The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-12-11
FHDn OUR WASHING
TON CORRESPONDENT
a Newsy Letter Concerning the
National Conservation
Commission.

Washington, December 7.--Andrew
Carnegie and James ]. Hill will both
take part in the joint Conservation
Conference which opens here on the
eighth when the National Conservation
Commission, with the assistance OF
the Governors Of the States and its
other corporations. viii get under wa,
the most important part of It's work
so far, the report to the President, due
the first OF the year. These two lead
esr in the industrial world were promi
nent figures in the Conference Of Gov
eernors at the White House last May,
which was the immediate cause OF
the creation Of the National Conserva
ton Commission. The iron masters
speech at that time on the mineral
resources of the cuontry was the first
of the three days program after Presi-
Diet Rosevelt's opening speech and the
railroad organizer began the second
days session with a discussion of the
land resources OF the United States
which has been mere quoted than per-
haps any other single address at That
Conference. When the National Con-
servation Commission was formed bob
were made members.
The participation of these two hard
headed and practical men in the COM
ing Conference will be Of even greater
value than it was at rne White House
session because the time has come
now for the preparation Of a definite
and workable program Of action 10
meet the situation that wes partially
disclosed at tie White House meeting
and has been made more clear by
the researches of the National Con-
servation Commission since then.
The attendance of the joint Conserva
ton Conference VIII be composed of
men VINO have been active participants
in the work for conservation since
the White House Conference. About
half the Governors have definitely sal
that they will be present and the 9TH
ers will send representatives OF their
States. These Governors or tIeir re-
representatives. will be accompanied by
the members of the State Conservative
Commissions which have been during
the summer and fail. In addition to
these there will be present the special
Conservation Committees which nave
been formed by twenty-five or more
National organizations.
TIE session on the morning of the
eighth will be more or less .nfor-
mai gathering in the Red Room of
the Willard Hotel for the purpose Of
organizing. At AIS o'clock that af-
ternoon comes the big general meet
ing at the Belasco Theatre at which
President Roosevelt and President
elect Taft will be among the speakers
who will address tue members of the
Joint Conservation Conference, the
Rivers and HarbOrs Congress, the
Southern Commercial Congress and %
er organizations with allied object
whose sessions in Washington at that
time will help 10 make up what has
been called Conservation Week" AZ
ter that the joint Conference will take
up its business in earnest at the
Hubbard Memorial Hall. TIE plan is
TO take up one after another the main
subjects which the National Conserva-
tion Commission has been studying,
Waters, Lands. Forests, Minerals.
The much talked of "inventory of
natural resourceS"i completed now
as far as present knowledge can go
Commission has not made any Of its
findings public 30 far, but the mem-
bers OF the Commission declared and
the country as a whole is convinced
the state OF affairs Is one that re-
qulres immediate and effective action.
The problem that the Joint Conference
must help to solve Is what form this
action must be and in what direction
1T must be pushed TO be most effective.
This is task which demands the shret
dest Judgment which the National Con
servation Commission can call to its
aid and Is one for which both Car
negie and Hill are eminently fitted.
The Commission realizes that 1t has
reached the critical point in It's work.
All the information 1t has gathered
In its months OF study will result in
nothing OF permanent value unless 1t
can be made the basis ola practical
program of constructive activity. The
advice OF such men asHill and Carnegie
will be of the utmost value In select
ing the points where immediate re-
form is most urgently needed and
those which can be placed later on the
program.