AMERICA’S NATURAL RESOURCES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9146, 15 May 1908, Page 5

AMERICA’S NATURAL RESOURCES.

STEPS FOR CONSERVATION. / Press Association —Copyright, jl Received May 15, 81.1 a.m. jl New York, May 14. I President Roosevelt opened at Washington the Conference of State Governors and experts on the National Conservation of Natural Resources. Cabinet members of Congress, Justices of the Federal Supreme Court were also present. President Roosevelt emphasised the rapid exhaustion of natural resources, and said the limit of unsettled land was in sight. Half the timber had gone, and the end of iron and coal was in sight. Mineral oil and gas had gone, natural waterways were neglected, and the soil was impoverished by injudicious use. Both the nation and the States ought to enforce a policy of conservation, which would preserve the soil, forest and waterpowers, as the heritage of future generations. They ought also to recognise that it is a patriotic duty to insure the safety and continuance of the nation by raising its citizens to the highest pitch of excellence in private, State, and national life.