Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-06
|R0NMASTER TO HELP
Carnegie and Hill at Conserva-'
ton Congress.
MANY GOVERNORS COMING
Others Will Be Represented by Ex-
perts and Authorities.
CONFERENCE BEGINS TUESDAY
Inventory of Nations Resources
Ready-Program for Prevention
of Waste to Be Prepared.
CONFERENCE BEGINS TUEsDA!

Andrew Carnegie and James J. Hill will
both take part in the joint conservation
conference which opens here Tuesday.
when the national conservation commits
sion. with the assistance Of the governors
of the states and its other co-operators.
will get under way the most important
part Of its work so far. the report to the
President, due the first Of the year.
These two leaders in the industrial
world were prominent 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 ironmaster's speech at that time on
the mineral resources of the country was
the first Of the three days program after
President Roosevelt's opening speech.
The railroad organizer began the second
days session with discussion of the
land resources Of the United States, which
has oeen more quoted than perhaps any
other single address at that conference
When the national conservation commits
sion was formed both were made men,
bers.
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
The time has come now for the prepara-
ton Of 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 con-
servatfon commission since then.
Work in Good Hands.
The attendance of the joint conserva-
ton conference will DO composed of men
who have been active participants In the
work for conservation since the White
House conference. About half the gov
errors have definitely said that they will
be present and the others Will send rep
resentatives 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 will be
present the special conservation COM
mittees which have been formed by
twenty-five or more national organiza-
tons.
The session on the morning of December
will be a more or less Informal gather
ing 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 Beiasco Theater,
at which President Roosevelt and Presi-
dent ELECT Taft will be among the speak
ers who will address the members of the
joint conservation conference, the rivers
and harbors congress, the southern COM
mercial congress and other organizations
with allied objects whose sessions in
Washington at that time will help to
make UP what has been called "conserva-
ton week"
After that the joint conference will take
up Its business III earnest at the Hubbard
Memorial Hall. The plan is to take up.
after another. the main subjects
which the national conservation commits
sion lnhs been studying-waters, lands,
forests and minerals.
Inventory Is Prepared.
The mucl-talked+of Inventory of nat
uraI resources is completed now as far
as present knowledge can go. The nation
al conservation commission has not made
any Of its findings public so far. Mem
bers of the commission declare and the
country as a whole is convinced that the
state of affairs is one that requires i'm
mediate and effective action.
The problem that the Joint conference
must help to solve is what form this ac-
ton must take and in what direction it
must be pushed to be most effective. This
is a task which demands the ShrewdeSt
judgment which the national conservation
commission can call to its aid and is one
for which both Carnegie and Hill are
emnently fitted.
The commission realizes that 1t has
reached the critical point in it's work
All the Information it has gathered in it's
months OF study will result in nothing OF
permanent value unless it can be made
the basis OF practical program of con-
structive activity.
The advice OF such men as Hill and
Carnegie will be of the utmost value in
selecting the points where immediate re-
form is most urgently needed and those
which can be placed later on the program