The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-25

MISS ALICE BENNETT.
''The women of this country can do
anything IL they will set their minds
to it,
This is the foundation upon which
Miss Alice Bennett. advocate Of water
power conservation, bases her hopes
of preserving for the people their
rights and interests in the water pow.
er sites Of the country. To her mind
the subject is one Of the highest i'm
portance to all the people Of the ma
ton, affecting. among other matters,
the cost Of living and the preserva-
ton OF the fundamental rights Of citi-
zenship. In her advocacy of her
cause she unites the zeal Of her Con
necticut ancestors Of the seventeenth
century with the observation-disclosures
and store Of information of a woman
of the second decade Of the twentieth
century
1t would be wrong to call Miss Ben
nett's interest in the conservation Of
the water power sites and the preser-
walton Of the peoples rights in them
her hobby, for that word would BELT
tie. according to her ideas, the prime
Importance Of the subject. But it is
her hobby in the sense that she is de-
voting to it all her time and is work
ing very hard to interest the women
of the country in the matter. She is
going from city to city lecturing aud
Is devoting the rest Of her time to the
ro ~
the matter. Her work is meeting with
the approval Of many women's organ
fzations, and she displays with pride
a letter indorsing her work sent to her
by Mrs. Lillian NJ. HOLSTER, president
Of the National Council Of Women,
the central governing body OF the wo-
mems clubs and declarations of the
country. Among the other organiza-
lions which have become interested in
Miss Benefits propaganda is the Wo-
mans National Rivers and Harbors
congress. an auxiliary of the mems
national body. The congress has 49,
600 members.
1t Is Miss Benefits ambition to or
ganize throughout the country, in cit
les, towns and villages, clubs or asso-
Citations of women awakened to a
strong realization of the Importance
of the subject which she is agitating.
To her mind very few other questions.
II any. overshadow it in Importance
and present interest. The utilization
of the water powers Of the country
and their retention in the hands of the
people are questions attracting large
and ever growing amount of at
tention from scientists and publicists.
On the proper utilization Of these
water power depends, according to
many authorities. the solution OF i'm
portant problems, such as the conser.
walton of the coal and wood supply of
the country. the use Of electric power
("white coarO in household work and
others. Proper use of the water pow
er. rescued or saved from monopoly
means saving OF IS per cent of the
coal used at the present time. all with,
In ten years, declare the scientists.
In her work Of interesting the Amer
lean public in the matter which she
has taken up with so much zeal and
diligence Miss Bennett is fire.
A0ASc. AAL Is, sue NOIhS luOCkbCuU
emily. seeking the cooperation Of al
interested organizations, but not ally
ing herself with any one of them
Women saved the falls Of Niagara
the trees of California and the Pail
SU1es and established state forestr,
eaus in the face of organized lun
Der interests" she declares. land there
is no reason IN the world why they
should not save the water power OF
the country"
Miss Bennett has been a nurse, q
settlement worker and welfare work
er. She has a record Of things accom-
plished in various lines in severa
cities. One Of the matters in which
she is especially interested and which
she considers of great Importance t.
this country is the settling and dis
tribution here Of the Italian farmer
coming to our shores.