The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-28
CALLS CONFERENCE.
PRESIDENT INTERESTED IN THE
 NATURAL RESOURCES.
sends Letter To President Dias of Mexico And To LoFd Grey, Governor Geaerai 0f
 Canada.


 Washington, Dec, 27--Announce- ment was made at the White House to- day of proposed plan for confer enee looking toward the conservation of the natural resources of North America, to be held at the White House February IS. next.
 Letters suggesting the plans have been addressed by President Roosevelt to the governor general and to the premier of Canada and to President Diaz of Mexico They will be de- lfvered to the officials In person by Clifford Pinchot. chairman of the p2- tional conservation commission and chief forester Of the United States. who President Roosevelt has chosen as his personal representatiye to convey the invitations and to confer with the authorities of the two governments. Mir. Pinchot will first stvisit Canada. leaving tomorrow. He will then car ry the Invitation to President Diaz at Mexico City. 9
 The proposed North American com ference is the outgrowtli of the confer ences held in Washington in which the governors of the states and terri tories were the principal cenferees. At the second conference, in which on December 8 President Roosevelt and President elect Taft participated. representatives of the Canadian gov ernment were present and expressed their interest fin the conservation rnovment.
 The Letters.
 The Presidents letter to Lord Grey, Governor General of Canada is in~part as follows:
 Tn May of the present J year the governors of tine several states and ter ritories of this union met in the, White House to confer with the President and with each other concerning the amount and conditions of the natural re- sources of this country and to consider the most effective means for con serving them. The conference was fol- lowed by the appointment Of conserva- tion commissions on, the part of the nation and of majority of the states.
 "A second conference of the national commission with. the governors, the state commissions and the censervation committees of the great associations has recently been held In this city.
 Tt Is evident that natural resources are not limited by the boundary lines which separate nations, and that the HCEQ AOE. COHS~A NA'ts - ttAoAAA ARNA Nt.--. continent Is as wide as the area upon which they exist In view, therefore. of these considerations and of the close bonds of friendship and mutual aims which exist between Canada and the United States take especial pleasure in inviting you to designate Representatives of the government of Canada to meet and consult with representatives of the state and other departments of this government and the national conservation commission in the city of Washington on Febru- ary IS. 1909. The purpose of the con- ference have the honor to propose. is to consider mutual interests involved in the conservation of natural re- sources and in this field to deliberate upon the practicability of preparing q general plan adapted to promote the welfare of the nations concerned.
 T have this day addressed similar invitation to the Republic Of Mexico.
 .'The conclusions of such a confer ence while wholly advisory in char acter, could hardly fail to yield itl- portant beneficial results. both in a better knowledge of the natural re- sources of each patton on the part of the others and in suggestions for con current action for the protection of mutual interests related to conserva- tion. t
 "Sincerely yours
 Theodore Roosevelt"