The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-12-05
CARNEGIE AND HILL AT
CONFERENCE MEETING
Two Leaders in Industrial World VIII
Participate in Important Confer
ence to Be Held in Wash
ington.

Washington, Dec. 5,--Andrew Carnegie
and James j. Hill will both take part in
the joint Conservation Conference which
opens here on the eighth, when the Ma
tional Conservation Commission with the
assistance Of the governors Of the states
and its other corporations will get under
way the most important part Of its
work 50 far, the report to the president,
due the first of the year
These two leaders in the industrial
world were promir. Mt figures in the con
ference Of governors 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 re-
sources Of the country was the first on
he three days program after President
Roosevelt's opening speech, and the rail
road organizer began the second days
session with discussion Of the land
resources Of teh United States, which has
been more quoted than perhaps any other
single address at that conference. When
the National Conservation Commission
was formed, both were made members.
The participation Of these two hard
headed and practical men in the coming
conference will be Of even greater value
than it was at the White House session,
because the time has come now for the
preparation Of a definite and workable
program Of action to meet the situation
that was partially disclosed at the White
House meeting and has been made more
clear by the researches of the National
Conservation Commission since then.
The attendance Of the Joint Conserva-
ton Commission viii be composed Of men
who have been active participants in
the work for conservation since the
White House conference. About half the
governors have definitely said that they
will be present and the others will send
representatives Of their states These
governors or their representatives will be
accompanied by the members of the
State Conservation Commissions which
have been named during the summer and
fall. In addition to these there viii be
present the special Conservation Commit
tees which have been formed by twenty
five or more national organizations.
The session on the morning Of the
eighth will be a more or less informal
gathering in the red room of the Willard
hotel for the purpose Of organizing. AT
AIS o'clock that afternoon comes the
big general meeting at the Belascot the. |
atre at which President Roosevelt and
President elect Taft will be among the |
speakers who will address the members
of the joint conservation conference, the |
Rivers and Harbors Congress, the South |
ern Commercial Congress and other or
CARNATIONS with allied objects whose /
sessions in Washington at that time viii |
help to make up what has been called /
Conservation Week" After that the /
joint conference will take up its business
in earnest at the Hubbard Memorial hall |
The plan il to take up one after another
the main subjects which the National
Commission has been /
studying, Waters, Lands. Forests, Min |
erals.
The much talked Of inventory Of nat
ural resources is completed row as far
as present knowledge can 70. The Ma
tionsl Conservation Commission has not 4
made any If its findings public so far. 1
but the members Of the commission de- 4
flare and the country as a whole Is con
WINGED that the state Of affairs is one