THE NATURAL WEALTH OF THE 

 LAND AND ITS CONSERVATION 



MR. JAMES J. Hill 



WU. H~. 



AT THE CONFERENCE ON THE CONSERVATION Ot NATIONAL 



RCSOt 



MAY 13.15. 1906 



In Miiuc reflects tlic'H-casi,,!) that rails t. Aether this 



assemblage is unprecedented. The dignity and public 



influence of thos t . present as guests ami advisers mark 



It is in cfTcct a dn meeting of 



^rcat j>olitical and economic corporation known as 



the Tinted States of America. The stockholders are 



^7,000,000 people Country ; the directors are 



:id federal : whose position brings 



them in touch with the oj>eration of the whole country. 



We should not fail t< recognize the hi^h note that has 



been struck and the immensity of the int involved 



upon the lives of milli be. 



The two-fold this meeting is found 



in the comparative novelty of its subject matter and of 



the metb.Kl by which it has been approached. The sub- 



he 000 n of our national wealth, and a 



ly of our national economic resources. 



Iress delivered before the 

 meeting of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society, 



