Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-29
CONSERVATION
SERVICE HEAD
| ASKS ECONOMY
cooperation of Citizens De-
clared Need in Preserving
States Resources.
hEBER AT HUNTINGTON
Special to The Times.

Special to The Times.
HUNTINGTON, Ind, April 29.-Rich-
d Lieber, director of conservation In
ldiana, addressed two civic bodies in
lis city Thursday. At a noon luncheon
the Kiwanis Club he spoke Of the work
the State department of conservation
I'D the vital need of cooperation by all
tizens In these days when. the Nation
in state of readjustment. In his
ening address at the Presbyterian
yrch, Mr.. Lieber took up the depart
ent's work IN detail, and explained why
all States of the Union are turning their
attention to the conservation OF natural
resources.
"That which thinking men and women
had realized before the year 1914. the
war has made plain to us all, namely,
that our extravaganza and wastefulness
are liable to impoverish the Nation and
render it unfit for international compe-
tition," declared Mr.. Lieber.
"a great inheritance is ours" he said,
"but rich heirs are hardly ever good
housekeepers."
NATURE BASIS OF
NATIONS WEALTH.
The address in part follows:
"The State of Indiana in creating a
department OF conservation has taken q
great step in advance to safeguard to
the people the enjoyment and proper use
Of its natural resources, inclusive Of dsh
end game. The act creating the depart
ment had for its object businesslike man
agement of the peoples interests. share
and concern in natures gifts. Reduced
to its primitive principles, the basis Of
wealth of people consists in the rela-
tive fertility and productiveness Of the
land it inhabits. Water, air, soil, its
richness In minerals and its fruitfulness
determine the possibilities of national
wealth, While cultivation and propagation
and conservation are the forces at work
which VIII guarantee the greatest pos
s1ble return from natures bounty"
Mr. Lieber said that under the old sys-
TEN, when politics predominated in many
State offices, party interests often in
terfered with efficiency and some offices
dealing in conservation work led a plan
less and disconnected existence. The
new department Of conservation removed
from politics, functions differently, for
1t knows that the principle of conserva-
ton is not a simple subject which can
be treated with reference to a single
Resource, independently Of others it is an
A
pealth is the foundation and mainstay
Bf the States prosperity and these riches
must be treated comprehensively and in
an entirely non-partisan, on-political
| and businesslike manner.
waste reduced and resources saved
pre- the first. not the last object of con-
FervatiOn," said Mr.. Lieber. THE mate
rial resources have an additional value
when their preservation adds to the
beauty and habitability Of the land Ours
a pleasant land in which to dwell To
ncrease its beauty and augment its fit
ess cannot but multiply our pleasure in
and strengthen the bonds Of our at
lchment."
The speaker called attention to a re-
Fnt article by E. NJ. East, Harvard Uni
ersity, of the possibility of our country
faking care Of 3OO,Ooo.0qp people before
Pill Of our children have ceased their
struggle for existence, and of supporting