Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-24
Nebraska
CONSERVATION MEET OPENS
Dean Besssv Makes Flea for Saving Of
Children.
AIDR1CH FOR ECONOMY OF LIFE
Greut Infant Mertafity 10 Nehrn-La
sid 80 ne Dae % Tainted Hm1
suBptl---Want- In-Ber-
tE.n Haard-

A-A4s-Dl-N. Fen. -4.-f rnglil- lt-l IsE.Tr-a
ton aa Applied to the saving u children
Tor a better citizenship vas the pies OF
Dean Charles r Eeasev az THE opening
session % the state Conservation coug-ess
Ht the Auditorium Tflr-dar fureuuon.
Cr- EesHev ouslned me entle area o.
conservation as applied TO physical ant
spiritual things Trees. streams children
and minds were Included IN his address,
He said in part
we are not ovucrs o. the earth We
are the stewards. and az such VIII be held
accountable. The most desuicabla thing
that -an think OF 10 tha man who saws
what do We care f1r posteritv- Postsritv
never ain anything for uH. The man WIN
SAYS he owns a thing and destroys IL be-
cause e Is his and he can 40 as he pieases
- worse than an anarchist There are
three classes of things which nature fur
nishrs One OF these is exploited. another
ID sradicated and the ether is one that can
BE- destroyed
Dean Bessev told Of thu beiatsd concern
over the destruction o. forest ana other
sources OF wealth In the country. % the
class which IN eradicated tire deal men
tuned the natural wild grasses which cow
cred Nebraska III former days These have
been destroyed tor the planting Of better
Iooking grasses which have not prospered
a. vel as tha older sorts and not yielded
the return they should. This Is a class
where conservation could have saved one
Of the most needed Of resources. In this
cisss are rhe forests and the srsat schools
81 nahss which have been wiped cut with
Thought % conservation or the intrudur-
cun of ethers % take their places
Because q the snort time az hts disposal
GSvsrn0r Aidrich was allowed 10 trade
ala
ana after she Invocation By DR. l. IT,
Roach ire chief executive delivered
snort address. The number % railruad
rspresenfatires present furnished the gov
sruor with q theme which he followed
through his talk- Live and Let 1--we he
declared 10 be hscuming more and more
apparent in the thoughts Of Nsbraskans
each day
Governor Aldrlch devoted much Of his
time 70 a discussion OF conserving the
human race. He had. he said. visited re-
Gently q number OF the state Institutions
IN which children are kept and be had been
struck with the lack Of sufficient reading
This he Thought 20 be one OF the worst
features Of ths NE OF the dependent child
The broadening effect OF good reading ma
teriai was commented upOn and the con-
Ersss was asked 10 pass resolution me-
morisllzins the Legislature 70 pass a biz
firniHhing the penitenfiary and other rate
homes with large Libraries.
The great infant mortality IN Nebraska
b said by competent men 70 b dus to ths
tainted milk supplies What We need 70
offset tire work Of this milk supply = a
board o. competent inspectors We have
competent enough men. but there an not
enough Of them We must have snouEh
IN 20 over the entire stats and create such
= preiudzce against impure products rhat In
time such thing viii be unknown. rhs
sans viii be true o. the producing or other
aDod Materials
The chief executive recommended thar
the state spend as much money Tor iuv-stf-
Earing the causes OF infant mortality ana
studying means OF ofraetting them as il
now does Tor the Investigation OF hor
caolera The spiritual side OF conservation
- wei as the material he desired To ace
attended % by the congress.
The speaker manuunsd tina fact that the
manufacturing Industries OF m. 4tar.
brought incnue 70 the STAGE Of as.nuoh
IS the agricultural industry. and a. Ne
hnaaka - second % none az an aarscuI-
tlral commonwealth iE follows that IL Is
near the top IN ths other. lie suggested
nat a. much attention be paid % the cen
ssrvins Of mauufaerurinE necessities a. u
tas sofia
An Experfezcs MeeeaaE.
While the crowd was registering in the
EoruluE DR.. Condra cond1ctsd an -exps-
risncs meeting" IN Whinh the deIeEares
we're compelled to teu their names. their
occupations and what thev we're attending
he meetings for
W. A Campbell. ia his talk before the
mannfsctursrs ana trades section Of the
state Conservation congress az the Audi
surium Thursday afternoon. devoted his
tinaa 70 an attempts through the use OF
eopious statistics % show thar the manu-
taoturtng Industry would in a few years
add a. much more % the wealth OF the
Hfara a. rhe raw material nov does
Az the FIRST Christian church he uro-
gram vas composed Of talks on the con-
servEfiou az men The drst number vas
vucai s0io. hg MIS- Alden EnVesrt Prof
Ihumaa o. the Kearney normal presided
over the session and lurruduced the rarf-
Gus speakers. Among the subseets CIV
ene1 we're Conservation Of health. Gun
seFrauuu Of honesty. moral and eociaf
asEccts ana development 81 bows chan
eslaor Aver. BishoB George Allen Beeoher.
= Prof 2 a. ring ana DR. D. b. Lord an
Drarsd on the prusram-
The agricultural seouun met Tn me Firsl
Presbyterian church Cooperation be-
tween the governments ana farmers the
value of siius iu conservation and draiuass
Eers disolssed IN that session
Nauaia Net. Tar Ru.htan.
81 HuIshton Waa COZ present Oh preside
aver the conferences on mauufactlrea and
VIII a. Maupin took the chair Iames y.
c'Harn. superintendsnr ~ tire Armour
packing plant. spoke and VIII r camp
Bal az Omaha spoke. The conference
adopted q number OF resolutions among
Which was one favurng the enacuuE ~
legislation Wnieh would tend 20 encourare
and strengthen The industry I'D this state
which deals WITH the EetunE af i've stock
erum the hands % the pro2ncsr tn rhe
purchases Nhts - OBVIOUSLY a disap-
prevail ~ the legislation now being cur-
eempnfnd IN both houses a. the lerisiatsF'-
sssling 60 regulate the stocR yards A.
South Omaha
~ g. sheruan Presidents.