QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT
1. What was the attitude of the early settler toward natural resources?
2. Discuss the growing scarcity of natural resources.
3. What is the relation of lavish use of natural resources to the cost of living?
4. What part has monopoly played in the history of our natural resources?
5. Describe the origin and early development of the conservation movement.
6. Outline the conservation of forests and water power.
7. How is land being conserved?
8. What is the purpose of the Reclamation Act of 1902?
9. What measures have recently been taken to safeguard our mineral deposits?
10. Why may the present outlook for conservation be said to be optimistic?
11. Outline our conservation needs.
12. Why is co÷peration essential to the conservation movement?
13. Give the chief arguments for and against Federal administration of conservation.