The Fight For Conservation - Softcover

In this little book, the "Father of Conservation," as Gifford Pinchot has been called, explains just what he understands the movement to mean, and why it is so vital to the life of the nation.

"There is no form of monopoly which exists or ever has existed on any large scale which was not based more or less directly upon the control of natural resources. There is no form of monopoly that has ever existed or can exist which can do harm if the people understand that the natural resources belong to the people of the Nation, and exercise that understanding, as they have the power to do." -Gifford Pinchot

"There is no voice of 'howling dervish' here. It is the plain spoken utterance of a man who understands what he is writing about, who sincerely means what he says, and who seriously says what he means. Prosperity, morality, equality of opportunity - these are among the high notes he strikes....Mr. Pinchot's attention is concentrated in this volume, and properly so, upon the battle for equal opportunities as expressed in the great fight for conservation of natural resources, and that is enough for one man's mind at one time." The Public

"Mr. Pinchot's forceful yet lucid style of writing is too well known at this time to call for any comment on our part. It is sufficient to say that in the discussion of such subjects as Home Building for the Nation, Principles of Conservation, Waterways, Public Spirit, The Children, etc., he is found at his best, displaying as he does the enthusiasm, the strong, clear common sense and the faculty of looking ahead which have won for him the position of respect and confidence he now holds all over the country....An important contribution to the literature of the conservation movement." -National Lumberman

"The conservation movement has stimulated an interest in rural life which is reflected in the book world in 'The Fight for Conservation' by Gifford Pinchot, giving a complete survey of the subject." -Publishers Weekly

"Certain to attract attention. There are few public questions upon which the issue between public interests and unscrupulous selfish interests is more sharply defined." -The Living Age

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I. Prosperity

CHAPTER II. Home-building for the Nation

CHAPTER III. Better Times on the Farm

CHAPTER IV. Principles of Conservation

CHAPTER V. Waterways

CHAPTER VI. Business

CHAPTER VII. The Moral Issue

CHAPTER VIII. Public Spirit

CHAPTER IX. The Children

CHAPTER X. An Equal Chance

CHAPTER XI. The New Patriotism

CHAPTER XII. The Present Battle