Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-03-23
CALL FOR TRANS.
MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS
Program Of Great Meeting at Denver
Covers a Wide Range Of Sub
jects.-Thomas F. Walsh
President.

Question of the forest reserve pol
icy are to be thrashed out at the
Trans-Mississippi congress in Denver
next summer. The question of
whether the states or the government
shall control the forests of the ma
ton occupies a prominent place in the
program OF the congress. which has
Just been issued by Thomas F. Walsh,
president of the organization.
"Reverting to the question of con-
servation,' the call says under the
caption of THE Public Domain.
with special reference to the forests
and the public domain, the executive
committee directs attention to the ac-
tion OF the Denver session of 1891
which recommended the reversion of
all public lands to the states as a
speedy solution of problems that were
likely to arise.
1T is submitted, as shown by the
increasing agitation over the admin
lstration of the forest reserves, that
these problems anticipated at that
time, as demonstrated in the passage
|of the Carey act, now have become
vexed questions, calling for some
speedy action, alike unprejudiced to
the interests of the general govern
ment and states of the Trans-Missis-
sippi section
"The executive committee places
this question upon the program, with
the hope that intelligent discussion
will lead to conclusions of advantage
when the questions in detail are laid
before the national congress-"
Other questions recommended as
germane to the object of the con-
Sress are.
Irrigation and reclamation of semi
arid lands. Waterway improvements.
Drainage Of submerged lands. Dispo.
sition of public lands. Scientific dry
farming. Alaska. Separate statehood
for New Mexico and Arizona Par
GELS post. Postal savings banks. In
surance. Trade relations with Mex
leo, Central and South America. Gulf
ports and the railroads. Conservation
of natural resources. Panama canal
Hawaii. The Philippines. Depart
ment of mines. immigration. Good
roads Sugar beet and cane industry
Barataria and LaFOurche canal. Ma
tlonal finance. Consular service.
Wide Representation Desired.
The call is addressed to governors,
mayors, county. commissioners, cham
bers OF commerce, boards of trade.
manufacturing, mining, mercantile
and all other associations whose in.
terests are discussed by the organi.
zation. bidding them send delegates
to the twentieth annual congress,
which will meet August 16 to 81. The
representation is provided for on the
following basis:
Governors may appoint ten and not
more than twenty delegates: mayors
one delegate-at-large and one for ev
cry 5000 inhabitants limited to ten).
each business organization may OBJ
point one delegate-at-large and one
for every fifty members (limited to
ten); each county may appoint one
delegate.
Governors of states and territories,
members OF the congress of the
United States and former presidents
OF the Transmississippi Commercial
Congress are ex-officio members,
with all the privileges of delegates,
except voting.
Inc call is signed by Thomas +.
Walsh, president (Wolhurst), Denver.
Colo; Ike 7. Pryor, chairman execu.
tive committee, San Antonio, Texas;
Sam F. Dutton, vice-chairman execu-
tive committee, Denver, Colo; Ar
thur r. Briggs, chairman advisory
committee. San FRANCISCO, CAL; Fred
W. Fleming, chairman congressional
committee, Kansas City, Mo-; Fred G.
Moffat, treasurer, Denver, Colo, and
Arthur F. Francis, secretary to the
congress.
Panama and the West.
After calling attention to the fact
that the congress was born in Denver
and reconvenes foro the first time in
nineteen years in the place of its
grading, the call goes on to outline
the program as follows:
THE executive committee presents
for careful consideration the question
OF closer commercial relations be-
tween the people of the United States
and those of the Latin republics, with
special reference to the early compile
ton of the Panama canal and the can
sequent result stimulating CONNER
cial development in the Transmits
sippi states, to which this information
al highway is directly tributary"