The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-17
GO observation
AND COMMERCE
FIRST NATIONAL CONGRESS
WILL BE HELD IN SEATTLE
IN AUGUST-PROMINENT MEN
in MOVEMENT.
CONGRESS

SEATTLE, July 15.-The First
National congress of the United
States will be held in the auditorium
of the Observation-Disclosures Expo
sition, Seattle, washington, August
26, 81, 28,. 1909. Arrangements for
the congress are being perfected by
the Washington Conservation associ-
ation-an organization comprising
several hundred prominent men of
the state.
The Conservation congress
promises to be the largest and most
representative gathering of active
conservationists since the conference
of governors at the White House,
Washington, when former President
Theodore Roosevelt launched the
campaign for more systematic n
universal conservation Of the ma
tural of our country.
The congress has the official en-
dorsement of state legislatures, state
conservation commissions, governors
and conservation commissions OF
I other States: the Seattle chamber of
commerce, and the joint committee
between state and nation.
Invitations have been extended to
| President William H. Taft, and mem
bers of his cabinet; governors of
states. members of the various state
conservation commissions; presi-
dents of colleges and of other in
stitutes of learning; editors of prom
inent newspapers and magazines;
church dignataries, and to mayors
and officials of commercial organiza-
lions in the leading cities of the ma
ton.
Already many of those invited
have responded, and announced
their intention of attending the con-
gress.
How shall the conservation of our
natural be conducted SO
that business of the present day
shall receive the greatest proper
benefits, is the question presented by
the Washington Conservation associ-
alton, and the congress of practical
executive, professional and COM
mercial men will be expected to
answer in a name satisfactory to
the allied interests of the people.
The discussion will include the
subjects of irrigation. dry farming,
forestry, mining, transportation,
good roads, pure food, public morals
and health, and the relation of capt.
tai to labor in the work of modern
conservation.
The program includes addresses
from the best thinking men of the
oro Apnon0 fhnSa nnmpd &C nrnh-
able speakers are President Taft,
Hon. R. A. ,Ballinger, secretary OF
the interior, Hon. James wilson, Sec
rotary of agriculture, Hon Clifford
Pinchot, chief forester, Mr.. F. H.
Newell, chief of the reclamation SER
vice, DR.. w. j.. MCGEE, secretary of
the White House conference of gov
ernors, J. E.. Rangdell, president ma
tional rivers and harbors congress,
DR.. Charles W.. Eliot, of harvard
college, Prof. Irving Fisher, of Yale,
John Mitchell, vice president Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, Seth Low.
president National Civic Federation,
James A. Emory, National Manufac-
lures association, James j. Hill, the
railroad builder, and many others.
The Washington Conservation
association has undertaken some
things new in the history. of cOnven-
tions. 1t has sent out personal in.
vitations to every prominent com
mercial organization in the United
States, asking for the attendance OF
at least two representatives from
each body. 1t has invited the presi
dent of the United States, members
of the cabinet. senators and con
gressmen to assemble in Seattle and
discuss the most vital issues of the
day-the various branches of con
! servation in relation to the food
clothing, fuel and scommon neces
stiles of life. 1t has requested the
attendance of leading editors
professors, preachers and CONNER
cial men to assemble and take def
net action in matters pertaining tC
the present and future welfare of al
the people.
In a letter to the commercial organ
izations, the association joins witt
the Seattle chamber of In
! stating that: The degree of pros
perity which your city attains is di.
rectly proportional to the extent OF
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natural source which are tribu-
tary to your city. Those resources,
such as soil, water, forests, minerals
and the ways for TRANSFORMATION
(from which are derived the food,
clothing and for shelter for
the people and the raw materials
and the power for use in your fac
tories) although situated at a great
err or lesser distance from your city,
are in the last analysis, the materials
of which your city is composed. and
the means by which your city is
maintained
Conservation is the watchword of
the present age. 1t holds the key to
individual happiness and national
prosperity for the present as we'll as
for the coming years. 1t unlocks
the ~storehouse of knowledge as to
the correct use of natural resources
to the end that all NAV be directly
benefited without endangering the
resources of the future. Con-
~servation is a practical question
which must be handled in a practi-
cal way by competent men engaged
in the various of Industrial