New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27
GOVERNORS CALLED
FACTS READY FOR THEM
Second Conference on Natural Re
sources Nert Month.

Washington Nov 26-The much talked % in
ventory OF the nations resources IS now prsct1cay
completed. and to consider the material II mas
brought together the National Conservation COM
mission has Just announced It's frst full meet
ing for Tuesday. December l. IN washington
AT that meeting the first steps Will be taken toward
putting into tangible form the results OF the six
months hard work in taking stock OF ths country
waters forests. lands and minerals
One week later after the commission has gone
over the inventory It will hold joint meeting IN
Washington with the Governors OF the states and
territories their representatives At this meet
ing the inventory will be further discussed. and
the report which the President has requested the
commission to make to him By January 1 will be
formulated
With less than six months in which 70 make the
inventory the four branches into which the COM
mission divided aided by the cooperation OF the
government departments. have brought together
what is probab bly, the useful collection OF facts
about the material things on which national INDUS
try and progress are based thar has ever been
assembled at time
Reports presenting these facts and pointing out
their significance have been prepared These r.
ports. summarized and indexsd. will be submitted
70 the commission at its coming meeting
All through the summer general interest IN the
work and object Of the Conservation Commission
has been growing. The public is now well posted
subject Of which only few specialists had
knowledge at the time of the conference Of Gov
The Governors carried the spirit OF the confer
encs home with them to their people. and have
kept things moving ever since by appointing state
commissions TO study local problems. by writing
and speaking on the subject of conservation and
by keeping IN close and helpful touch with the IA
tionaI commission. They ready TO take part IN
the approaching Joint meeting. The bare announce
rlent that It had been set for December resulted
in number Of acceptances before the formal fnvt-
tation Of the commission had got into the mails
When the conservation movement was started
specific information about the actual state % our
resources was partly wanting. partly inaccessible
Certain facts were broadly known 1t was at least
unouestionable that resources had been wastefully
used and that some OF them. notably the mines.
were sure in time be exhausted. while others. for
example The forests still kept perpetIally
useful by right management The first work was
to get the facts. show exactly what the situation
was and how II could be improved by measures
that would work Without inventory which
should show the present condition Of the resources
and the way develop them 70 the best advan-
tage conservation in danger Of staying Up in
the air.
But the work IS practically done. The facts
are there In dollars and cents. Of coal board
feet Of timber, feet and horsepower OF water
and acres OF land. And the possible reform measures
have been weighed. The final report 20 the Prssi-
dent will be the necessary supplement 10 the ad-
dresses at the White House conference The note
OF these addresses note Of warning The
report Is expected show that the warning must
be needed IL the exhaustion OF natural is
not some day to fmpoversh the nation and il will
also undoubtedly bring out how the country's re-
sources can be developed so to last the longest
possible time and the greatest good