Proceedings of a Conference of GovernorsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1909 |
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Page v
... natural resources . * * * The time has come for merging local projects and uses of the inland waters in a comprehensive plan designed for the benefit of the entire country . * ** It is not possible to properly frame so large a plan ...
... natural resources . * * * The time has come for merging local projects and uses of the inland waters in a comprehensive plan designed for the benefit of the entire country . * ** It is not possible to properly frame so large a plan ...
Page vi
... natural resources of the Nation , the one characteristic more essential than any other is foresight . * * * No other Nation enjoys so wonderful a measure of present prosperity , which can of right be treated as an earnest of future ...
... natural resources of the Nation , the one characteristic more essential than any other is foresight . * * * No other Nation enjoys so wonderful a measure of present prosperity , which can of right be treated as an earnest of future ...
Page viii
... natural resources and their con- servation for the making and maintenance of prosperous homes , " the members of the Commission have been led to feel that it would be desir- able to hold a Conference on the general subject of the ...
... natural resources and their con- servation for the making and maintenance of prosperous homes , " the members of the Commission have been led to feel that it would be desir- able to hold a Conference on the general subject of the ...
Page ix
... natural resources is the fundamental problem . Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others . To solve it , the whole nation must undertake the task through their organizations and associations , through the ...
... natural resources is the fundamental problem . Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others . To solve it , the whole nation must undertake the task through their organizations and associations , through the ...
Page x
... natural resources , and I added that it is the plain duty of us who , for the moment , are responsible to take inventory of the natural resources which have been handed down to us , to forecast the needs of the future , and so handle ...
... natural resources , and I added that it is the plain duty of us who , for the moment , are responsible to take inventory of the natural resources which have been handed down to us , to forecast the needs of the future , and so handle ...
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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.