Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-06

sofa did work which should secure to
them the perpetual gratitude OF theil
state. Minnesota won her national Tor
est, and will keep II; but the night &c
create the southern Appalachian and
White mountain forests In the east is
not vet over. The bill has passed the
House and will come before the SEN
ate for a vote next February. The peo-
Me OF the United states. regardless OF
party or section. should stand soiidIy
behind II, and see that their repre-
sentatives do likewise.
Country Life Institute.
"rhe investigations of the country
life commission have led the farmers
of this country TO realize that they
have not been getting their fair share
Of progress and all that II brings
.Sir Horace Plunkett. for many years
n wyoming cattleman. and now de-
voting himself In Ireland 10 the coun
try life problem there. has sugeesteu.
in his recent book on the Country Lie
Problem in America, the creation OF a
country life institute as a center Wnere
the work and knowledge OF the wnoIe
world concerning country life may De
brought together for the use OF every
nation I am strongly in sympathy with
this idea, and / hope to see IL carried
out with the cooperation ana assist,
ance OF our own people. Last SPHINX
while visiting the capital OF hungary
Rudapest-I was immensely Impressed
ny the Museum OF country LIE. eon
tanning an extraordinary series OF
studies in agriculture. in stock raising.
in forestry, in mining; the exhlbits
were OF the utmost practical impor-
tance and were also intensely inter-
esting and instructive. l greatly WISH
we had such a museum in Washington
and some OF YOUR farmer congressman
ought to get full and detailed repor.
Of this Budapest museum 10 be printeo
for distribution in a public document.
Human Efficiency.
LAS a people we have not yet learned
20 ecOnornize. One OF the virtues We
Americans most need Is thrift. 1t Is
mere truism TO say that luxury and ex-
,ravagance are not good for nation 30
far as they affect character. the loss they
cause may be beyond computation. But
IN the material sense there is loss
greater than Is caused by both extrava-
canye' and luxury put together. l mean
the needless, useless and excessive loss
To people from premature death anu
avoidable diseases. 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 what il costs TO run the 1eoerai
government In addition TO the state ana
city health officers and organizations.
there Is urgently needed federal pu-
reau of health. to act, so Tar as the ma
tional government properly may. 20 re-
lieve our people from this dreadrui DUR
den.
Would Have Ignored Law.
zone 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 meet
ing was followed by the appointment OF
a national conservation commission. The
meeting OF the governors directed the at
tention OF the country TO conservation as
nothing else could have done. while the
work OF the commission gave the move
ment defniteness and supplied IL Win
a practical program. But at the moment
when the commission was ready to begin
the campaign for putting its program
into effect an amendment to the sundry
civil service bill was introduced by a
congressman from Minnesota with the
purpose OF putting stop to the work so
admirably begun. Congress passed the
amendment It's object was to put an
end 10 the work OF q number OF commits
sions which had been appointed by the
President, and whose contribution TO the
public welfare had been simply meal
culable. Among these were the commits
sion for reorganiZing the business meth
DDS Of the government. the public lands
commission. the country life commission
and the national conservation commission
itself When ] signed the sundry civil
service bill containing this amendment
transmitted with 1t as my last official act
a memorandum declaring that the amend
nent was void because II was an uncon-
.titutional interference with the rights OF
the executive and that II l were TO re-
main President would pay to II no at
tention whatever.
A Critical Time.
The national conservation commission
thereupon became dormant. The suspen-
sion OF It's work came at a most unfortu-
nate time, and there was serious danger
that the progress already made would be
lost At this critical moment the Ma
,ionai Conservation Association was or
ganized. 1t took up the work which
otherwise would not have been done. and
IL exercised a most useful influence In
preventing bad legislation. In securing
the introduction of better conservation
measures at the past session OF Con-
gress. and In promoting the passage OF
wise laws. 1t deserves the confidence and
support OF every citizen interested in the
wise development and preservation OF
our natural resources. and in preventing
them from passing into the hands of
uncontrolled monopolies. 1t joins with
the National Conservation Congress in
holding this meeting. !! am here by the
joint invitation OF BOTH.
Pan-American Conservation.
Referring to the movement for oonser-
walton In other republics OF tho western
hemisphere. Mr.. Roosevelt said:
1T is to the mutual interest of the
United States and our sister American
republics that this development should
be wisely done. Our manufacturing In
dustries offer market for more and
more OF their natural wealth and raw
material while they will increasingly de-
sire TO meet that demand In commercial
exchange. The more we buy from them
the more we shall sell to them. 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 real
ize, that normally II Is a good thing for q
nation to have its neighbor nations pros
Per. We OF the United States are genu-
and prosperity in Canada. in Mexico. IN
South America
Effort to Cloud Issue.
But while we of the United States are
anxious. az I 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 conser.
vacon questions Of the moment relates &C
the control Of water power monopoly ir
the<public interest There is apparent &c
the tudicious observer a distinct tend
ency on the part of our opponents to CLOUD
the issue by raising the question of state
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