The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-09-08
ROOSEVELT TALKS
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gance and luxury put together. I mean
the needless, useless. and excessive loss
to our people from premature death and
evoidable disea ses. Wholly apart from
the grief, the suffering, and the wretched-
ness which they cause the material loss
each year has been calculated at nearly
twice wlTat it costs 70 run the Federal
government. In addition to the state ar,1
city health officers and organizations,
there is urgently needed a Federal bu-
reau of health. to act. so far as the Ma
tioral government properly may. to re-
lieve our people from this dreadful bur-
den.
National Conservation Commission.
One Of the most important meetings In
our recent history was that Of the gov
ernors in the white house in May, 1908
to consider the conservation question BY
the advice Of the governors the meeting
was followed by the appointment OF
National conservation commission. Inc
meeting Of the governors directed the
attention of the country to conservation
as nothing else could have done, while
the work Of the commission gave tne
movement defniteness and supplied IL
with a practical program. But at the
moment when the commission was ready
TO begin the campaign for putting lts pro-
gram into effect an amendment TO the
Sundrv civil service bill was introduced
congressman
the purpose Of putting stop 70 the work
so admirably begun. Congress passed the
amendment It's object was to put an
end to the work Of number Of commits
sions. which had been appointed by the
president and whose contribution 10 the
public welfare had been simply fncaicu-
liable Among these were the commission
for reorganizing the business methods CT
the government, the public lands COM
ha
and the National conservation commits
sion itself When I signed the Sundry
civil service bill containing this amend
ment I transmitted with It as my last
official act memorandum declaring that
the amendment was void. because 1t was
an unconstitutional interference with the
rights Of the executive, and that II 1 were
to remain president would pay to 1T no
attention whatever.
The National conservation commission
tkereupon became dorm an'. The suspen-
sion of its work came at a most unfor-
tunate time and there was serious can
ger that the progress already made would
he lost A. this critical moment '''c NJ
tionaI conservation association was or
panized II took up The work which 9TH
erW;se would not have been done, and 1t
exercised a most usHS,Il influe1c" ~ pre-
venting had legislation, in securing the
Introduction Of better conservation meas
In promoting the passage Of wise laws 1t
deserves the confidence and surp port of
every citizen Interested in the wig, de-
velop71ent and preservation OF our nat
ural resources, and In preventing them
from Iassing into TIA hands ut uncon-
t-olled mnnopolies. II joins with the Ma
tinnal conservation congress in holding
this meeting. I am here by the joint IN
yitation Of both
Pan-AmerIcan Construction.
When the government of the United
States awole to the idea Of conservation
and saw that It was GOOD. 1t lost no time
in communicating the advantages of the
new point Of view to Its immediate neigh
bors among the nations. North Ameri-
can conservation conference was held In
Washington. and the cooperation or
Canada and Mexico in the great problem
Of developing the resources OF the CONT
nent for the benefit Of it's people was
asked and promised The nations upon
our northern and southern boundaries
wisely realized that their opportunity to
conserve the natural resources was better
than ours. because with them destruction
and monopolzation had not gone SO far
az they had with u.s. So 1t Is with the
republics of Central and South America.
Obviously they are on the verge OF q
period Of great material progress. The
developmen CT their natural resources
their forests, their mines. their water,
and their soils-will create enormous
wealth It is to the mutual interest of
the United States and our sister Ameri-
can republics that this development
should be wisely done. Our manufacture
ing industries offer a market for moro
and more of their natural wealth and
raw material while they will increasingly
desire to meet that demand in CONNER
cial exchange. The more we buy from
cIon oil - %Lov,
Their prosperity is inseparably involved
with our own. Thank heaven. we Of this
continent are now beginning to realize.
what in the end the whole world will
realize that normally it is good thing
for a nation to have its neighbor nations
prosper. We of the United States are
genuinely and heartily pleased to see
growth and prosperity in Canada. in
Mexico, in South America
1t is clear that unless the governments
OF our southern neighbors take steps in
the near future by wise legislation to con-
troll the development and use of their
natural resources, they will probably fall
into the hands Of concessionaries and pro-
motors, with single purpose. without re-
gard to the permanent welfare Of the
land in which they work, will be to make
the most possible money in the shortest
possible time There will be shameful
waste, destructive loss, and short GIFTED
disregard OF the future, as we nave learned
by bitter experience here at home
Unless the governments of all the
American republics, including our own,
enact in time such laws as will both pro-
tect their natural wealth and promote
their legitimate and reasonable develop
ment, future generations will owe their
misfortunes to us of today. A great pa
triotic duty calls upon us. We owe it to
ourselves and to them to give the Ameri-
can republics all the help we can TIE
cases in which we have failed should be
no less instructive than the cases in
which we have succeeded. With prompt
action and good will the task of saving
Hhe resources for the people Il full Of
hope for us alb
State and Federal Control.
But while we of the United States are
anxious, as 1 believe we are able. to be
OF assistance to others, there are prob
lens of our own which we must not over
look. One of the most important con-
servation questions Of the moment relates
to the control Of water power monopoly
IN the public interest There is apparent
to the judicious observer a distinct ten
dency on the part of our opponents to
cloud the issue by raising the question Of
state as against federal Jurisdiction We
are ready to meet that issue If 1t Is forced
upon US. But there is no hope for the
plain people In such conflicts Of jurisdic-
ton. The essential question 10 not one
of hair-sphtting legal technicalities. 1t is
simply this: Who can best regulate the
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