The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-04
Thomas R. Shipp of Indianapolis
Has Been Appointed to the Pc
sition of General Secretary of
National Assn.
PRESIDENT ELIOT is
THE ACTING HEAD
Field of the Commission En-
braces the Preservation of For
ests Reclamation of the Land
and Conserving Power.

Washington, Oct. 30.-Thom-
as R. Shipp, of indianapolis. SEC
rotary of the national conserva-
ton commission, appointe by
President Roosevelt, has been
elected general secretary of the
National Conservation aSSocia-
ton, of which DR.. Charles w.
Eliot. president emeritus of fiar-
ward college, is the acting head.
In VIEW of the increased import
ance of his new office, M Shlpp
has rendered his resignation to
the United States forest service,
in which he has held a D. .sition
of responsibility for the last two
years.
AS secretary OF the new asso-
citation he will have Offices in both
Washington and New York city,
although practically his entire
time will be spent in Washington.
He will Establish his Office in
the Fifth avenue building. He
will soon open o-Lces in Wash
lington.
p '~S Tro has taken &C
tive charge of the work of the as
sociation and the membership is
exDected to reach into the humid
reds of thousands of individuals.
The object of the new organiza-
tion is the practical application
of conservation principles by the
the states and by the national
government, both through legis-
lative and administrative meas
urss. Thus the field occupied by
the association IS a broad one,
embracing such subjects of ma
tional Importance as the preser-
walton OF forests, reclamation OF
lands, both by irrigation and by
drainage, and the prevention of
monopolistic control of water
power.
| Tie general object of the asso-
citation is to take steps to prevent
the public domain and the nat
ural resources of the country
from passing into the hands OF
monopoly, and to bring about the
development of all the natural re-
sources in the interest OF all the
lpeople and not of the few. To
this end the association an
nounces that it expects the active
support of every citizen of the
country who is interested in the
the conservation movement, no
matter where he may be located.
The first member enrolled was
President Taft, who wrote the as
sociation as follows Il am glad
to hear that the National Con 'er-
walton .ociation has been form
nder such a distinguished and
) capable leader, and with a mem
bersihip open to every American
citizen. Our people can not do a
more useful thing for themselves
| and for posterity than to give per-
sonal consideration to the great
/ issues that are involved in what
we have come to call the cOnSer-
walton movement. 1t is of the
greatest Importance that this
, movement should proceed wisely
and effectively and the National
Conservation association should
} be valuable fundamentally fol
accomplishing this result. shall
) be glad to have you enlist my
rame in its membership"
! Members of Executive Committee
The executive committee of tht
new association includes th>
names of such men as James r
Garfield, former secretary of the
, Interior; Walter l.. Fisher, thu
, lawyer who successfully conduct
! I'd 1.-THE Chidago traction fight
, Bernard n. Baker of Baltimore
who for 25 years was the heaC
and owner of the Atlantic trans
, port line ;Charles l.. Pack, of New
Jersey; John F. Bass, the wal
correspondent, and Joseph N
r Teal of Portland, Ore, one of tn
leading lawyers on the Pacific
coast. The association has pun
I out a platform, or rather dec
aration OF principles"
After reciting the things ii be
leves in, the association says:
1--WE, therefore, form this asso
e citation to advocate and supper
e the adoption by the people them
: selves and by their representa-
Y tives of definite and practica
: measures to carry the principle.
: for which we stand into effect
f and to oppose in all appropriate
f ways all action which is in con
: fiiot with these principles, wheth
t err such action is attempted by in
dividual citizens, members of leg
4 lisEatures or administrative off
q Gals.
o 1t was announced at the New
i York headquarters of the new as
e ISOLATION that the association i
e to be an active, militant organi
h cation, with the general objec
e of procuring practical application
n through Legislative and admins
: trative measures by the states
n and by the federal government o
i the conservation principles adopt
e ed by the governors of the Unite'
/ States at their conference witt
d President Roosevelt ait the whit
o house in Nav. 1908.