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benumbed, because we have too long tion in the progress achieved during the 



laid one-sided emphasis on isolated session of Congress just closed. In 



projects and pursuits. We are possessed spite of all opposition, the principles for 



by our daily tasks ; we can no longer which we stand have been enacted into 



shake ourselves free of them. We law in a considerable number of cases, 



quickly lose the power of interesting and are represented in many bills still 



ourselves in anything except the imme- awaiting action. More than one ave- 



diate objects of our endeavors, which nue to monopolistic grabbing of the peo- 



are magnified under our unflickering pie's property has been closed, but much 



attention till they react upon us hypnot- still remains to be done. The friends 



ically, enslaving us to them. We come of the conservation movement are in 



to consider ourselves too busy to spare better position to continue the fight than 



the time for any pleasure, any duty, that seemed possible when the session of 



does not seem to belong in the little Congress began. 



world to which we have deliberately re- "Throughout the session the asso- 

 stricted our thinking and our feeling. c i a tion followed the legislative situation 

 Freshness of perception is dulled, elas- closely. Its officers, through bulletins, 

 ticity of mind stiffens, sympathies con- have endeavored to keep all members 

 tract, in the unswering pursuit of single informed regarding the more urgent 

 aims. measures favorable to conservation and 

 Once again the many-sided Mr. t h os e opposed to it. The officers of the 

 Roosevelt has reminded us that the association are keenly sensible of the 

 world has countless interests, and shown vigorous cooperation on the part of its 

 us how to turn, with equal profit and members toward the enactment of good 

 enjoyment, from the greater to the lesser conservation laws and the defeat of pro- 

 elements of a fully rounded life. It is posed bad legislation, 

 a lesson sorely needed. When we have "Early in the recent session Senator 

 mastered it the greater tasks that en- Nelson introduced nine conservation 

 gage us perhaps not so great as our bms drafted in the Inter ior Department, 

 habits and conceits would make them- Thgse biUs> which were described in 

 will no longer hold absolute dominion thg fifst Bulletin sent to the mem bers 

 over us; we shall begin to live more of the associatiorii were mostly bad. 

 completely It will te easier then to The Timber Sa le Bill (S. 5489) in par- 

 reach the busy man, become les busy in ticular was wholl i nd efensible. For 

 his own eyes, and to engage his mteres fiye of these bnls substitutes ( H . R. 

 and help, whether it be in some vast 6gg tQ inclusive) embodying 

 project in his own specialty or some- conservation principles were prepared 

 thing far more remote, such as a plan . by thg associatiorii COV ering all impor- 

 to conserve forests which he has never ^ ,^ of thg conservat i O n pro- 

 seen > f r gram of the administration. These were 

 self enjoy. introduced by Representative Gronna 

 % % of North Dakota, and are before Con- 

 gress for consideration at its next ses- 

 sion. The substitute for the With- 



DULLETIN No. 5 of the National drawal Bill suggested by the association 

 D Conservation Association summar- was enacted into law with amend- 

 izes and criticizes the legislation deal- ments. * * * The three remain- 

 ing with the development of natural re- ing conservation bills proposed by the 

 sources which was passed or considered administration, which were of relatively 

 by the last Congress. The gist of the small importance, were passed in a form 

 results accomplished is given in the different from that in which they were 

 following words introduced, and one of them in greatly 

 "The National Conservation Associa- improved form. The act for issuing 

 tion has substantial cause for satisfac- $20,000,000 of bonds to hasten the com- 



