The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-15
Second Days Conference of Governors. ROOSEVELT CALLS THE
 MEETING TO ORDER Governor Johnson of Minnesota Presides at Morning Session. The Most Distinguished Speaker of the Day Was James J. Hill, Whose Subject Was Natural
 Wealth of Land and
 Its Conserya-
 ton.

sar.nc. oS Governors at the White House of the danger the nation con fronts in soil waste and forest deple- ti6n.
 The Governors listened and talked and appiyauded. but took no action, This is left for tomorrow, the iast uay nf tha conference, and plan IS aiool ta baya tha prepared speeches for that dav nrinted in the record without read- ins. in order that the time may pc devoted wholly to results. .
 a-hn resolutions Committee was Tn s.ss,cn aiI day and will report in the morning. A supplementary mee.'hs '. h number of Governors followed the aav's session and a committee consist ing of the Governors of Kentucky. Miss0uri and Nebraska was appointed fo hiring if, a suggestion for perma- nent organization of Governors, inde- -pendent, perhaps, of any other organ ization which may be formed by the conference.
 The President opened the morning ard afternoon sessions which were Johnson of Minnesota. and governor Deneen of Illinois. respectively
 Jaues J. Hih, of the Great North Ar,, paIlroad. who led a long list or snlea lxer6. treated the depletion or the nations resources in serious ana m pressive way. He presented conoitlons respecting mineral, soil ana lores'' ernwlnx wanton waste in each in- stanee. and drew picture of political chaos when all were gone. wherein the nenple would tear down the very pill lars of Government. Mir Hiii believed s,,rh reaults could and would be avoid cd by prompt action.
 Clean strikes Keynote.
 Governor Glenns of North CaToHn4,
 hA snnrnfrgr session and won applause af once by deciafing "in the language or one of the greatest sages ana states- r.Ar af these United States--Grover f-Ieveland--it Is a condition and not fheory that confronts us today For est ,protAction was the nations present dutv and he advocated cooperation SStwaan the states and the nation. CsovArnor Glenn demanded that the couference leave no doubt on the mind of cohxress of what was wanted and ax an entering wedge he wanted res- ofutions endorsing the pending bill ere atinR the White Mountain and Appa- I1efian Forest Reserves. The applause which met this statement indicated that ths Governor had his audience with him and he proceeded to answer Sneaker cannon's banquet suggestion If inc night before that the states might unite their forces to this end and leave the nation out.
 q want to remark" Governor Glenn added with emphasis. that we Of the south tried such a confederation once. hYt it dId not pay. We want no more of it." -
 The convection was on It's feet. Hats ard -hapdkerchiefs were waved, Cover nors and delegates shouted and ap- plauded. while Governor Glenn went or, to remark that he was the son or A Confederate who died for the cause snd now he was the son of the Union and interested first ana last III 'iie welfare of the nation.
 Following the regular papers Tn tne afternoon. Governor Folk. of Missouri rave his endorsement to what Govern or Glenn had said about Congresslen- al action. He declared he should ap- point a Forestry Commission and urg- ed all Governors to do likewise, ex- pressing the belief that the State Leg islatures would ratify the act.
 Issue was squarely joined as to some of the methods pursued by the government in the regulation of for est reserves by four Governors from the Northwest. Governor Brooks, of wyoming said it was not just to Wy oniing, with one- sixth of her area in forest reserves, to be taxed to support the National Forestry Organization which did work in all other States, many Of which made no revenue return to the organization.
 Governor Cutler, of Utah gave de- tails of what his State had done on ir- rigation and waterway Improvements.
 Governor Gooding, of Idaho. con tended that resources lying within the borders of a State should be left to it.
 Governor Toole, of Montana, said that his State had 2o.o0o, ,o0O acres of forest reserve and was not complain fnR-but wanted no more of them.
 Secretary GarieId's Reply.
 A general reply to these criticisms was made by Secretary Garfield. States iines means much. he admitted, but state lines had been overpassed by the men and women of the country. By inc same process trade and commerce had wiped out state lines.
 .ER,,t." he added, that does not for one moment mean that these great po- liticaI sovereigns are losing any of their rights. or that the powers of the Tsdaraj Government shall intrench up- on political, industrial or personal rIehts; but it does mean that in the nrogress of our country those powers which are latent must be developed"
 He then asked why should govern ment resource whicn was oWneu Dy !nS people be allowed to be used by priv ate interests for their own benent. This matter was one for the confer ence to consider, he said.
 Chairman Hardy. of the Forest Com nittee of the National Board Of Trade, spoke for co cooperation wnlen would ,,,,t -the natural resources of the coun- try to commercial advantage and at che same time look to their conserv- atton. Governor Burke. of North Da- kota, expressed the opinion that the forests and waterways should be the problem of the States themselves.
 Al the meeting of Governors. Gov ernor Folk, of Missouri. outlined the advantage which would result from an organization of Governors independ- ently of the present conference. He referred to the use the Federal Courts had recently made of the process of Injunction. He had been enjoined;