| Show iM E n RESOURCES conference to Consider Subject Assembles in East Room Of 01 White House HouseA A MOST NOTABLE GATHERING president Members of Cabinet supreme Court Judges and Governors Present Present W h by ll 11 n fl S 01 lS liS liSA A ni I f Y th ot the us UH waR va Ihl of lany ot of the mOlt ul IlsUn lit and In gu II 11 II oC C the tho naton nation I It wn on of the tho that thaI lins hns vor evor mot met to con cun 1 In grit ider I ti of the nation Th o c on ni lon President M v llY Y with the of Irlo th and territories to al the broad 1 of tho 10 tf or tho ho s The fhe wi wilt Fri FriLy anti embraces non who know d Ly Y how the natural of tho ho have been cap lains of who vh hav Iud tot Id the anti aud told oJ If the the nai natIon ons prodigality 11 iii tito Iho and or of orI It natural resources the I WIS was thu tho of the United th Ico od nIl the of tho United ates court alt izI 1 bels u of both houses of The ho tl tes wre represented b Izy thou chief rep rel nod and th conferee up ap them Aldrew Andrew Carnegie the ken Iroil I James J 1 Hi tho genius or of railway expansion Johl John Mitchel Mitchell Dr I C White the labor lea ter J tale Mate geologist of Wc t Virginia the leading expert 01 on coal coni In Inthe the States 1 INVITED QUESTS TS rIte specially guests eu I three Can Bryan Judge George Or Gray or of Ild Io u ohl A Johnson 0 of rho rhe subjects to it be Include 1 tb u use e 11 ot Of or of the tho and of waters The I the Iho outgrowth of at tt th ot of tho th RI al to 10 Iho The Tho o of 1 I gath cnn met with presidents n Uc approval the Iho Had public it Il letter the Inviting go gorno gov rno of the tho states state to attend th con 11 In this Iho 10 president that thom Is no other qU question ston now tile milon nation of equal with the Iho UC tol of the tho con or of the IU natural to le sources Jg 10 tho ho COl coil was to 10 order ordel In the lie fain fum oui cas east I 1001 lii In tJ Who b who lio took look in 10 the great grent 1 1 to arrive fh recel the Iho goV goJ stIll and hortt thereafter they as In ii Iho east room OPENS COI lm NeE The wag b l the tho wih with ni au on 00 Couse as a Duty VUly Tzi Ill pro tm olin f tot I the doy Included by I on Ores Oles anti nud h by 11 1 1 C C llOr of oC glo of Vest aud 1111 Virginia state geologist of that sUite In tl on Fuels Pr President Juhn Ml h hol ot of otI oft I t Mine ln ot of iI Id the lize I ii al on I coal oal Ilu izzi n nl l I The lot fot tito ncr nIo I I with the ml or of th the dl all with wh the tho of ItO 1 In III Almost transformation of th fa at l effective Along the east Wil 5 IL work und and 1111 form 53 feet long Ind jJ 19 fell feet high This az aK I greel green velvet lh ith Joll gold 1011 This vork orl If lit frd 1 for two giant C a 0 aps of Iho United each of It hint Is 10 It how the th various or of lao Iho Th 1 occupied tile tho of just liz In Of till tho 71 he oIlier conferees anti amI WO thi Iho atei II in the Iho order ot of tl the lt at HOOl U h hI I lbs ut at 1 ll 0 the tho 11 us hn 10 en elI ent t t the Iho kii or of t l sit II hy by ll Ire Ici lie nl wa Iw tho al Wil not ut notto to t I to too II by I it OhM I tho 11 1 ii the Iho 1111 t forn ii I ul h n the h by th hi ha ml Iho VOIl 10 1004 Oil up ha 1111 II nil thol eh el Tho 1111 t took look till tillS P S 1111 it nil Ito tho I history 11 un itt PH ss rs nr if ho I litzi taN 1111 I ou to this Ut nt Ih house YOI You tr or at ii ire 0 may Join IlY tl tc 10 11 thO of If tho VS 1111 Ii UHe lf Uw thin gica t tint In li I z I oC It I li buN 11 lion on 14 o vItal Is this tot 01 th Ir Iiri ti II I ti ti r 1 is holy Iw I ha cli U t 1111 of the tho Cilli of if Ih tIle form forill I ii t ha tI met Iu Ii i It Il Ih t lt colUn i fro ti fil fill thoU wih with the Iho of oC the II is iK us thol uro aro In r anI and n net o of tn In tho ho If these theBe the Iho nd In the Iho tho he t ca hi lilt the In Iii 1 ille II lw 1 8 been heln to tn tile tho its 81 I flu I n I I In I it 01 un In I cOl In In a I II I I nt the a I zoti you of nf nil Iho I ho l If the tho UnIted 11 In ti I now b th tl the ri ld thin thA oceA lon tOI for f lies In Iii the tact that the tho IU r Il lel ni an t ur of ou Iro urn II Iii r nr r hi hau Wl So permit lie tho thoI I rr t i I ii u 1 C oxide III n I leni With D t Ih itic ro ri It rm iV try ry tl lon anti rl wIth II the con coti sequent qUent growth 11 In the extent Ind antI nl lety ot of tile Iho leeds of tin the average co man COle a Increasing I ot at the tho ii h this Inn juan from rom the th actual I iv sources ut of the country Yet Yel rather curiously ly II at the IOle tle the tho average lan ma In zi n pt to 10 loso 1080 hl his of tills this del Savages and vOly very poop Ie generally oni with resources with those which obtain trout tile tho tur sur fac tico o of the tho mould As All become a a JUo little hess their Industries t 1110 tilt II in I a rude Iud are arc oti ed tu to resources thu tho surface thul 1101 wih wo we RII Iho lie of knowledge molo mote resources como Comb lilt IO tISO Iro are rul foresight tu to become ti a 10 auth ad facto 11 in life Crops mo cultivated are ito do tilli ll nm 11 OP OF MANKIND gory Ivery stop or of tho ot of man mun mankind kInd II Is marked by th the Ild Inn Innuse ute use of natural IC Illicit Va utilizatIon of resources tot grow row nol not Ih hidden wenith of lie Iho bo be developed tar the tho of Pr FrOm l tito tho of hll on tho ot Of tile the Nile unit Uw lie tin Iho or of thu world has hns gOlc gone on slowly with occasional setbacks but on the ho whole hole through leU of centuries to the lay day lut t of lal lute tile 1 it of the lie process hn 1115 Increased at such sucha a l rate that maIo space has hori bon IH tic tUlly covered durin during time the a quarter b by our national le life during thu tho preceding six thou SaUd that take us back to the tho curliest or of Egypt to 10 the tho curlest earliest of at the tho Ilium OrI Old CONDITION When the th ro founders or of this titis nation net mel at hail In ph iL lie tho of It hal not nol tall from what hat the they were when tile the keels tho th or IL ortho the tho The Tue WC Iho those e of degree lot not u of kind Unit the itO CiO 0 hot In iii 11 even tHI 1 of degree sits curried 1 ot us as it II hot had carried on oa by tile tho In tim countries to the Het itei len iea The h vars of tIle of Bo Boton ton toil Ii Pt Ikc like the wares ware ot of tito tho of Ild I it went Jy 11 tor wore J h by boats ProPelled by sails or 01 ours oars it t they thoy went by I bold carried In drawn hy by boasts ts of draft or 01 In iii pricks Oi lit tile tha of boust of burden ulden rite rha ships lie tho high seas hetel better thal tho ships that ono crol crosSed tIle Aegean hut but tile the wore o of the sume samo typo after altho were wooden b and alid In oil land tile the roads WC were nola not as good as the roads loads of tile the em II T the of the posts wa In fermi In I II tUne cal coal was known only ni 0 a useless black ston tim tho glut grout fels fields of inous cOli coal wel vole ts steam vui s the tho use of coal for tor pow POi power er WIS of Yater Vater wal practically hill source oi of mare IO tue tho labor pf of m men n und and mil mais alit ld this power wa was used Oni ani In the primitive fashion Hut u a afew few fow 1101 Iron deposIts had liuti In the use URO of Iron 11 by our lyns VOI very smal small vae the fuel and ld what UI lawell was 10 tile tho were regarded me all to settlement anti Such was the thIe degree of oC progress to which civilized mi I Id 11 hunt attained this lIlA laton l 1114 career I ft is impossible 0 or us lii In tills d tbt to 10 realize how Ito little OUI our store of If ancestors kilow now of t lie great les o whose WhOM discovery and U use l have hav beel been vital lul factors In mind greatness of Ihl this nation anti ho how Ille lIttle the they required to take tram from his store In order to satIsfy their needs OF 01 KNOWLEDGE huh OUI allu use o of time tho rO ot of th the present terrItory o If the United States have IL a faith Indeed the growth of at 1101 I ll I II bounds Ino Inc of the mot niost and alit Import tilt In Ito of the tho world orld Its Ils been duo due to 10 the tho III fill aia h that It IJ ho sald saul to 0 Ihl time destruction of nt OUI lu Natura hl lout to us tiC In the United States mild still to 10 18 15 more kinds of 1 re In hi U Li 1010 lavish than lois hUH over heen tile tho nl at 11 any or 11 ally othel Out OUI In Ill tiit orld hus been beon II by tilI th and of the tho we hao halt hUI we Il art moro not loss less WI lent Willit sIn than Itt lt since Inco th tholas the thedaS any tUne of oe history ni daS olas ur it man lien ron ETI lOUt I IT 01 Yet Yot our fathers Iho they know so o of Ll of the country tz IL wis II ill ell I hereto SIW sav that tIme the perpetuity of tile tho states coull could 11 be h iy union UI thu olly till bo babis I of union 11 lull l ont IU II lit other words I It hO he hale on Oil tile tho nn unit ISO Ot their Ac c h he to lu outline I a of Ild by hla un talo Watt was b by Virginia It met mel l nl where WI we are aro now te l lIIA jug II lit Alexandria adjourned tu to IIA a nit took HII ii p he consideration ot of Interstate ly by the Iho olly IDly thou thon that ot of wilier water Further Further well Store r II at anti than ut at Phio I It Il itt that time o If n till tile ho for Wil In its original CUl COIl lii Ion merely morely a H confer tact one hut Iho they lied o r their the Iho wal wan tile tho COl Colt which hz thai tho states Into I IL Or OF Jh of th thin United State Irow II III large titi ci nul ii Ill lt itt hut Iho t for II In the tho wl tsu o ouS uS or Oh of It nl lt I 1 I ro ot of or itt our re rite wl l 11 l Iro are 01 our resources au as 01 II is th I ltv groat IllS I triai oti or lf I hao UI to com Collie nul 11 tile and tho I lie Ill of tIC of oC of f tc 10 use on oUr 1100 mils calls for tOl et cC fort Cull uluI U rt Itin since cOlmon tIlt tile tho electrIcIty 11 1111 ton 0 IH I Iho t Ii 0 I nil umit ruth tilt thu HI 11 Cs II lii own rIH ii 10 it 0 Ii Il I I liza loll or of mil in ill ull a lIlt ye UI Us the thell ll for ni iii I othol it lie I I II t bits II ha the tho ln tt of alto Fize I ft it coal coni have given o lB 14 UJ B have huo leil to nl hl hilts nevol before linen peon The 11 wealth fr or In our forests Ito tho rIches Jr nU Ih mules 1 11 lie Iho o fit Kohl lUl I lie Iho effIciency of at lon inn tito Ir It Uti lift In Ill rom fort anti con I nt T ON H I I ilzo drain on three these natural l promoted to ID 11 u i l Hr reA B tI thit on I Dovon PI TO SAVE NATIONS NATURAL h II lj page otto h hoC of oC our and lIfe liCe Mo More Ihl hi hits I ci effect tipon rho an ii louis of our OUI The ho tot COI lii In timo Iho great hll hits gIven IR to igor S decision power ml IL CapacIty fur for whIch In IH hut own lImits hO never noer yet lel So great lal 1111 amid so n could his huts been oUr growth lots hoen n a to lag Ing fl Itt ald amid moral growth but bul that I is not the subject tipon which I 1 speak to you today for the tho moment the tho QueStion If of month 1 it II lit IH safe to toSI SI Unit the prosperity or of our I depends 01 on time tho 11 In l with which our I 11 tl 1 rut re sources alo nie Isel used I It Is equally that rl resources are aro the 1111 basis of power l perpetuity Flit In ni ally It II III Ii evident that these J resources ant uro In thin or of IX e LIMIT OI OF u D This laton nation begun began with tho that Ihal Is Its wore Vire Ilm and o 0 nil tho thie who CilO eato to 10 malle our L country I I tr hOlo home but bUI already the limit or of land hand II Is Itt In and bil but little hand fled fitted for fOl agri not IVO save can be reclaimed b by and 1 begun wIth nn an un of forests more moore half of the timber Is gOlo gone Vo 0 wih with coal coul mom extensive than those ot of ammy other wih Iron ors Ores reg regarded 11 as tibie anti many experts 10 that tint tho end of at both holh mon Iron ant anti cOlI coal Is II Iii Night sight OF COAl Time rho mero In 01 our tUrn Uon of COl coal durIng 1907 over 9 IX cx tIme tho COI II lii 1876 the tho Cl year ear The Jib stores or of 01 Ind nod gits R are large I gone Our OUI waterways nr arc lot not gone but bul they have 10 me In Iii Jonah h by neglect amid b by that division of and LiI ulel titter hack Inck of 81 tent lem il iii dealing with them that there Is IH loss navigatIon allon on 00 them now than was as t tO years ago Finally wu we lingua with soils of unexampled fel tot ald amal 0 have fl Si them h h u use e all aitui to erosion that t hero thero crop ue uehl hl lug power h is diminishing n load of II lii II lit ci a ward vord we have thought hessly und and to 10 a large degree degroe all iii ii litti nishi ed the Iho upon hOlt U whIch nut not onlY outly il but Ihl the pm depend perly o of our chIldren must always WHY NATION I IS Vo Ve have grat great because of the lavIsh h USI or of OUt our resources anti we hUV just to be hr Ud of our growth But Bul tl time has cume conie to In o seriously what wil will happen whon shen our ale gone gonn the coal cIal the Irn Iron the oi ami amal the gr ga are ox ax hausted when the soils ahal have havo bun been sUI still Impoverished Ild timid into Inlo the Iho streams rIvers denudIng tho heIdi and obstructing navigation TheRe do not relate ni to the next century or to 10 the next generatIon It is time for UI us 10 as IL ii nation to 10 exercise o the tho Ilmo same II lii with our great that would be bc hy by any prudent lun lunIn oman In conserving anti amI the tho which us ur If of for and his TWO KINDS I IU natural resources I 1 have crated calm ho divided into Inlo two distInguished accordingly a ath as th the IU are O or U zire re not capable lable of renewal Ir If used must necessarily arIY ho cx The do de not and anu caum lot tuot mellow themselves Therefore In dealing time Coal coal the tho 01 oIl th tite Js gas tilt th I ron I lie uric I a hut ly al mU I hiat t I we 10 do II Is to 10 tr try to see sel the they am are wisely Ulo Tins ho Is to 10 come In time Iho second casl of resources consists of those which cult can not noL Cal W be used ud In Huch manner mannI ns as 10 ti leave them audi i for our OUI children but Call cami Il nut tUII he be Improved h use The rhe sol the forest the Iho waterways come In Inthis this In wil wIth I I I I source hum Is to 0 ott nature only II by the to 10 I it use which lut In the tho end exhausts them hut lut In the tho soi soIl uld amid ls its products mal mamu can an un out ni b by thin to 10 renew and oven re ie 11 lii miLliner n as to 10 sere tint waters rn can ho so RO coni rolled I hit In ti PI y utah m Is DUrY TO Neither the tue mUll luau nor lone WI leit of if In duty to 10 po levity II itt dealing with the tho resources hen heti the tho let Set tolled the Iho lo ls lie ho felt relt that WIl o of fOllst heft fur rOl the tho who CILI cattie after him When Ito he IJ ex tl time soli itt df his taInt fann ht be felt that his POl semi SI go vest arid Ink lp lip Sv Su It trims IUS hl his lumu Ihl thie sl troth Ito Iho lie Iho t ii n g river lieu ho t o 4 f it ito Iho I rut I rather titan teatta for tOl moving hil his ore 1111 ii iid les A ALL 1 NOW 0 Now o 11 all this Is 01 the thu the sun of timi o Of to today day must his nn hits hIs fl mu thors tarm anti There Thoro Is 10 III this It If the father wi wIll exercIse No 10 II list ot of IL a ox ex II Is fertIlIty 10 So with the tor torU or U IR We 0 are 1110 over oer time verge or of r IL tr In iii this aunt IL II is isU U fOI or the timi hit t toil or ai thio Iho to Permit ni nimy further or Of our timber SIVO save lii In accordance with n a which wil trill hut tho next shah see seo the Iho of 01 foro oven wo te Citti 1111 tracts ot of time tho haul to time tho hy by tout In I ii tue tho a nut ml tutu Ii b II I 0 of great tracts of In Iii the ho t Vl nul cur Litton by tIme tho of o 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