The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-02
CONSERVATION PLAN
IS PAYING
PRESERVATION OF NATIONS RE-
SOURCES MEANS MONEY
TO ALL PEOPLE,

Seattle. Aug. 1.-The First National
Conservation congress of the United
states will he held under the auspices
of the Washington Conservation as
ISOLATION. and in connection with the
Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition. Sc
attic. Wash, August 70. .. and ~, 1909.
The congress promises To be the larg
est and most important gathering of
eminent men since the inauguration of
the conservation movement. 1t will
be national in every respect. and the
results of the congress will probably
form the foundation for international
resolutions. as the meeting will. no
doubt, select delegates TO represent
the United states at the conservation
conference TO be held at The Hague
during the coming autumn. where the
problems of conserving the natural
resources of the entire civilized world
will be considered.
Conservation combines an educa-
tional and financial campaign for pre-
serving. protecting and perpCtuating
the income producers of land and
water. 1t includes irrigation. water
forestry. mining. farming. good roads
and other means for transportation.
pure food and public morals as some
nf the definite topics for discussion.
Those subjects will he handled at the
First National Conservation congress
by practical men who understand the
necessities of the present and the re-
quirements of the future.
The consideration OF conservation
has passed the academic stage and
reached the plane of commercial activ-
itv where it demands Il practical SCI
button.
How To utilize the remaining natu:e,
resources of our country in order %
insure present and future industrial
prosperi,v without endangering any of
the legitimate channels Of trade is an
important question. This should come
before the people i'm a national con
vention for ar exchange of matureI
ideas. and cal's for immediate action.
The man with money desires to
place IL where an income may be Ger
tain regardless OF changing political
conditions. The community will not
be wasted in the coming quarter of a
century before lie purchases 2O-year
Improvement bonds of municipality.
Practical conservation is q financial
question requiring a financial solu-
ton. Waste has entered into the
various avenues of the life of the ma
ton. county and city. and penetrated
the homes of the common people-the
producers of wealth. EXtravagancc
has characterized the utilization of the
stif of IL, 4
field. and the natural laws-applica hle
observation-disclosures results in the
payment If penalties If nature is
robbed of her products without annual
remuneration she becomes nom pro-
ductive in a few wears and all her sub
jects in the industrial and financial
world suffer.
The First National Conservation
congress will consist of men of ma
tional reputation drawn from the diff
ferent fields of thought and industry.
More than l0.00o prominent individ-
uals, representing the nation. state.
city and country of activity. have been
invited tn participate in that congress.
Many of our leading men have written
letters nj acceptance and announced
their intention of being present at
every session of the congress. Nine
sessions are to he held, and the de-
alterations closed with religious
meeting in which all church dgni-
taries are to unite and work for prac-
teal conservation.
Among those expected tn deliver ad-
dresses at the congress are: Hon. r.
\. Ballinger. secretary of the interior:
+. Fl. Newell nf the reclamation serr-
ice: Clifford Pinchot,, chairman of the
joint committee on conservation be
tween states and nation; Booker T.
Washington of the .Tuskagee Institute;
Howard Elliott. president of the North
ern Pacific Railway company: James
j. Hill of the Great Northern Railway
company. the great railroad builder
and western pioneer in development.