The Sentinel=record., 1910-01-30

said Secretary R. A. Ballinger, when questioned here today concerning une investigation which is at peent go- ing on in Washington.
 No, I haven't been subl l yet he continued, in fact quested that I be called \ .N ready whenever they want
 T don't want to talk ol
 any more now Ae concluded. i'Bnt after my address before the Conser- va;ive Club tonight. I will answer any questions the audience cares to put to me"
 Secretary Ballinger, speaking to- night before the Conservative Club os Rhode Island, which met together to hear him, gave his views on conserva- ton of natural resources and declared that conserving them does not mean bottling them mp.
 The secretary said he did not be- lieve that conservation which merely l preserves the resources of the nation,
 interests the public, but that he ard
 believe the public is interested in conservation, which, through develop ments, saves them from waste and im- proper use.
 Some people. fear declared the secretary, have notion that{to con serve our natural resources we must pickle them or bottle them up. All kinds of extreme notions are likely to be advanced by those who take an impractical view of this subject.
 T was confronted recently by the suggestion that the government build hcmes upon the remaining public lands. fence them and stock them and rent them to applicants and become the landlord of the public domaf4
 Tt Is all right to place reaso hDle restraints upon ahe use of our nat Arai resources to prevent the pichief nat might result from monsaoly IS gx 5s'o and extortion. but when yotf attemb z. to regulate a mnn's private business or declare how he shall use his prop erty, so that he can no longer exer- else a reasonable independence over it, he may as we'll surrender his busi- ness and his property to the state and let the state opemte it.
 Individuality for industry will cer- tainly disappear under any system Of public regulation and control which imposes strictly governmental guard ianship over the citizen The Ameri- | can system of government contem- plates the freest possible exercise of individual liberty consistent with thel public good and in discussing the conservation of our natural resources and the supervision, regulation and control that is proper to be exercised { by federal or state authority this prin- ciple should be constantly recognized.
 After all the question of conserya- ton Is a question of practicing with our resources frugality and economy. Prchigacy and wantcn waste of our inheritance in this particular. of course. is to be restrained whenever and wherever the power exists and when the loss affects the future happiness of mankind.
 Our nations future. in the highest z degree, is involved in the perpetnar ion of our wealth and the ability of our people to live In happiness anu. prosperity in all generations to come. therefore we can justly say thaf nss man can gratify his lust for wealth oIs z his ambition for power by destroyfn; the opportunities of others to live 1z and enjoy their share of the bounties Of nature"
 Secretary Ballinger referred to tl recent message to congre which declared that the soils of t2 country which produce the foodstu as are also worthy of conservation