor
and principal speaker at this after
Moons session of the Colorado Live
Stock association. After his speech
he was scheduled to address a speci-
al session of the Colorado legislature
and after that was rushed back to the
auditorium to speak before the veter-
ans of the Spanish war. Tonight he is
the honored guest of the live stock
men at an informal banquet.
Following is his address this after
noon t. 'he stockmen:
This country has shown definite
signs of waking up to the absolute ne
cessity of handling its natural resour-
ces with foresight and common sense.
The conservation question has three
sides. In the first place the needless
waste of the naturai resources must
be stopped. II is rapidly becoming a
well-settled policy Of this people that
we of this generation hold the land
in part for the next generation. and
not exclusively for our own selfish en-
joyment. Just as the farmer is good
citizen II he leaves his farm improved
and not impaired for his children
and a bad children IL he skins the
land in his own selfish interest. so the
nation behaves we'll IL 1t treats the
natural resources as assets which 1t
must turn over to the next genera
ton increased and nor impaired In
value, and behaves badly If 1t leaves
the land poorer to those who come
after us.
In the second place, the natural re-
sources must be developed, promptly,
completely. and in orderly fashion. II
is not conservation to leave the nat
ural resources undeveloped. Devel-
opment is an Indispensable part OF
the conservation plan The forests,
the mines, the water powers, and the
land itself, must all be put to use
Those who assert that conservation
proposes to tie them up, depriving this
generation of their benefits in order
to hand them on untouched to the
next. miss the whole point of the con-
servation idea. Conservation does moi
mean depriving the men of today o.
their natural rights in the natura
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 nat
ural rights in their turn.
In the third place, so far as possibl,
these resources must be kept for th'
whole people and not handed over fol
exploitation to single individuals. W.
do not intend to discourage individua
enterprise by unwlsely diminishing tn
reward for that emerprise. on th'
contrary. we believe that the men o
exceptional abilities should have ex
ceptional rewards up to point wher
the reward BGCplleS uiSpi'
to the service, up to the point wher
the abilities are used to the detrimen
of the people as a whole. We are TO
the liberty of the individual up to an
not beyond the point where 1t become
inconsistent with the welfare of tn
community. Thus our consistent air
is to favor che actual settler-the ma
who takes as much of the public dc
main can cultivate, and there make
a permanent home for his childre
who come after him; but we ar
against the man, no matter what n
ability. who tries to monopolize lare
masses of public land.
state and Federal Control.
Now, to preserve the general we
fare. to see to 1t that the rights
the public are protected, and the Ill
erty of the individual secured, an
encouraged as long as consistent wit
this welfare, and curbed when 1t b.
comes inconsistent herewith, 1t
necessary to invoke the aid OF II
government. There are points