Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-11-03
ROOSEVELT FOR
FEDERAL CONTROL
Believes Government Should Gen.
orally Be Leader in Con-
Servation.
SAD EXPERIENCE IN EAST
Addressing Public Meeting In Denver.
Ex.President Discusses Water Pow
er. Coal Lands, Ranges and Fores's
Powerful Plea for Conservation.

Denver. Colo. Aug. 29.-Colond
Roosevelt arrived in Denver from
Cheyenne this morning and after
parade in which representatives of the
state and city. the Live stock asso-
citation and the Spanish War Veterans
took part. was the guest OF the Den
yer Press club az a cowboy luncheon
AZ Overland park In the afternoon
he delivered public address at tho
J Auditorium and later spoke 10 tho
| Spanish War Veterans. and then he
was the guest Of honor az a round.
/ up dinner az Eljebel Temple.
Talks on Conservation.
Mr. Rooseyclrs main address was
on conservation. and was as follows:
This country has shown definite signs
! OF waking up 20 tho absolute necessity of
/ handling It's natural resources with Fore
/ sight and common sense. Tho conScry1-
+ tion question has three sides In the frst
place the needless waste % the natural
resources must hc stopped II IL rapidly
| becoming wei settled policy ~ this poo
| pie that We OF this generation hold tho
/ land IN part for the next generation. and
I not exclusively Tor lug own selfish trIoY-
/ meut. Just as the farmer is "a good cin-
/ zen II he leaves his farm Improved and not
/ Impaired for his children. and bad ciii-
ren n he skins the land iu his own selfish
| Interest 50 the Nation behaves wei n u
treats the natural resources as assets
which u must turn over to the next gen
Grafton increased ani NOT impaired IN
value. and behaves badly ~ - leaves the
land poorer 90 those who come after ia.
In the second place. the natural re-
sources must o., developed promptly.
completely. and in orderly fashion. 10 -
/ not conservation 20 '.utt the natural re-
sourccs undeyrlopcd Development is an
Indispensable part ~ the conservation
plan The forests the mines the water
powers and The land Itself must all be
put Co use. Those Who assert that con-
serNation proposes Co tie them up dsur'v-
Ing this generation 81 their dement's IN
order 90 hand tirm on untouched 90 ne
next miss the whole point ~ IN" con-
servatlon idea. CoussrN alton does not
mean deprivinC the mon % today Of their
natural rights IN a." natural resources -
the land All 10 means is that W of his
generation shalt 50 u@e our rights as not
70 deprive those who come after us II
their natural rights in their turn
In tho third place Fo FAR as possible
these resources must BE- kept Tor tho
whole people and not handed over for
exploitation to single individuals We DO
not ir'rrd 10 q. courage Individual enter
prise ~ unwiselv diminishing the reward
for that enterprise on the contrary. ws
believe that the men ~ exceptional ablll-
tics should have exceptional rewards up
- n point whore rho reward becomes a..
proportional o. tho service. mp 20 the
point whore tho abilities arc used 20 the
or. ~, o.. lit.-,,' 81, ,l.. i-tt,.it,.,t go, 3,
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comes Inconsistent with fls welfare 81
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ness an commerce m a scale sueG.fa-t /
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peop'o VII suffer-
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our form ~ government the state. ami the |
F''fe onlv lrs the power 90 act cor
d'allv ioln With those who desire 10 soc |
the st"'e within its own sphere. take tho
most advanced position I'm regard to the |
whole matter OF conservation. have
taFen exactly this attitude In my own
state Of New York Where the state alone