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WE BECOME A NATION
Obediah achin’ ter hev a farm out here ter plant things on . . . and us wantin’ land for a home. . . . Funny, the land out here is s’posed to belong to us all . . . but you certainly wouldn’t know it. . . .
Sound. — Baby crying.
Sophia. — Yes, baby . . . yes, don’t cry. . . . Don’t cry. . . .
Jared. — {Assuredly) This is our home now fer good.
Music. — Up and out.
Voice. — Thus did men like Jared and his comrades make possible the treasure land that is the state of Ohio today. They watched over the natural resources of Ohio carefully, but those who followed violated the law of nature! Down came the trees! Into the rivers ran the valuable topsoil! Greed and waste! No thought of conservation! Now . . . today ... in the very same territory in which our story has taken place, Ohio citizens are wisely looking at the mistakes of the past and planning for the future! Conservation is a familiar word to the citizens of the Muskingum Valley. They have helped the Department of the Interior to fight those destructive forces . . . flood and erosion. The Muskingum Watershed Conservacy District, 8,000 square miles of land, is a gigantic Ohio Conservation project. Fourteen dams have been constructed on Ohio streams, and, even at this minute, as the Ohio River is sending its spring flood, these projects are proving of far-reaching benefits. The government and the Ohio farmers work hand in hand in this Muskingum program to reforest timberlands and rehabilitate eroded soil. Here is conservation! Here is the American spirit that brought Jared and his comrades through hardships and suffering to bring greatness to Ohio. Conservation must be the twentieth century American ideal! We must plan to use our natural resources for the good of all ! Look to the future, America !
Music. — Up and out.
Voice. — Here is a special announcement. . . . Listen carefully.
Second Voice. — Every listener to this program may have a free publication packed full of interesting information about our country’s natural wealth. It is a publication
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