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DEBATERS' HANDBOOK SERIES

CONSERVATION OF

NATURAL RESOURCES

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SELECTED ARTICLES

ON THE

CONSERVATION OF
NATURAL RESOURCES

COMPILED BY

C. E. FANNING

MINNEAPOLIS

THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY
1913

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Until a few years ago, the impression was prevalent that water, forests and the ores in the earth were abundantly plentiful and thus could be lavishly used. When the necessity of conservation was made evident, far-sighted men started a campaign of public education and the subject became suddenly prominent in the magazines. But like all schemes started in theory and later applied in practice, this one developed an unexpected phase, in this case the conditions in the newer western states determining its form. Out of this situation grew two plans of conservation, one under Federal control and the other under State control.

The issues are so well defined that the subject is an appropriate one for debate and in order to supply the needs of debaters, as well as general students, this volume has been prepared for the Debaters' Handbook Series.

In conformity with the series the book contains a brief based on the best arguments available, a bibliography, and articles reprinted entirely or in part and grouped into general, affirmative and negative sections.

January, 1913.

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