Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
Replies From Governors.

! Replies From Governors.
| The replies of the governors outlined
dehnlte comprehensive plan of action,
which would soon be capable of producing
results. The conservation committee real
ICES that the support of any measure to
| be effective must be intelligent and to
this end a. conservation bulletin will be
started and will be sent out every two
or three weeks to the public and private
schools of the country in the hope that
| the fundamentals of conservation NAV
| find root there. 1t will be the principal
aim to get the bulletin into the hands of
people who do not see the daily papers.
| and in that way teach the principle of
| conservation where it could not be
taught otherwise. The conservation com
| mittee of the D. \. r. was last April at
the continental congress made a national
| committee.
The replies of the governors indicated.
| perhaps, some difference of application.
but the principle of conservation is there
In Connecticut the particular interest
leans to the prevention of pollution of
| streams and preservation of forests
Gov. Gilchrist of Florida emphasized the
protection Of srT1g and plume birds. Pro-
| lection of the forests is the thing needed
in Idaho. said Gov. Brady, and the wom-
interest in the work.
| GOV. CarrolpS View.
Gov. Carroll of Iowa thought the efforts
of the women toward conservation might
well be turned to the establishing of bet
ter social relations in the rural districts
and to promotion of the general welfaru
of the agricultural opportunities of the
| state. Kentucky a whole is not en-
gagged in conservation work, wrote Gov.
| Wilson, but she is the largest contribu-
tor to public schools in the United States.
Gov Fernald of Maine Endorsed the edu-
| cat1onal feature of the work.
| Gov Warner of Michigan said: IF he
| had done nothing else to win the graft
| tude of his country, the fame of Roose-
| welt would be secure because OF the impe-
| tus he gave the cause of conservation"
| The reclamation of overlooked lands in
| Mississippi is one of the needs of that
state where conservation can play a part
| wrote Gov. Noel Improvement Of wa
| terWays, conservation Of forests conser-
walton of water power and the building o.
good roads are all subjects for the conser-
walton movement, Gov. Hadley OF Mis-
| souri, said.
| Gov. Quinby of New Hampshire said:
| The conservation work which New
| Hampshire is vitality interested in is the
| bill before Congress 10 make an appro-
priation to save the forests of the White
| mountain region from the lumbermen's
AK, and the women can help materially
! III securing the passage of the bill. The
\ White mountains and the country ada
| cent are the mecca OF tourists OF the
| United States. With the forests gone.
\ much of the scenic beauty will have de-
| parted.
| women may render invaluable aid in
| this movement by assisting to launch q
| campaign of education on the subject OF
| conservation, through the magazines and
| daily press, and by making 1t a feature in
4 the work of their ..lnbS
tions," wrote Gov. Curry of New Mexico
North Dakotas Interest.
| Our efforts in conservation should be
directed first to the conservation of oul.
very fertile soil, the conservation or orr
waters, our forests, our coal-of which
we have $1,000 square miles; our gas.
lately discovered in various parts of ou.
state. but most of all our soil, upon whic. !.
| there are many depending tor exist
| ence Our women can render Invaluable
assistance by making their united wishes
and desires plainly in favor OF such cor
srrvat!on. When the women are united
men are not only willing, but anxious. to
do their bidding" is TIL message from
| Gov. Burke of North Dakota
From O. egon Gov. Benson wrote:
| The subject OF conservation of re-
sources is of great interest to the people
/ w
| Oregon, more standing timber than an.
other state in the Union, undeveloped wa
Ter power sufficient to turn the wheels OF
| every manufacturing establishment in
| New England, and enough desert waste il
4 reclaimed by irrigation to make homes
! for d million prosperous and happy peo-
/ pie
| Our last legislature created a conserva-
| ton commission which has begun Il sys-
| tematic study of every phase of the sub
! ject and which will make recommends
| tions for the enactment of such laws as
| are needed TO conserve the d fferent ele-
ments of wealth that nature has bestowed
| upon us. The work of protection of our
| forests is going on under the direction of
| both state and federal governments, and
! "a law recently passed by our aegislatur-
has put an end to the grabbing of all of
our valuable water power sites by repre-
sentatives of the trusts. Our state is also
| eceiving the benefits OF irrigation, $1,000
acres of land having been .eclaimed un-
der the bitches of one desert company
You can see from this brief statement
| Of facts that the people of Oregon are
alive to the conservation question and are
doing a great deal to assist the move
ment apd carry on the good work"
In Pennsylvania.
| From Gov. Stuart of Pennsylvania:
while Pennsylvania was one of the
| first states to undertake the conservation
| and development of her forests, now
| owning nearly one million acres of forest