Arizona republican., 1911-03-08

one of a great family of children
placed on earth by the Supreme Ar
chitect and Builder of the existing or
der of things? The tree. like your
self, was designed as part of the
whole. and is just as necessary.
The natural energy expended in its
creation is vastly superior; its birth
and growth and death is none the less
complex and wonderful. Did you ever
pause tn contemplate that the same
Unseen Power that gave him life. and
love-and permitted him to see and
understand. then grow to old age only
to wither and die-also makes the
seed to terminate. and, from its birth.
+he tree to live and have a being.
with its hours of sleep and waking. its
mating season and nearly every attri
butte of humankind excepting lOcomO-
ton?
Its little mouths hunger for food
and drink; its lungs inhale fresh air.
and To grow it requires sunlight and
frequent baths even as you and l. Its
trials and temptations are as yours
and mine and none the less severe:
and the same unalterable rule applies
To both alike. Each. insofar as itself
is concerned, is an accid"nt-for the
Unknown Power gives place to each
alike. and when the time is due gives
their place to others of their kind.
The Designer of things earthly-or
heavenly. if YOU please-does not sub
stitute man for trees. nor birds for
beasts. And God said. let the earth
bring forth the living creatures after
it's kind and everything that
creepeth upon the earth after its
kind" And out of the
ground made the Lord God to grow
every tree that is pleasant to the sight
and good for food"
Man. mere man. is but an infinites-
NAL part of single one of all the
5ingdoms-the animal kinSdom-and
his relation to the myriad things OF
life, put on earth by the Maker of it
all, is relatively unimportant. Man
is among the less important of all the
great elements in Nature. If man
were to become extinct. this same old
earth would roll along unconscious
of its loss; its animal life. its veSe-
table kingdom, its birds and insects.
and the fishes that swim i'm the sea
all in perfect harmony. would swing
on with this world in a perfect state
OF equilibrium. unto the end of time.
But let man, in his savage barbar-
ity. continue To increase and multiply
at the same ratio as in the recent
past: and with the same degree OF in
telligcnce, continue to apply 10 his
madness born of ignorance. toward
the other elements in Nature. and the
results would he that he would 50 un-
balance the natural forces as To suf-
fcr-first and surest of all. his own
extinction.
Do you comprehend the tremcndu-
Gus Importance of trees in relation
to human life? Do YOU know the
work they do? When you understand
that a single mature oak tree. in
single summer season. drinks up a
hundred and twenty-to OF water
drawing il in through its roots and
discharging il into the atmosphere
it's leaves; when you under
stand that without this process. the
air would become incapable of sup
porting human life When you under
SAdiiAa tlltAt man - hfsAlbN iilk liitSt
very necessary trees at the rate of
more than a thousand acres every
hour of the day and night. i'm the
United States-and if the same rate is
continued for one hundred years they
viii all be destroyed-then you will
begin to grasp the meaning of the
work of conservation.
/ am not predicting such a result
Nature has a way of correcting tine
errors of man, just as she has a way
Of correcting other evils, and she will
correct them. She is applying her
remedy now. She is forcing us to
adopt the conservation policy. She
has said To us: You have taken
more than your share; YOU have drawn
down my life-giving power until
sustain you longer in the same
way. You must let me recuperate
You have gouged out my eyes and
torn my hair from its roots: YOU
have tapped my veans and let flow
my LIES blood; YOU have hacked and
torn my flesh: You have burned and
bruised my body; you have Slapped at
my vitality until | can stand it no
longer. You must henceforth exist as