Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-09
EXPERTS Will Be HEARD
SPEAKERS WHO WILL ADDRESS
GOVERNORS CONFERENCE.
Men Chosen Who Can Give the Most
Authoritative Information
on Topics Selected.

} on Topics Selected.
| The hst Of speakers for the governors
conference on natural resources, to be
held at the White House next week. fol-
| lows:
Prof. Emory r. Johnson. Philadelphia,
| Navigation
Mr.. H. S. Putnam. New York, Power. =
Prof. T.. c.! Chamberlain. Chicago.
| Soil"
| Mr. r. A. Long. Kansas City. Forests. -
DR.. George NJ. kober. Washington. d.
c., Sanitation"
Ex-Gov. George C. Pardee, Oakland.
Cal. Reclamation.
Judge Joseph M Carey. Cheyenne.
Wyo, Land Laws
H. A. Jastro. Bakersfield, Cal, Graz
| ing and Stock Raising
| Dr. l. c. White Morgantown. w. Va.
| Mineral Fuels"
Mr. James J. Hill. Minneapolis. Mimi,
Transportation
Mr. Andrew Carnegie. New York. "Ores
and Related Minerals
! In addition to these Mr. John Mitchell,
| former president Of the United Mine
| Workers, will lead the discussion on coal
mining.
| For the discussion of each topic was Sc
|
| the advisers of the President and the
man who could give to the conference the
| most authoritative information. The Sc
| lections were made without consideration
| of the experts in the service Of the feder-
| al government, as it was considered wiser
that all information should come from
outside and independent sources. All OF
the men selected have consented to take
| part.
Prof johnson Is recognized as an emil
| anfh0rifv navigation He is the
| professor of transportation and commerce
! in the University of Pennsylvania. and
| has written several books on water trans
portation. He was at one time member
of the isthmian canal commission.
Electrifcation.
| Mr. Putnam is a civil engineer of New
York who has devoted much of his en-
ersy and ability to the electrihcation of
railroads. In collaboration with his part
| ner. Mr. Stillwell. he wrote a work on
! the substitution Of electric motors for the
4SCO0 steam locomotives in use in the
United States. Mr.. Putnam's firm are
consulting engineers in the consideration
of the Identification of the New York
Central. the New York. New Haven and
Hartford and the New York subway.
Prof. Chamberlain is the senior pro-
fessor of geology in the University OF
Chicago. He was at one time connected
he became president of the University
OF Wisconsin and state geolog:st of Wis
consin. He is now president of the Amer
lean Association for the Advancement
of Science. He is probably the foremost
advocate Of the doctrine. now commonly
accepted by scientists. that properly Guilt
waited soil gains in richness as the years
go by.
p. a. Long of Kansas City. who will
speak on the forests. is prominent
lunberman. and will discuss his subject
from the lumberman's standpoint. Mr..
Long has written papers on the. timber
question. in which he,takes a broad view
of the necessity Of conservation
Sanitation: :
DR. George NJ kober is dean of the
faculty of Georgetown. University. and
was one of the leading promoters of the
Sanitary League. This organization has
constructed healthfu dwellings in Wash
ineton. and is renting them to the poor
at rates lower than were formerly paid
for insanitary novels. AS member OF
the commission on water supply im7
provement for the District DR.. Kooer
teok leading part in the investigations
ami agitation which led to the construc-
ton of the Washington filtration plant.
He has gone deeply into the relation be-
tween pure water supply and the health
of cities. and has prepared data for the
conference to show how it pays in cold
cash to have pure water.
George c. Pardee was governor of Cali
fornia at a period when a great many
questions relating to natural resources
cial capacity he was obliged to deal with
the friction which developed between
farmers and other citizens on the one
hand and the hydraulic miners on the
other. Hydraulic mining had been the
means Of filling the beds Of streams and
causing floods. In his administration.
too, the drainage of thousands OF acres
of land along the Sacramento was a burn
agitation for the Iron canyon irrigation
project. the fate of which still hangs in
the balance.
Judge Carey is known in connection
which bears his name. This was enacted
when Judge Carey was a member of the
United States Senate. and restricted
holdings to 100 acres.
H. A. Jastro is president of the Amer
lean National Live Stock Association. and
is recognized by stock men as a leading
authority on grazing and stock raising.
He has been actively identified with the
development Of the west and is one of the
VESTS foremost citizens.
Mineral Fuels.
DIR. I. C.. White is state geologist OF
West Virginia and professor of geology
in the University of West Virginia. He
Is recognized as the leading authority on
petroleum and natural gas. He was also
chosen a member OF the Brazilian coal
commission. the Brazilian government
having sought the assistance of the gov
eminent of this country in securing the
best American authority on mineral fuels.
James J. Hill. president of the Great
Northern was chosen as the most eminent
expert in transportation because of his
broad views and wide experience In both
railroadng and water transportation.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has an interna-
tional reputation for his part in the de-
velopment Of the steel industry. In con-
nection with which he became expert In
iron n coal related TO the