This advertisement from 1907 follows the purchase of Alaska. It is an an attempt to recruit whalers by depicting the practice as a modern way to get rich and portraying whales as mere objects from which you get blubber and oil. This distortion of facts was probably not a conscious advertising choice at this point, as advertising was not an organized field. This depicts the lack of thought for the origin of a particular resource or the lack of care that people had during the 1800's (Profits of Whaling..).
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"To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith a report of the National Conservation Commission, together with the accompanying papers. This report, which is the outgrowth of the conference of governors last May, was unanimously approved by the recent joint conference held in this city between the National Conservation Commission and governors of States, state conservation commissions, and conservation committees of great organizations of citizens. It is therefore in a peculiar sense representative of the whole nation and all its parts.
With the statements and conclusions of this report I heartily concur, and I commend it to the thoughtful consideration both of the Congress and of our people generally. It is one of the most fundamentally important documents ever laid before the American people. It contains the first inventory of its natural resources ever made by ✓any nation. In condensed form it presents a statement of our available capital in material resources, which are the means of progress, and calls attention to the essential conditions upon which the perpetuity, safety, and welfare of this nation now rest and must always continue to rest. It deserves, and should have, the widest possible distribution among the people." (---,...)
Above is a letter from President Roosevelt regarding his report to Congress on creating the National Conservation Commission. President Roosevelt talks about the growth of America and how it must be addressed considering natural resources.
"To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith a report of the National Conservation Commission, together with the accompanying papers. This report, which is the outgrowth of the conference of governors last May, was unanimously approved by the recent joint conference held in this city between the National Conservation Commission and governors of States, state conservation commissions, and conservation committees of great organizations of citizens. It is therefore in a peculiar sense representative of the whole nation and all its parts.
With the statements and conclusions of this report I heartily concur, and I commend it to the thoughtful consideration both of the Congress and of our people generally. It is one of the most fundamentally important documents ever laid before the American people. It contains the first inventory of its natural resources ever made by ✓any nation. In condensed form it presents a statement of our available capital in material resources, which are the means of progress, and calls attention to the essential conditions upon which the perpetuity, safety, and welfare of this nation now rest and must always continue to rest. It deserves, and should have, the widest possible distribution among the people." (---,...)
Above is a letter from President Roosevelt regarding his report to Congress on creating the National Conservation Commission. President Roosevelt talks about the growth of America and how it must be addressed considering natural resources.