Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-31
ALL AMERICA TO
COOPERATE FOR
CONSERVATION
Enthusiasm of Canada and
Mexico Assures International
Conference viii Be Success,


Especial Correspondence 10 Morning Journail
Washington. Jan 2S - Arrange
ments for the North American o II
servation conference between repre-
%sentativcs Of the United states, Cam
ada and Mexico. at the White House,
February rs, are goIns forward rap
idly, following the cordial accept
ancc by Sir Wilfrid Lauricr, premier,
and Earl Grey, encouragement OF
Canada, and President Dia2, Of Mex
leo. OF President Roosevclt's invita-
tion to send delegates The confer
ence viii discuss the situation with
regard to the natural sourCe Of
the respective countries and help pre-
pare a general plan adapted to pro-
mote the welfare Of the nations con
cerned in accordance with President
ltoosevelts suggestion.
This international conference viii
meet at the White House by President
Roosevelt's invitation It win not he
a large gathering, as was the confer
ence of governors at the White House
last May, or The joint conservation
conference last December. between
the national conservation commission,
the governors and the representatives
Of state conservation commission
ana conservation committees of ma
tiOnal organizations.
The attendance VIII be limited to
the representatives of Canada and
Mexico, ana representative Of the
state department Of the United states
government ana of other executive
departments. which can render par
ticular assistance 10 the conferces in
their deliberations, ana the national
conservation commission
Canada has already taken active
Efnnu In nTgnuHnIiAn fnp fhp- InnIGTAl
encc, ana recently sent TO the national
commission a number Of carefully
prepared maps which show the pres
cnt status OF the public lands OF the
Dominion as well as the distribution
OF the principal natural and
the development of It's transportation
systems. The Canadian authorities
have also gathered together and sent
to the chairman OF the commission
a comprehensive collection of govern
mcnt documents bearing on the ma
tural resources Of the country. These
have been carefully indexcd and
bound together according to subjects. 1
They viii be used AT the forthcom-
ing conference.
President Roosevelt feels that the
connection between the United States
and the two nations which lie to the
north and south Is SO intimate that
they can consider their mutual inter
csts with regard to natural
from the standpoint OF the general
welfare OF the continent, with small
regard to the political boundary lines
which separate them. Indeed, 1t Is
said that ne considered inviting can
ada and Mexico to the first conserva-
ton conference at the white House, I
but that ne refraincd from doing so
because ne was unwilling to run the
remotcst risk Of asking these two ma
tons 20 associate themselves with the
conservation movement before il was
certain hat it was going 10 succeed
Now that success is assured he feels
that since the two nations have idcn-
teal interests and identical aspira-
tions they can work together along
conservation lines Just as the repre-
sentatives of the states work together
without regard TO state boundaries