The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-08
Dix On Conservation
GOVERNOR OUTLINES A PRO-
GRESSIVE PROGRAM FOR CON-
SEWING MEN AND RESOURCES.

Gov. John A. Dix, in speaking of
the proposed revision of the conser-
walton law, which is now before the
New York legislature, comes out fiat
~ in favor of committing 1.-The state
to the policy of developing and con-
serving the states natural resources"
rms bill, he says in the March Sur
vey, 81 am proud to have known as
my pet measure" The recommended
lions of the New York State Conser-
Vation Commission are given his sane
tlon and hearty support.
But besides advocating with a zeal
comparable to that of Clifford Pinchot
and other apostles of conservation, the
correction of past indiscretion, per-
fect present utilization, and steps to
insure the future accumulation of the
states renewable natural resources,
governor Dix urges as still another
plank In a progressive platform 1.-The
preservation, protection and perfec-
ton. of mankind
lie says with Judge Ben B. Lind
sey. to whom he refers as an up-to-
date economist and philosopher that
this nation is dissatisfied with pal
1at1veS. 1t demands cures. The
future of the race depends upon pre-
venting the human waste created by
unfair, 1nequitable, and unchristian
industrial and economic conditions"
With Prof. Irving Fisher whom he
sNAe.Oo iAC ISCOSulZcS tIIdt udtlOldi VI
tally as well as resources must be
conserved. Governor Dix, writing
on the subject of The Conservation
OF Mankind. says in The Survey:
The warning against the threaten
ed or already active decadence in the
lives, liberties and enjoyment of the
people, has been expressed in various
forms and by multitudes of different
mediums, but by none so en1phatical-s
ly and impressively as by the mes
sages and messengers of the conser
walton of natural resources These
awakening advices have been carried
in lasting letters of living Ire of de-
stroyed forests, in ineffaceable litho-
graphs of eroded soil, in the burning
books formerly found unscorched in
running brooks" which have rushed
uselessly to the sea, leaving behind
a dry bed Of reprOach and unsightli-
ness. The reassuring advices as to
remedial and preventive action have
been brought home to a diStraught
and despoiled people by the apostles
of conservation.
"The New York State Conservation
Commission interprets conservation to
mean to correct past lndiscretlon,
perfect present utilization and insure
future accumulation in the states re-
Movable natural resources. That
program means the uplift of present
and future generations. Side by
side with the conservation of material
resources, 1 would place the preser-
walton and protection of mankind. An
eminent American Conservationist has
well said that the problem of conserv-
ing our natural resources is only one
part of the larger problem of conServ-
ing national efficiency; the other pars
relates to the vitality of our populsL-
ton. The conservation of the for
ests, waters, fish and game and the
conservation of men are much more
than inter-related. AS human up
lift propaganda they are inseparabie.
the latter being paramount and the
raison-d d etre of the former. OF that
fact, too, too many students of con-
servation are apparently unaware or
at least unmindful.
THE conservationist is not a pana-
eea-ist. And besides sdisclaiming that
conservation is panacea for all hui
man ills, he acknowledges both the
existence and the worth of other re-
storers. To all others enlisted in the
great campaign for the up-lift of man,
he extends the right hand of fellow
ship, especially to those organizations
and institutions recognized as the lead
ers of the variously organized move
ments for human up-lift, such as the
pulpit and the press; peace societies
and sunshine circles; medical societies
and semi-public hygienics organiza-
lions; the pure water conference and
boards. of trade, chambers OF COM
merce,. civic. and charitable organiza-
tons; the sportsmen's clubs and ag-
ricultural societies; the labor unions
and industrial associations, the athlei-
ic clubs and fraternal societies. To
these the conservationist says, Let US
get together. Let us attach ourselves
to the same sledge, even If 1t be under
different harness.. We are all seeking
the. same goal and there is one good
path, the nearest route, by which we
should all travel
ITO the medical societies, semi-pub-
lie hygiene institutions and the var
ious public boards of health, the con-
servationist owes much helpful infor-
nation and practical assistance. Many
instances might be cited, but the mind
turns to Prof. Irving Fishers contri-
button to the National Conservation
Congress; National Vitality It's Wastes
and Conservation.
1.-THE cOnservationist takes the clos
est heed of what authorities on sani-
tation and hygiene have to say of the
two primary conditions in conserving
the vital resources of human life:
namely, conservation through heredity
and through hygiene.
1.-THE cOnservationist Is In sympathy
and accord with the purposes of labor