The Washington times., 1908-12-09
Men of Brains With Money
at Command Need for
Conservation.
NOTED PERSONS
AT CONVENTION
Plan TO Make Commission Legal
Body Launched at Todays
Meeting.

Cooperation Is vital TO success IN
! the conservation OF our natural re-
/ sources To conserve what we have, an
/ inventory OF our possessions is neces-
sary. and the compilation OF such is
most earnestly urged"
/ This was the keynote Of the report or
the National Conservation Commission,
read BY Governor Blanchard. Of Louis
( lana, at the joint conference OF the dif-
ferent sections Of the commission today
in the red room Of the New willard
The report also sounded a note OF warn
ing that even the vast natural resources
OF this country are being gradually ex-
4 hausted. and that only the work Of able
men and the use Of large amount OF
money can conserve them as the econ
cInic welfare Of the nation requires.
To Call Upon Senate
i To further the policy OF the Conservs-
I ton Commission. as well as TO give II
legal status and financial strength. a
I special delegation was appointed az the
forenoon session today 70 call upon the
/ Senate Committee on Commerce Friday
morning at 10 O'Clock OF this delegation
a body Of three spokesnen have been
appointed 10 urge upon the committee
the necessity OF immediate action The
delegation was appointed by the chair
man OF the meeting today. on motion OF
Senator Newlands Of Nevada
The spokesmen OF the deIega ton win
ask that the Commerce COMMITTEES OF
the Senate report a bill making the
National Conservation Commission q
body created BY statute. with a fund
OF So 010. 90 az its disposal. The subcom-
mittee 0f three was appointed on an
amendment made by Senator SmoOt OF
Ctah TO Senator Newiand's motion. as
the former declared that concrete re-
suits were more likely TO accrue IL the
Influence OF the delegation vas concen-
ltrateo-
Pinchot Presides.
! clifford PllchOt. Chief Forester OF the
United States. and chairman Of the Ma
tfOnaI Conservation Commission, pre-
sided at tOday's meeting The forenoon
session was taken up. first, with the
reading OF TIE report OF the cOmmis-
sion. and then BY a general discussion
thereof by governors Of different States.
/ members OF State conservation commits
sions, and b. representativ OF nation
al organizations The governors. as AIr
Pinchot expressed II, were given The
right OF way
u
those IN attendance gave convincing
proof OF their earnestness in the work
of conserving the natural resources OF
the country II was q DISTINGUISHED
gathering Of Senator's. Representative.
governors. men Of science ana political
economy, and fair proportion OF dele
gates from wOmen's clubs.
States Represented.
4 Nearly every State in the country was
represented at the conference The
governors Of a few States were unable
TO be present, but these sent able repre-
sentatives. The four sections Of the
Conservation Commission holding the
| conference were those on minerals.
lands. forests. and waters These sec
tions, after a week Of work, had pre-
pared q partial inventory Of the eoun-
try's resources. but the suggestion
made in the annual report that a more
complete inventory be prepared was
r enthusiastically applauded-
| Following tle reading OF the general
report by Governor Blanchard. and the
: section on minerals was read BY Senator
Flint Of California At the afternoon
session the report Of the section on
lands was read Tomorrow viii come
the report Of the section on forests. in
the forenoon, and IN the afternoon the
report Of the section on waters
= Roosevelt Greater.
The report Of the commission. read
> by Governor Blanchard, had been made
10 President Roosevelt, the real creator
Of the commission. i was signed by
him. and then submitted co the COVER
nors and others at tOday's conference.
Il summarized the work done by the
commission during the past week, ard
outlined a basis Of discussion for the
four departments into which the work
has been divided
While W. are conserving our natural
/ resources, we must remember that the
greatest OF all the country's resources
/ IS the weltare Ct the American people
| The governor said that the report was
but a summary 81 q vast amount o.
data submitted by members CT the
commission, by the scientific bureaus OF
the Government and individual Scien-
lists. All OF this data VIII be printed
in book form as soon as the report IS
made public q vernon Blanchard re-
the findings in the report, 10 this
authentic data
Nation Growing.
In the Introduction. or prelude 20. the
report dwelt upon the F-sat wealth and
growing power Of the United States a.
a nation. but declared that ts-is prog
ress and growing power would not
continue unless the great natural re-
sources that were IN the very nature Of
things the basis OF all our prosperity
were conserved Our forests and met
al and mineral resources, water supply,
timber. vegetable and animal life. even
our race viii be devastated, the report
declared. unless the nation as a whole
: co-operated in conservation The waste
OF our resources has been terrific. and
! 4 =
must profit ny tne example Of the Old
, World countries In the United States
! because OF --a untold wealth Of our
: resources We 'laye been slow 70 appre-
: cl4te them s-lr 70 grasp the fact that
: they are exh& sstible.
There have seen three stages IN our