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... United States , to be held May thirteenth , four- teenth , and fifteenth , nineteen hundred and eight , to consider measures for the conservation of the country's natural resources , of which four- teen thousand copies shall be for the ...
... United States , to be held May thirteenth , four- teenth , and fifteenth , nineteen hundred and eight , to consider measures for the conservation of the country's natural resources , of which four- teen thousand copies shall be for the ...
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... United States ; it is espe- cially true of the longer settled communities of the East . The gravity of the situation must , I believe , appeal with special force to the Governors of the States , because of their close relations to the ...
... United States ; it is espe- cially true of the longer settled communities of the East . The gravity of the situation must , I believe , appeal with special force to the Governors of the States , because of their close relations to the ...
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... United States , including ( 1 ) iron , ( 2 ) copper , ( 3 ) gold , ( 4 ) silver , ( 5 ) other metals , ( 6 ) cement , ( 7 ) brick - clay , ( 8 ) stone , and ( 9 ) miscellaneous . b . Relation between production and price . c . Estimates ...
... United States , including ( 1 ) iron , ( 2 ) copper , ( 3 ) gold , ( 4 ) silver , ( 5 ) other metals , ( 6 ) cement , ( 7 ) brick - clay , ( 8 ) stone , and ( 9 ) miscellaneous . b . Relation between production and price . c . Estimates ...
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... United States , including ( 1 ) home pasturing , ( 2 ) breeding , and ( 3 ) herding . b . Extent and value of the industries . c . Grazing in the arid and semi - arid regions , considered with reference to stock , including ( 1 ) cattle ...
... United States , including ( 1 ) home pasturing , ( 2 ) breeding , and ( 3 ) herding . b . Extent and value of the industries . c . Grazing in the arid and semi - arid regions , considered with reference to stock , including ( 1 ) cattle ...
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... United States , including ( 1 ) fuel- power , ( 2 ) water power , and ( 3 ) power from other sources . d . Rate of increase in the use of power , ( 1 ) past , and ( 2 ) prospective . e . Current and prospective electrification of ...
... United States , including ( 1 ) fuel- power , ( 2 ) water power , and ( 3 ) power from other sources . d . Rate of increase in the use of power , ( 1 ) past , and ( 2 ) prospective . e . Current and prospective electrification of ...
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Page 319 - The lands of the State, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed.
Page 355 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free...
Page 1 - For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 1 - Thy servants have come from the north and from the south, from the east and from the west.
Page 146 - But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.
Page 333 - The water of all natural streams, springs, lakes, or other collections of still water within the boundaries of the State are hereby declared to be the property of the State.
Page 153 - My native country! thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills, .Like that above.
Page 193 - We declare the conviction that in the use of the natural resources our independent States are interdependent and bound together by ties of mutual benefits, responsibilities, and duties. We agree in the wisdom of future conferences between the President, Members of Congress, and the Governors of States...
Page 10 - In fact there has been a good deal of a demand for unrestricted individualism, for the right of the individual to injure the future of all of us for his own temporary and immediate profit. The time has come for a change. As a people we have the right and the duty, second to none other but the right and duty of obeying the moral law, of requiring and doing justice, to protect ourselves and our children against the wasteful development of our natural resources, whether...
Page 334 - Water being essential to industrial prosperity, of limited amount and easy of diversion from its natural channels, its control must be in the State, which, in providing for its use, shall equally guard all the various interests involved.