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<br />2 HISTORY OF CONSERVATION IN THE MISSOURI VALLEY
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<br />motion, lumber interests, city and mine and factory sewer
<br />disposal, water facilities, water power franchise, flood control,
<br />and last but not least, constant pressure, at times extreme, for
<br />food and fiber production,
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<br />There is always a human tendency for each individual
<br />agency or association to become frozen in their attitude toward
<br />their own interest and responsibility, There is also a necessary
<br />overlapping of authority and responsibility, a condition, how-
<br />ever, that also has its merits. As the employees in a modern hos-
<br />pital from charwoman to top surgeon are trained and alerted to
<br />alleviate human suffering even if temporarily outside and above
<br />their regular duties, so all conservation agencies and interests
<br />often sit down together, figuratively at least, on the over-all
<br />problem. These consultations are becoming more frequent and
<br />more profitable, Obviously they are the most successful when
<br />the table is round, with no high backed chairs, If there is fric-
<br />tion and controversy it usually takes the form of designating
<br />responsibility for past errors and sins of omission that are part
<br />of the sorry story of raped natural forests, gullied hillsides,
<br />eroded fields, flooded river valleys, destruction of animal life,
<br />lost top-soil and enlarged deserts.
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<br />In the above complicated controversy your writer pledges
<br />absolute neutrality. However, allow us to make one exception,
<br />With your full permission and agreement, we will not wait until
<br />the final chapter to name the culprit, the mysterious destroyer
<br />of our precious natural resources, The mysterious enemy is
<br />none other than man himself; man abusing his precious free-
<br />dom, man with perverted ideas of individual freedom gone
<br />amuck without regard to the rights of others, or even selfish
<br />provision for his next generation.
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<br />No prologue to a book' is complete that does not include
<br />the personal reasons why the book was written. Cherished
<br />among our keepsake records is a yellow encouraging petition
<br />signed by each pupil in a high school in which, as superinten-
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