16 Conservation of Natural Resources in California. 



The State Geologist of West Virginia. 



"Just as sure as the sun shines, and the sum of two and two is four, 

 unless this insane riot of destruction and waste of our fuel resources 

 which has characterized the past century shall be speedily ended, our 

 industrial power and supremacy will, after a meteor-like existence, 

 revert, before the close of the present century, to those nations that 

 conserve and prize at their proper value their priceless treasures of 

 carbon. ' ' 



I. C. WHITE. 



A Captain of the Steel Industry. 



"We are nationally in the position of a large family receiving a rich 

 patrimony from thrifty parents deceased intestate. * Now, the 



first duty of such a family is to take stock of its patrimony; the next 

 to manage the assets in such manner that none shall be wasted, that 

 all be put to the greatest good of the living and their descendants. ' ' 



ANDREW CARNEGIE. 



An Ex-Governor of California. 



"Certainly this great nation must conserve the foundations of its 

 prosperity if it would continued great. And certainly no state is more 

 interested in the matter than California. Resources of every kind have 

 been richly given to us great forests, splendid soils, plentiful waters, 

 valuable mines. It is more than ordinary business prudence for us to 

 take stock of our inheritances and find out the best way to handle them 

 in future. Our children have a right to demand that we pass this great 

 property on to them unimpaired, so that they and their children's 

 children may continue to live and to prosper." 



GILLETT. 



The Governor of Utah. 



"The great, broad principle underlying the subject of conservation 

 is whether or not each succeeding generation can be sustained on the 

 land without impoverishing it in any respect. Stated as a question 

 it is, 'Will each generation have" the land as rich as the preceding one?' 

 It seems a simple question, and yet the safety and the lives of our 

 children and our children 's children will depend upon the answer. The 

 forests, the streams, the soils, the minerals, and all the other natural 

 elements of wealth should remain as nearly as possible undiminished 

 as the centuries pass. All of this is in the hands of the people, with 

 the possible exception of the preservation of the mineral wealth." 



CUTTER. 



