The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-21
SEEK CONSERVATION
LEADERS IN MOVEMENT WILL
 GATHER IN NEW ORLEANS.
Fourteen Southern states, Including Alabams, to He Represented by Governors or Commis-
 sioners of Natural
 Resources,

Washington, Oct 20.-Believing that the time has come for definite action looking to the conservation of the na- tion's great natural resources, leaders In this movement from all parts of the country will gather in New Orleans on November 1, next when the first im- portant steps towards putting the prin- ciples of conservation into practical ef- feet will be taken.
 The occasion will be an important conference of the chairman of State conservation commissions of the South and other sections. The Governors and chairmen of conservation commissions of fourteen Southern States, Clifford Pinchot, National Forester, and chair man of the joint committee on conser- vation; J. B. White. Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Conservation Congrees. and others. will actively participate in the proceedings. The annual convention of the Lakes to the Gulf Waterways Association will be in session in New Orleans at that time, and 1t Is expected that conseryationists will be on hand In large numbers.
 On the night of November l, the State Conservation Commissions Chairmen will confer with Clifford Pinchot upon methods of conservation work, difficult ties encountered and results accomp- lished by the various commissions rep resented.
 It is expected that recommendations will be made for the adoption by the various State legislatures of specific laws that will have for their object the arresting of the great waste that Is now going on in the South's natural re- sources and thereby saving them to
 The Chairman of tho following South ern States Conservation Commissions will be in attendance at the convention: Maryland, Missouri. Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Georgia, West Virginia. Arkansas. Alabama. Kentucky, Florida and Louisiana. The opening program as proposed here provides. in addition to welcoming addresses by Mayor Martin Behrman of New Orleans, Governor Sanders of Louisiana and H. E., Hardtner, Presi- dent of the Louisiana Conservation Commission. addresses by B. N. Baker, of Maryland. President of the National Conservation Congress: J. B. White on 'The Prevention of TimberWaste; Rep reseptative Rand Ransdell, of Louis- jana. on Conservation of Our Water ways" "Conservation. As a Principle. by G. Grosvenor Dave. Managing Di- rector of the Southern Commercial Con gress; ''Forestry in Louisiana" by F. J. Grace, State Forester. MT. Pinchot will make the closing set address, to De tol- lowed by ten minutes addresses by Governors and representatives or state Conservation Commissions.
 Tn the judgment of many" said Mir Pinchot tonight. in speaking Of the conference. the improvement of our in land waterways Is one of the most VI tai problems relating to the conserva- ton of our natural resources. Indeed, any comprehensive plan of waterways improvement. even though 1t may be primarily for navigatio on purposes, must take into consideration the use Of wa ters for Irrigation, water power and domestic supply. Lasting waterway improvement depends largely on the conservation of forests to protect the headwaters and to prevent soil erosion. As former President Roosevelt so forci- blv said in speaking of the conserva- tion movement: There is no other question of equal gravity now before nation"