The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1910-09-16
Friday. September IS. 1910.
The "A vance b Through the
Man.

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ST. Paul Is very much In the
linnelight this week, brought Their
by the conservation congress which
Is discussing in learned and scien
ti6c ways how best to conserve tn.
natural resources Of today in orde,
to help the man Of tomorrow
Learned men and sincere thinkers.
philosophers and leaders of public
thought. are speaking on the sub
jrc,, bearing evidence and putting
forth arguments to show that Nm
less care is taken to protect the
coming man. the coming man viii
have nothing left on which t.
build
In all this discussion do we ever
stop to thin K Of. the part the man
himself must play in carrying GU,
the arguments tending to show
that he must have helpi Do we
ever stop to consider that man
himself is gradual evolution
through succeeding generations.
and the product Of long time! The
man OF tomorrow must be the child
III the one vi today, and we have
the evidence of all time to prove
that the child Is Q rule builds blu,
little sbnve the father, that ON.
generation makes only q small
advance in the scale. Whatever
weakens the chance Of the father
lessons the chances of the child 4
advance in the scale when he. too.
shall have become the head Of .
family.
Reduced to basic principles, lite
II . passing on Of the race. The
average man has scarcely attained
his majority. scarcely reached tina,
age in life when he might expec,
10 begin to reap whatever reward
there ID In being burn into ths
world. before be ID 4 father aud
finds that oil his hopes and expect.
atoms are centered. not in that sell
which had seemed pre-eminent in
boyhOod. but on the future Of his
children. He no sooner begins 10
live than he finds himself living
for others. al his hopes, his
dreams. his expectations and de.
sires. focused on the we'll. being OF
his progeny and the position they
ere to occupy In the world. The
most the average man can hope Is
that he will be able to advance his
children. place them . little better
In the scale. condition them better
than he had been in the matter OF
home. school. business or occupa.
ton.
Therefore. nothing will 50 rob
the future. delay that consumma.
tion toward which civilization
seems to be striving. retard the I'D.
vancement Of the race As . whole
ar the individual rs q factor, as
that which prevents the man Of to
day. the father Of the man, that il
To be tomorrow, for making the
most Of himself. the best use Of
the resources Of nature. the mos,
utility out Of those things which
man uses lin his own upbuilding
Minimizing the chances for the
man Of today In order that the one
Of tomorrow may have q chance.
II really putting of the consume.
tion . generation, since anything
that holds back the man Of this
generation and sets him to mark.
ing time Is only delaying matters
until the next generation Is born and
keeping civilization out OF thepro.
gress II might otherwise have beer
making. The impulse Of creation
II toward the perfect man. not to
ward conserved trees on the noun
tain side. conserved coal Ia the
ground. or conserved natural forces
In nature everything 10 utilized Il
the production of the man through
the family.-Dcnver Republican