The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-25
Over Six Hundred Delegates
Expected to Attend Conser-
walton Congress, Which Op-
ems Thursday.
WANT ORGANIZATION
TO BE INTERNATIONAL
Plan Is Already on Foot to
Have Nations of World
To Take Up Movement and
Hold Meeting Soon.


first national conservation congress OF
the United States. which will be held
in the auditorium of the Alaska-Pa-
cific-YukOn exposition Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday promises to be one
of the largest conventions of eminent
men ever called together on the Pacific
coast. The executive board of the
Washington conservation association,
under the auspices of which the con-
gress has been called. announce that
more than Goo representative citizens
of the United States. Canada. Hawaii.
have accepted the invitation to attend.
Have High Plans.
1t is expected that a permanent or
ganization will be effected At the con-
gress for a conservation conference to
be held at the Hague, Holland. dur.
ing the coming autumn when system.
attic plans for the conservation of the
natural resources Of the entire civilized
world will be considered and appoint
ed.
Invitations have been extended to
10000 prominent men to attend the
congress-. Many letters Of acceptance
have been received and others are
reaching the once Of the association
daily.
Among the hundreds of letters re-
ceived are announcements from Ga
leading universities and other institu-
Of loo - ~ nRH -
president or other members of the fac.
ulty will attend the congress. Many
governors of states and representa-.
tives of forty conservation commits
sions will be among the delegations.
More than $50 commercial and civic
| organizations have appointed special
delegates
Church Represented.
The church will be represented by
twenty-five bishops and prominent lay.
men of various denominations.
The oficial program calls for nine
sessions of the congress to end with a
religious conservation meeting in
| which various church societies are ex
pected to participate. Speakers of ma.
tional reputation will be chosen for tho
occasion. Among those expected tc
deliver addresses are Secretary Of thu
Interior Ballinger. Clifford Pinchot
chairman of the joint committee or
conservation; Senators Reed Smoot VI
Utah. Jos. NJ. Dixon Of Montana: ex'
Governor George c. Pardee of Cali
fornia: Booker T. Washington. Howard
Elliott and James J. Hill and man,
others of national prominence.
Every phase of the conservation
movement is to receive attention n
the hands of the men selected from
among the leaders of the nation.
Specialists Lecture.
| Forests, water. mining. good road
and other means of transportation
pure food, public health and moral!
are to be discussed by specialist
drawn from every part of the country
| 1t is expected that several member
of President Taft's cabinet will joiI
the delegation of United States sen
ators and representatives who hav'
announced their intention of beinl
present at the congress-.
The chairman of the Washington
state conservation commission has is
sued a special proclamation inviting
all conservationists in the Unitet
States to be present Ofhcials Of th'
conservation commission left Wash
ington recently for Seattle where the,
are now arranging for the congress.