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The Governor of Oregon. 



"The conservation of the water supply is absolutely dependent upon 

 the preservation of the upland forests. Opposition to the policy comes 

 not from those interested in the development of the country and the 

 perpetuation of our institution, but from the predatory classes, who 

 care for naught but temporary gain." 



CHAMBERLAIN. 



The Governor of Idaho. 



"We have built here a great nation, without a thought of to-morrow. 

 We will grow still greater, even if we follow the same old methods that 

 we have followed in the past. But we can not reach our full share of 

 greatness as a nation unless, before it is too late, we throw safeguards 

 around those resources that have made us the mightiest nation on the 

 earth, so that they can be preserved and protected, that they may be 

 developed to the greatest extent for the benefit of this and future gen- 

 erations. ' ' 



GOODING. 



Wastful lumbering. Wreckage of a Western forest after logging. The 

 fire has already begun on it. What a boon a few square feet of this ground 

 would be even now to many a family. The time is coming when every splinter 

 of it will be keenly needed; its waste bitterly regretted Millions upon 

 millions of acres like this go up in smoke. 



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