Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-07-24
ALL DEPARTMENTS
ASSIST IN TASK
The Government Bureaus Work
in HdrmOney With State Repre-
SentdtiveS In Saving the
COuntry'S Natural Resources
and Experts Advise

Washington, July 24.-Actual work
resources of the United States has be-
gun. Under the direction of the ma
tional conservation commission It will
be carried on vigorously throughout
the summer. 1n.s is necessary la or-
der to enable the commission to 1iake
the report which President Roosevelt
has requested of it for January first
next.
A meeting of the chiefs of bureaus
of the executive department has been
held, and the heads of the various
divisions concerned with the country's
natural resources have offered their
hearty cooperation In the great task
which the commission has undertak-
en-. So now, within only a few days
over a month from the date the ma
tional conservation commission was
named by the president, active work
is going on in every bureau of the
government which can furnish ma
terial available for the commissions
report.
A great amount of this material IA
already available in the government
departments; other important parts Of
1t, however, will be collected through
special channels. Among these will be
the state conservation commissions,
which the governors are appointing,
and some of the great national organ
izations which were represented at the
White House conference and which
have entered with spirit into the gen.
eral conservation movement. In 9TH
10 l.n I'D,
The first inventory ever attempted of
the resources of the nation has been
set in motion and Is running smoothly.
Clifford Pinchot, chairman of the
commission, has changed his plans
and Will shortly return to Washing
ton to continue personal superv sion
of the work. By early fall the COM
mission expects TO have in hand suf-
fIcient material to begin the study OF
the stock of the country's resources,
and by the middle of october it hopes
to have the great part of this mater
ial III hand. THIS will be necessary
in order that the full commission,
which holds its first meeting Tuesday,
December l, in Washington, may at
once take up the study of the facts
which the summers work has brought
mission will hold joint meeting in
Washington with the governors of the
states, or their representatives, with
d view of securing further and closer
cooperation with the various state
cOmmlss ons.
The commission has devised a new
and interesting method by which 10
collect this material. A schedule of
inquiries embracing the whole sub
ject of conservaton-water forests,
lands and minerals-has been ar
ranged and sent to each bureau chief
with a request for suggestions and
criticisms. This has resulted in OBJ
tanning the expert advice of the men
at the head of the different bureaus
who will have immediate charge OF
the collection OF the material. Presi-
dent Roosevelt, who is keeping in very
close touch with the commission, has
approved this method and has written
To each chief of bureau a letter COM
mending the enthusiastic cooperation
shown by the bureau chiefs and en-
phasizing his belief in the great i'm
pOr;dnce of the work the national
conservation commission has in hand. !
Among the government bureaus
which will furnish a large part of the
important information the commission |
is seeking are the bureau of corpora |
tions of the department of commerce
and labor, under Commissioner Her ]
bert Knox smith; the bureau of CEN
sus, under Director North; the forest !
service, under the direct supervision |
of the chairman of the commission
and Overton w, Price, secretary Of
the forest section of the commission; |
the reclamation service, under Direc- !
tor Newell; the geological survey, un-
der Director Smith; the corps of en-
gineers of the army, under its new
chief General William L. Marshall,
and almost every bureau under the
department of agriculture.
Cooperation among all the agen-
cies now engaged in this Inventory
taking is a conspicuous feature. TAX
ing the membership of the national
commission and the several member !
ships of the state commissions togeth- !
er, the number of persons engaged |
and interested In the work is very |
large. One of the most i'm portant re-
qulrements is, therefore, to make sure |
that every step Of the work Is known
to all who are sharing It, so that
there may be the utmost amount Of |