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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



salutary effect of concentrated control of any 

 commodity in the interest of uniform prices 

 and conservatism, without injury to the con- 

 sumer or harm to any one. 



The American people have common sense, 

 are patriotic, and fair, and a full understand- 

 ing of the real conditions confronting us 

 will appeal to their good sense, and they will 

 support any measure of true relief. 



And now, Mr. President, before closing, I 

 want to say again, aside from the soil itself, 

 this is the most important natural resource at 

 the command of the American people to-day. 

 It has its most intensely practical side, but 

 is not by any means devoid of its sentimental 

 side, the absence of which from human 

 breast, leaves one devoid of one of the most 

 beautiful attributes of human kind. One 

 that possesses this finer nature has said : 



"A tree is one of nature's words, a word of 

 peace to man ; 



A word that tells of central strength from 

 whence all things began ; 



A word to preach tranquility to all our rest- 

 less clan." 



"Ah, bare must be the shadeless ways, and 



bleak the path must be, 

 Of him who, having open eyes, has never 



learned to see, 



And so has never learned to love the beauty 

 of a tree." 



"Who loves a tree, he loves the life that 



springs in star and clod. 

 He loves the love that gilds the clouds, and 



greens the April sod; 



He loves the Wide Beneficence ; his soul 

 takes hold on God." 



I am happy in the thought of this confer- 

 ence for the purpose of discussing this and 

 kindred subject^. :ind shall hope that we may 

 not rest satisfied in the thought that there is 

 plenty for our day and generation, for such 

 a thought means selfishness ; selfishness 

 means littleness. Anything that is small is 

 prescribed by a very limited circle; and I 

 venture the statement that there is no place 

 of comfort or happiness in the universe of 

 God or the realm of man for such an in- 

 dividual. 



HUNTLEY PROJECT, MONTANA 

 Hauling Sugar Beets to the Factory. Sugar Beets Are One of the Most Profitable Crops of an Irrigated Country 



