Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-07-27
WOULD FOSTER
NATURES GIFTS
BIG CONSERVATION CONGRESS
MEETS NEXT MONTH
MANY EMINENT MEN INVITED
BY SEATTLE
Question of How Best to Preserve
Natural Resources for Benefit
of the Public Will Be
Discussed

The first national conservation con-
gress of the United States will be held
in the auditorium of the Alaska Yu-
kon- Pacific exposition, Seattle, August
26, 81 and rs. Arrangements for the
congress are being perfected underline
auspices of the Washington ConserVa-
ton association, an organization COM
prising several hundred prominent cit
liens of the state. 1t promises TO De
the greatest gathering of CONSERVATION
lists since the famous White House con-
ference of governors at washington
when President Roosevelt launched the
campaign for conserving ana utlllZlhs
the natural resources of our country
Invitations to attend the congress
have been sent to leading men and
women identified with the conservation
movement in all sections of the coun-
try. The Washington state legislature
has memorialzed President TAFT, re-
uuesting his attendance at the great
convention. That has been supple
mented by a proclamation from the
chairman of the Washington state con-
servation commission and the Seattle
chamber of commerce.
A list of probably 10000 representa-
tive people has been made up. and per-
sonal invitations mailed to individuals
and members of societies and civic and
commercial organizations.
Many have accepted the invitation
and informed the committee in charge
of their intention to visit the eXposl-
ton and participate in the conservation
congress. Among the invited are cabi-
net officials, United States senators and
representatives, governors and MEM
bers of state conservation commits
sions, presidents of colleges and other
institutions of learning, editors or
newspapers and magazines, ministers
of the gospel and representatives OF
various commercial organizations
throughout the United States. The in
terest in the cause extends across the
continent and into foreign lands.
Many speakers of national impor-
lance are among the names on the
program In that list are such men as
r. A. Ballinger, secretary of the lnte-
rior: Clifford Pinchot, chairman of the
Joint committee on conservation be
tween states and nation; F. H. Newell,
chief of the reclamation service; VIII
liam McCarroll, commissioner of the
public service commission, New York
city; Booker T. Washington, president
of Tuskegee institute; w. r. Hutchin-
son of the lakes-t o-the-gulf deep wa
terways commission; James A. Emery,
head counsel for the National Manu-
1dcIuTeTS dSSOCldIlOlls Nyluo WI tiNP
president of the University of Mime
sofa: Howard Elliott of the Northern
Pacific and James j. Hill of the Great
Northern railway systems.
Many great questions are involved
in the work of the modern idea of con-
servation. Such problems will be dis
cussed by competent men selected from
various districts because of their prac-
tical knowledge of the fundamental
IF fODlCS
for discussion during the congress in
clude irrigation, water, forestry min
ing, soils, good roads and other means
for transportation, public health ana
morals and the relation of capital and
labor in the scheme of conserving our
natural resources so that the greatest
good to the greatest number will be
accomplished.
Waste is one of the great enemies to
conservation. 1t enters into the af-
fairs of individuals and communities
and robs thousands of that which they
should nourish in order to maintain
financial independence. The citizens of
the state of Washington have started
the conservation movement for ma
tional organization. That body VIII
elect delegates to attend the interna-
tional conservation conference to be
held a The Hague during the coming
autumn, where the problems OF uniVer-
sal saving will be solved.
With the platform of principles es-
tablished by the White House confer
ence of governors. the Washington
Conservation association asks the earn
est and active cooperation of thinking
men and women in all sections of the
United States, to the end that the re-
sources of land and sea may be con-
served while there is something real TO
conserve. That association asks the in
habtants of the nation to help in the
work of replenishing the earth and its
resources.