The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-19
NATION MUST SAVE
PROBLEJ1s OFF ECONOMY TO BIZ
SOLVED AT SEATTLE.



Seattle. July 1SE(Special)-The
First National Conservation Congress
of>ths United States will be held In
the Auiitorium Of the Alaska-Yukon-
Pacific Exposition. Seattle. Washing
ton. August 3s. ~. 20. 1908. Arrange
rnents for the Congress are being per-
fected by the Washington Conserva-
ton Association-an organization CON-
prfsinK several hundred prominent men
OF the State.
The Conservation Congress promises
to be the largest and most represents
tive gathering of active conservation
lists since the Conference of Governors
at the White HousA Washington. when
former President Theodore Roosevelt
launched the campaign for q more sys-
tematic and universal conservation of
the natural resources OF our country.
The Conservation Congress has the
official endorsement of the state Legis-
lature, State Conservation Commission.
Governors and Conservation Commits
sions of other states: the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce. and the Joint
Committee between States and Nation.
Invitations have been extended to
President William H. Taft. ana MEM
bers of his cabinet: governors OF
states; members of the various State
Conservation Commissions: Presidents
Of colleges ana OF other institutions
OF learning; editors of prominent news
papers and magazines, church dfgni-
taries. and to mayors and officials of
commercial organizations In the lead
Ing cities of the nation.
Already many of those invited have
responded, and announced their inten-
tion OF attending the Congress-
How shall the conservation of our
nation resources be conducted so that
business of the present day shall re-
ceive the greatest proper benefitsf'
Is the question presented by the
Washington Conservation Association.
and the Congress, of practical execu-
tive, professional and commercial men
will be expected to answer in a man
ner satisfactory to the allied interests
OF the people.
jects of Irrigation, Dry, Farming.
Forestry. Mining. Transportation. Good
Roads, Pure Food. Public Morals and
Health and the Relation of Capital to
Labor in the work OF modern conser-
walton.
The program includes addresses
from the best thinking men Of the age.
Among those named as probable
speakers are President Taft, Hon.. r.
Hon. James Wilson, Secretary Of Agri-
culture; Hon. clifford, Pinchot. Chief
Forester; Mr. r. H. Newell, Chief OF
the Reclamation Service; DR.. w. ].
MCGEE, Secretary of the White House
Conference OF Governors: John e.
Ransdell, President, National Rivers
and Harbors Congress-; DR.. Charles W.
Flint. Of Harvard College; Professor
irving Fisher OF Yale; John Mitchell.
Vice. President, American Federation
of Labor; Seth Low. President Ma
tional Civic Federation: James A.
Emory, President National Manufac-
turers Association; James ]. Hill, the
great railroad builder. and many
others.
The Washington Conservation AS
ISOLATION has undertaken something
new in the history of conventions. It
has sent out personal Invitations to
every prominent commercial -organixa-
tion in the United States, asking for
the attendance Of at least two repre-
sentatives from each body. 1t has In
vited the President Of the United
States, members OF the cabinet. Sena-
tors and Congressman to assemble In
Seattle and discuss the most vital Is
sues of the day-the various branches
OF conservation in relation to the food,
clothing, fuel AMI common necessities
of life. It has requested the attend
ance of leading editors. professors.
preachers and commercial men to as
semble and take definite action In
matters pertaining to the present and
future welfare of all the people.
In q letter to commercial organl-
cations, the Association joins with the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce in stat
ing that 1.-THE degree Of prosperity
which your city attains IL directly pro-
portioned to the extent of the conser-
walton and right use of all natural re-
sources which are tributary to your
city. Those resources, such as soil
water. forests, minerals and the ways
for transportation (from which are
derived the food, clothing and means
for shelter for the people. and the raw
materials and the power for use In
your factories) although situated at Q
greater or lesser distance from your
city are in the last analysis. the
materials of which your city Is COM
posed-and the means by which your
city Is maintained"
Conservation Is the watchword Of
the present age.( It holds the key to
individual happiness and national
I prosperity for the present as well a.
for the coming years. It unlocks the
st0rehouse of knowledge as to the cor.
| rect use of natural resources to the
END that all may be directly benefited
without endangering the. resources Of
the future. Conservation 10 q prac-
teal question which must be handled
in a practical way by competent way
by competent men engaged In the
various revenues of industrial and
commercial life. It promises great re-
wards in the years to come. II ths
living issues are met and the prob
lem solved In a business-like man
ner.
The Washington Conservation AS
ISOLATION suggests the plan for work
ing out the fundamental principles o.
conservation. and urges upon all thu
people the necessity of coming to
gether and deciding on the prope
course to pursue in an educationa
ami legislative campaign.