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support our industries, and promote the fertility 

 and productiveness of the soil should be preserved 

 and perpetuated; that the minerals found so abun- 

 dantly beneath the surface should be so used as to 

 prolong their utility; that the beauty, healthfulness, 

 and habitability of our country should be preserved 

 and increased; that sources of national wealth exist 

 for the benefit of the people, 'and that monopoly 

 thereof should not be tolerated. 



We commend the wise forethought of the President 

 in sounding the note of warning as to the waste and 

 exhaustion of the natural resources of the country, 

 and signify our high appreciation of his action in 

 calling this Conference to consider the same and to 

 seek remedies therefor through cooperation of the 

 nation and the states. 



We agree that this cooperation should find 

 expression in suitable action by the Congress 

 within the limits of and coextensive with the 

 national jurisdiction of the subject, and, comple- 

 mentary thereto, by the legislatures of the several 

 states within the limits of and coextensive with 

 their jurisdiction. 



We declare the conviction that in the use of the 

 national resources our independent states are inter- 

 dependent and bound together by ties of mutual 

 benefits, responsibilities, and duties. 



We agree in the wisdom of future conferences 

 between the President, members of Congress, and 



