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who may perchance first get a foothold in any special locality. In any 

 law that is passed, in any theory of disposition that is adopted, we 

 must look not only to their conservation and use, but we must look to 

 the prevention of their monopolization in the hands of a few favore*d 

 interests. ' ' 



JAMES R. GARFIELD. 



A Great Labor Leader. 



"In our mad rush for spoils and profits we not only waste and 

 destroy those material resources with which God has so bountifully 

 endowed us, but we press forward in the race, sacrificing, unnecessarily, 

 the lives and the comfort of our fellow-beings. It seems to me that 

 the time has come when we should stop for a moment and think not 

 alone of those inanimate things that make for comfort and prosperity, 

 but also of the men, and the women, and the children, whose toil and 

 deprivation have made and will continue to make our country and our 

 people the most progressive and the most intelligent of all the nations 

 and of all the peoples of the earth." 



JOHN MITCHELL. 



A California College President. 



"The greatest results of the administration ^ef President Roosevelt 

 have been twofold : the awakening of the civic conscience in our country, 

 and the movement towards the conservation of our natural resources. 

 These two results are closely connected, and each movement strengthens 

 the other. There is now nothing in American politics of greater prac- 

 tical importance than the preservation of our national domain, with 

 all that it contains, and all this developed to the highest point of 

 efficiency. 



Of these elements, that of forest preservation now stands first in 

 pressing importance and deserves the constant support of all good men. 

 Very important is also the preservation of the birds, to which the 

 Audubon societies are dedicated. The saving of the fisheries is likewise 

 a matter of large moment to the future, and in this I am giving per- 

 sonally all the help I can. 



As for the waters, soils and all such matters, our many centers of 

 investigation and instruction in agriculture are giving splendid pledges 

 for the future. ' ' 



DAVID STARR JORDAN. 



