The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-30


he starts for OsawatOmie, Kan, where
ne is due on Wednesday morning, and
where he is TO make what prob Dly
will be the most important speech OF
his trip.
speech at Auditorium.
In mis- speech al the Auditorium IN
der the auspices of the National Live
stock association, Colonel Roosevelt
said.
This country has shown definite
signs of waking up To the absolute
necessity of handling its natural re
sources with foresight and common
sense. The conservation question mas
three sides. In the first place the
needless waste of the natural resources
must he stopped. Ii is rapidly becom-
ing 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
enjoyment. Just as the farmer Is a
good citizen il he leaves his farm i'm
proved ard not impaired for mis- chill
uren- and a bad citizen III he skins the
land in mis- own selfish interest, so the
nation behaves well If IL treats the nat
ural resources as assets which II must
turn over TO the next generation IN
creased aud not impaired in value, and
behaves badly If II leaves the lana
poorer 10 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 natu-
raj resources undeveloped. Develop
ment is an Indispensable part or the
COnseTEa tlOn plan. The forests, the
mines. the water powers and the land
itself must all be put 10 use. Those
who assert that conservation proposes
To tie them up deprlVing this genera
tiGn of their benefits in order to hand
them on untouched TO the next miss
the whole point of the conservation
idea. Conservation does not mean de-
priying the men of today OF their nat
uraI rights in the natural resources of
the land. All il means is that we or
this generation shall so use our rights
as not 10 deprive those who come after
as of their natural rights in their turn.
For the Whole People.
In the third place, So far as posi-
Bile these resources must be kept for
the whole people ana not handed over
Tor exploitation 10 single individuals.
ual enterprise by unwisely diminishing
the reward for that enterprise. On
the contrary We believe that the men
of exceptional abilities should have eX-
cepuonal rewards up TO a point where
the reward becomes sprOpOrtionate to
the service. up TO the point where the
abilities are used TO the deJrlment OF
the people as whole. We are for the
liberty of the individual up to and not
beyond the point where il becomes in
consistent with the welfare of the
community Thus our consistent aim
is 10 favor the actual settler-the man
who takes as much of the public do
main as he himself can cultivate. and
there makes a permanent home for his
children who come after him, but We
are against the man, no matter what
his ability. who tries TO mOnOpOliZe
large masses of public land.
state and Federal Control.
Now. TO preserve the general well
fare, to see 10 il that the rights of
the public are protected. and the lib
erty of the Individual secured and en-
cOuraged as long as consistent with
his welfare. and curbed when il be-
comes inconsistent herewith, il is
necessary 10 invoke the aid OF the gov
There are points in which
this governmental aid can best be
rendered by the states; that is, where
the exercise Of states rights helps TO
secure popular rights; and as 10 these
believe in states rights. But there
are large classes of cases where only
The authority OF the national govern
meut Will secure the rights of the peo-
pie, and where this Is the case ] am
a convinced and JhOrOughgOiug be
lever IN the rights of the national
government Big business, for in
stance. is no longer an affair OF any
lue state. big business has become ma
ionalized, and the only effective way
NJ controlling and directing it, and
preventing abuses IN competition with
To-, is by having the people national
lie this control in order TO prevent
their being exploited by the individu-
ais who have naJiOnalized the business.
All commerce on scale sufficiently
large TO warrant any control over il
By the government is nowadays inter
state or foreign commerce, and until
his fact is heartily acknowledged and
acted upon by both courts and legisla-
live bodies. national and state alike,
The interest OF the people viii suf-
fer.
The Open Range,
81 am here at the invitation of the
Colorado Livestock association, and
desire TO express my appreciation of
their steadfast stand for decency and
progress in the handling of public lands
and national forests. They have met
and overcome the unFelenting OppOSi-
ton of some of the most influential
Stockmeu of the state, they have won
because they have been right. 1 want
10 express also my appreciation of the
work of the American National Live
stock association. It has been one OF
the really important forces working
toward effective railway regulation,
while irS SUDUOFt of The UOlicV of fed