Only by avoidance of spending money on what is needless or unjustifiable can we legitimately keep our income to the point required to meet our needs that are genuine.

At the same time it must not be forgotten that our railways are the arteries through which the commercial lifeblood of this Nation flows.

Nothing could be more foolish than the enactment of legislation which would unnecessarily interfere with the development and operation of these commercial agencies.

It is searching the world for grains, grasses, fruits, and vegetables specially fitted for introduction into localities in the several States and Territories where they may add materially to our resources.

By scientific attention to soil survey and possible new crops, to breeding of new varieties of plants, to experimental shipments, to animal industry and applied chemistry, very practical aid has been given our farming and stock-growing…

The products of the farm have taken an unprecedented place in our export trade during the year that has just closed.

Public opinion throughout the United States has moved steadily toward a just appreciation of the value of forests, whether planted or of natural growth.

The great part played by them in the creation and maintenance of the national wealth is now more fully realized than ever before.

Wise forest protection does not mean the withdrawal of forest resources, whether of wood, water, or grass, from contributing their full share to the welfare of the people, but, on the contrary, gives the assurance of larger and more…

The fundamental idea of forestry is the perpetuation of forests by use.

Forest protection is not an end of itself; it is a means to increase and sustain the resources of our country and the industries which depend upon them.

We have come to see clearly that whatever destroys the forest, except to make way for agriculture, threatens our well being.

The wise administration of the forest reserves will be not less helpful to the interests which depend on water than to those which depend on wood and grass.

The water supply itself depends upon the forest.

In the arid region it is water, not land, which measures production.

The western half of the United States would sustain a population greater than that of our whole country to-day if the waters that now run to waste were saved and used for irrigation.

The forest and water problems are perhaps the most vital internal questions of the United States.

Certain of the forest reserves should also be made preserves for the wild forest creatures.

The increase in deer, elk, and other animals in the Yellowstone Park shows what may be expected when other mountain forests are properly protected by law and properly guarded.

The forest reserves should be set apart forever for the use and benefit of our people as a whole and not sacrificed to the shortsighted greed of a few.

By restraining the streams in flood and replenishing them in drought they make possible the use of waters otherwise wasted.

They prevent the soil from washing, and so protect the storage reservoirs from filling up with silt.

Forest conservation is therefore an essential condition of water conservation.

Great storage works are necessary to equalize the flow of streams and to save the flood waters.

Their construction has been conclusively shown to be an undertaking too vast for private effort.