The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1910-09-09

conservation congress today. former
President Roosevelt impressed on
his hearers the fact that conservation
has become national duty and must
be looked at from a new point of
view and accomplished by new meth
DDS of developing and using the nat
ural resources of the country. His
address was the feature of the days
program and was listened to by a
throng that tested the capacity OF the
hall and that frequently applauded
the colonels vigorous language. The
address in full was rs follows:
Americas reputation for efficiency
stands deservedy high throughout the
world. We are efficient probably to the
full-limit that any nation can attain by
the methods hitherto used. There Is great
reason to be proud of our achievements.
and yet no reason to believe that We can
not excel our past. Through practically
unrestrnined individualism. we have
reached pitch of literary uneSampled
material prosperity: although the distri-
button of this prosperity leaves much to
be desired from the standpoint of Justice
and fair dealing. But we have not only
allowed the individual a free hand. which
was in the main right; we have also al
lowed great corporations to act rs though
they were individuals, and to exercise the
rights of individuals in addition to using
the vast combined power of high organ!-
zation and enormous wealth for their own
advantage. This development of corpo-
rate action. II Is true is doubtless In
large part responsible for the gigantic de-
velopment of our natural resources. but It
is not less responsible for waste. destruc-
ton. and monopoly on an equally gigantic
scale.
The method of reckless and uncon-
trolled private use and waste has done
for us all the good It ever can. and It is
time to put an end to 1t before It does all
the evil It easily NAV. We have passed
the time when needless waste and de-
struc;ion. and arrogant monopoly. arc
any longer permissible Henceforth we
must seek National efficiency by a new
and better way. by the way OF the
derby development and use. coupled with
the preservation, of our natural resources
by making the most of what We have for
the benefit of all of us. instead of leaving
the sources OF material prosperity open
TO fnd;scrtmlnate exploitation. These are
some of the reasons why 1t Is wise that
should abandon the old point of view.
ard whv conservation has become a pa
triotic duty.
Waterways Development.
One of the greatest of our conservation
problems is the wise and prompt develop
Nation. The Twin Cities. lying as they
do at the headwaters of the Mississippi.
are not upon the direct line of the pro-
posed lakes to the gulf deep waterway.
Yet they deeply Interested in Its
prompt completion. as we'll as in the
deopenine and regulation Of the M'ssis-
s'ppi to the mouth of the Missouri and to
the gulf The project for great trunk
waterway. an arm of the sea. extending
from the G"lf of Mexico to the Great
Lakes. should not he abandoned Tho
lakes to the gulf deep waterway. and
the development of the rivers which flow
into It. should be nushcd to completion
vigorously and without delay.
In nearly every river c'tv from st. Paul
to the r,,r' the WATERFRONT Is controlled
bv the RAILWAYS Nopr,v every artificial
waterway IN the United States, either d.
rrc.lv or INDIRECTLY is under the same
control It goes without SAVING that f~r-
less the peon'e rravert II in adva1cn) the
RAILWAYS Will atter'nt TO tate control of
our waterwavs Fast as thev are I'm
proved and completed: nor would 7 blame
them. II we. the people nre .rp'ne IN the
matter. We rrr.t goo to II that adequate
terminals nrov'dad IN every CITY and
town on every 'r,nroved waterway. terrni-
nails omen u-1nr roo soneble conditions to
the NJ every cittznr and r,g'dly pro-
te~ted n-"'nrt monopoly. and must
compel tho ra'lw,vs to co-operate with
the w,'erwavs continuously. effectively.
End under re'so,ahle conditions Unless
We do So tho railway limos will refuse to
deliver frn'-ht To the boat tines either
onenlv Nv ir,pos'rr nroh'h'torv cond'-
t'o-s. and the v-''nr'rovs once improved
will do cor1na-ative1v littIe for the bene-
fl ~ tho raon'a Who nav the bill
Adequate Terminals prrperiv controlled
md Oman th-o''-h l',os nv rail ?-I boat
pra two nhror'.a'v eres,.tal conditions TO
tho r-oru,rers NJ Inland WATERWAY deyeI-
op-uent hoI'ave r,,r.hnrr,ore that the
RAILWAYS should be p-oh'h'ted from own
Ing cort-o'"-~. or CARRYING anv interest
IN the boat lives on our rivers urIess
under the stric'est REGULATION and control
of tho Inter S.a.A Co'nr,n-ce Commission
So that The sN'ppers' interests may be
fully protected
The National Forests.
II anv proof were needed that forest
p-otect'on is n National duty the recent
Destruction NJ forests In the west by nr-
would supply ~. Even with the aid of
IT." nrnrv added to that Of the fo-nst
service the loss hos been severe With
out either 1t would have been vastly
greater.
Rut tho forest service does more than
protect the National forests n~atnst Ere
II mnl-es thor, p-acttcallv and increasiny-
" useful we'll During the last wear
fer which have the figures the National
forests were used hv % mn cattlernen
witch ihe'r herds. r nm sheepu,sr witch
their aocrs & ono timbermen with their
crews and AZ mn miners More than
& onN nersons used them for other special
industries. Nearly 81 mn settlers hnd
the free use of wood. The total resident
population Of the Natioral forests is
about quarter of a million. which Is
larger than the ponula-ion of certain
states. More than 7onco0 arres of ng-
r'cul'ural land have been patented or
listed for patent within the forests, and
the REPORTS NJ the 'orest officers show
that more than 4oo nm people n year use
Tire forests for recrea''on. camping. hunt
ing. hsh'nc. and similar purposes All
this Is done. ~ course without injury TO
the timber. which has n value Of Mt least
n thousand n''llian dollnrs. Moreover
the National forests protect the water
supnly of thousand cities and towns
about $40 IRRIGATION projects and more
than 500 power protects. not counting
the use Of water for those and other pur-
poses by individual settlers
Country Life Institute.
The Investigations Of the Country Life
Commission have led the farmers OF this
country to realize that they have not been
getting their fa'I shGre of progress and
all that 1t brings. Some OF our farming
communities in the Mississippi valley and
In the middle west have made marvellous
progress. yet even the best of them, like
The Yawn Cure.
There is nothing that Will rest you
so quickly as to sit on a straight.back