The co-operative plan is the best plan of organization wherever men have the right spirit to carry it out.

We need the development of men in the open country, who will be in the future, as in the past, the stay and strength of the nation in time of war, and its guiding and controlling spirit in time of peace.

Outside of these matters, I believe that the bill is, on the whole, satisfactory and represents an improvement upon previous legislation on the subject.

This of course meant the destruction of economy and efficiency for purely political considerations.

But it is of high consequence to the country that the statistical work of the census shall be conducted with entire accuracy.

I can not too earnestly urge that the Director of the Census be relieved from this unfortunate situation.

The noncompetitive examination in a case like this is not only vicious, but is in effect a fraud upon the public.

I do this with extreme reluctance.

I do not believe in the doctrine that to the victor belong the spoils; but I think even less of the doctrine that the spoils shall be divided without a fight by the professional politicians on both sides.

The policy of conservation is perhaps the most typical example of the general policies which this Government has made peculiarly its own during the opening years of the present century.

It is essential that it should correctly describe the general situation; and that the present inventory does.

It deserves, and should have, the widest possible distribution among the people.

It is one of the most fundamentally important documents ever laid before the American people.

The facts set forth in this report constitute an imperative call to action.

As it stands it is an irrefutable proof that the conservation of our resources is the fundamental question before this nation.

We know now that our rivers can and should be made to serve our people effectively in transportation.

The first of all considerations is the permanent welfare of our people.

We know now that our mineral resources once exhausted are gone forever.