UNITED STATES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9091, 16 May 1908, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

CONFERENCE OF STATE GO r VERNORS. ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. Received May 15, 8.11 a.m. NEW YORK. May 14. President Roosevelt has opened at 'Washington the Conference of State "Governors. Experts on the national .■•■ conservation of natural resources, Cabinet; Ministers, members of Congress, and justices of the Federal Supreme Court were also present. In his openinj address the President emphasised the rapid exhaustion " *Ol tha natural resources of the country. The limit of unsettled land was. in sight. Half the timber had disappeared; the end of the iron and coal was in sight; mineral oil and gas t had gone. The natural waterways were neglected, and the soil impovL • erished by injudicious use. m Both the nation and the States, de- < clared the President, ought to enforce a policy of conservation which would preserve soil, forest and water power • as the heritage of future generations. 'They ought also to recognise it as a patriotic duty to ensure the safety and continuance of the nation by raising its citizens to the highest pitch of excellence in private, State and national life. CURR"SNCY BILL PASSED. i Received May 115, 9.40 p.m. NEW YORK. May 15. \ The House of Representatives i : passed the Currency Bill, introduced) by Mr E. B. Vreeland, by 184 votes ■to 145. ■