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fering, of the pioneers; for they were the men who 

 sought and found a livelihood in what was once a 

 desert, and they must be protected in the legitimate 

 fruits of their toil. 



One of the tasks that the government must do 

 here in Utah is to build reservoirs for the storage 

 of the flood waters, to undertake works too great 

 to be undertaken by private capital. Great as the 

 task is, and great as its benefits will become, the 

 government must do still more. Besides the storage 

 of the water there must be protection of the water- 

 sheds ; and that is why I ask you. to help the Na- 

 tional Government protect the watersheds by pro- 

 tecting the forests upon them. 



AT FREEPORT, ILL., JUNE 3, 1903 



Congressman Hitt, and you, my Fellow-Country- 

 men: 



Here where we meet to-day there occurred one 

 of those memorable scenes in accordance with which 

 the whole future history of nations is molded. Here 

 were spoken winged words that flew through im- 

 mediate time and that will fly through that por- 

 tion of eternity recorded in the history of our .race. 

 Here was sounded the keynote of the struggle which 

 after convulsing the Nation, made it in fact what 

 it had only been in name, at once united and free. 

 It is eminently fitting that this monument, given by 

 the women of this city in commemoration of the 

 great debate that here took place, should be dedi- 



