Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-06
HERITAGE FROM PREDECESSOR
Effort is to Remedy Evils Pointed Out
by Theodore Roosevelt.
LEASING SYSTEM
Thinks Coal and Oil Can Be Conserved
by This Method.
POWER SITE PROBLEM DISCUSSED
Many ANGLES of situation Considered,
but No Recommendation IL Made
-COnservatIOn Means Use,
Not TieInR Up Resources,


Not TieInE Up Resources,
ST. PAUL, Sept b-President Taft In an
address before the National Conservation
congress here today made plain his posi-
ton on the whole subject OF conservation.
The speech was an exhaustive one and
prepared with greater care than any pre-
vious utterance Mr.. Taft has made since
his Inauguration. The president showed an
exact knowledge Of the subject. which sur
prscd many of his hearers
The central note OF his address was an
appeal for practical common sense In con-
servaton
The time has come" he declared, ''for
a halt In general rhapsodies over conser-
vation making the word mean every known
good In the world, for the public attention
has been aroused, such appeals as are OF
doubtful utility and do not make clear to
the public the specific course that the
people should take, or have their legislators
take, In order to promote the cause Of
conservation,
Real conservation involves wise non
wasteful use In the present generation,
with every possible means OF preservation
for future generations
THE problem is how to save and how TO
utilize, how TO conserve and still develop"
Plea for Practical suggestions.
The presidents concluding sentence was
plea that when men come forward to
suggest evils that conservation will cure.
thoy be invited 10 point out the specific
evils and the specific remedies that they
be invited TO come down to details that
their discussions may flow into channels
that shall be useful rather than into
periods that shall be entertaining without
shedding real light on the subject"
President Taft announced that he would
submit to congress the solution of the
problem OF adjusting the control OF water
sites as between the states and the general
government.
! The president got a most demonstrative
welcome at the conservation congress Gif-
ford Pinohot, who had been In ST. Paul
! for two days, was not present EIe went
| into Representative James Tawney's dis
| trict today TO deliver speech In favor OF
Mr.. Tawneys opponent The former for
ester viii be back in the city tomorrow TO
greet Colonel Roosevelt James r. Garfield
also comes tomorrow.
| The president reached st. Paul at a. m.
The president was greeted with applause
and occasionally cheering he was driven
| from the station to the reviewing stand
|
ceeded to the auditorium to address the
conservation congress.
Fling at New NatiOnalism.
Mr. Taft gave repeated credit In his
speech to Colonel Roosevelt for hfs work
for conservation, but he apparently took
a fling at the new nationalism'' when he
said:
I'm this there is a disposition to look too
much to the federal government for relief.
am liberal in the construction of the
constitution with reference to federal
power. but I am firmly convinced that
the only safe course for us to pursue is to
hold fast TO the limitations of the consti-
tuition to regard as satisfactory the work
Of the states"
When President Taft was introduced the
entire audience stood and cheered No ef-
fort was made, however, to prolong the
demonstration
The presidents first mention OF Mr..
Roosevelt called out another demonstra-
tion which lasted about as long as the one
In greeting TO him. While It continued the
president took off his reading glasses and
smiled good naturedly on the great audi
encc,
Mr.. Taft was constantly interrupted by
cheering.
Leaving the conserva alton congress the
president was escorted to the st. Paul hotel,
where he was entertained at~luncheon. The
president will make his address at the
state fair grounds at 49O p M. and after
spending the late afternoon in Minneapolis.
will leave for Beverly at s;l5 p. m.
President Taft's Address.
President Taft said:
Gentlemen OF the National Conservation
Congress: Conservation as an economic
l has A.
, preservation OF our natural resources for
! economic use. to secure the greatest
. good 10 the greatest number. In the de-
velopment OF this country, in the hardship
I OF the pioneer, In the energy Of the settler
Z | in the anxiety OF the investor for quick re-
turns, there was very little time. oppor-
4 tunity or desire TO prevent waste OF those
4 resources supplied by nature which could
not be quickly transmitted into money;
e while the investment OF capital was 20
y great a desideratum that the people as a
community exercised little or no care TO
prevent the transfer OF absolute oWnership
20 OF many OF the valuable natural resources
10 private individuals without retaining
some kind OF control OF their use The i'm
pulse Of the whole new community was 70
encourage the coming OF population, the
} increase OF settlement and the opening uu
Of business; and he who demurred in the
slightest degree to any step which prom
sed additional development OF the idle re-
sources, at hand was regarded as traitor
d to his neighbors and an obstructor to pub
y lie progress. But now that the communi-
ties have become old, now that the flush OF
l. enthusiastic expansion has died away now
e that the wOuld-be pioneers have come 70
e realize that all the richest lands in the
r. country have been taken up, we have per
for CHI of
in the disposition OF our national resources
. so as to prevent the continuance OF the
n waste which has characterized our phenom.
email growth In the past Today We desire
= to restrict and retain under public control
. the acquisition and use by the CAPITALIST OF
n our natural resources.
n ReJOices I'm Roosevelt Heritage,
The danger 70 the state and 10 the pSo