The Washington herald., 1909-02-20
NATIONS OF WORLD
INVITED TO CONFER
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at the expense OF another. Nothing would
be gained by so doing. he said. The
President has said nothing recently about
! free wood pulp, and It IS presumed that
he regards international conservation OF
natural resources as a greater question.
Conference in september.
Il Is the Presidents idea that The
Hague conference should be held next
September. and that all the nations which
participated in The Hague arbitration
conference. and perhaps some others
should be invited to send delegates. There
were forty-flvs nations represented az the
| arbitration conference
/ Il is proposed TO start a movement,
through the coming worlds conference,
toward obtaining grand inventory Of
fau the natural resources Of the world. so
that the human race may have as accu-
rate an account OF stock as possible; to
/ consider questions OF waste and avoiding
waste; and. IN general. 10 arouse an in
Iterest throughout Christendom in favor OF
/ conserving the forests, mines, soil, and
! fisheries everywhere.~
/ The members OF the conference. COM
! posed Of dictates from Canada, Mexico.
and the Il :.eS States. began their first
| business session IN the diplomatic room
OF the State Department yesterday
At the opening OF the session Thomas
! R Ship. who IS secretary OF the Nation
| al Conservation Commission. and Robert
/ E. Young. secretary OF the Canadian
/ Commission. were elected secretaries OF
/ the conference. clifford Pinchot. Chief of
/ the Forestry Division Of the Agricultural
/ Department. was elected permanent
/ chairman.
| An address was delivered before the
/ conference yesterday by Dr.. ". T. Horna-
day. director OF the New York geological
Park. His subject was the destruction Of
wild game in North America
/ Unless some effective, even drastic.
/ measures are taken. declared DR.. Horna-
day. only a few years hence VIII see
the last OF the large wild game OF North
/ America.
The deadly long range. quick-fring
I magazine, automatic rife. and now the
noiseless gun. will soon wipe out the last
I Of the magnificent specimens Of wild life
OF which North America should be
/ proud
Wild Game Decreasing
Or. Hornaday said that last year 50o,-
90 shotguns alone were manufactured in
the United States. Game does not breed
/ as rapidly as Il IS killed. he said. and
I he declared that We were not taking ac-
/ count OF the constantly increasing num-
/ Der Of hunters, and OF ''the resistless
/ onward march OF development that IS
making It easy for the hunter TO reach
{ with comparative ease the spots where
+ the wild game is found"
/ Dr. Hornaday urged upon the commits
! sioners from the three countries the i'm
I Iportance Of considering the conservation
I Of wild game along with the consideration
4 OF other natural resources Of these coun-
tries.
Robert Bacon. Secretary OF state. issued
I the following statement yesterday con-
/ cerning the conservation conference:
There Is row assembled in Washing
{ ton, in response 20 the invitation OF the
/ President. a conference Of representatives
OF the United States Of Mexico and OF
[ the Dominion OF Canada TO meet the rep
resentatives Of the United States OF Amer
/ lea for the purpose or considering the
/ common interests OF the three countries
/ in the conservation OF their natural re-
Z sources
The cordiality with which the neigh
/ boring governments accepted the invita-
I ton IS no less an aUgUTy Of the success
I of this important movement than is the
disposition already shown by the confer
/ ence 10 recognize the magnitude IF the
/ question before it While recognizing the
I imperative necessity for the development
and use OF the great resources upon
which the civilization and prosperity OF
/ nations must depend. they realize the
vital need OF arresting the inrOads I'M
/ providently or unnecessarily made upon
them.
/ Nature ShouId BE Aided.
They comprehend also that as 10 many
I OF their national resources more than a
merely conservative treatment Is re-
I QUiUed; that preparatory agency should be
/ invoked 20 aid the processes Of benehcent
Z nature. and that the means Of restoration
I and increase should be sought whenever
practicable.
They see that, 20 the task OF devising
/ economical expenditures OF resources
I which, once gone. are lost forever. there
[ should be superposed the duty Of restor-
/ ing and maintaining pToductiveness wher-
I ever impaired or menaced by Wastsful-
/ ness.
IN the northern part OF the American
/ hemisphere destruction and waste brought
4 other evils in their train The removal OF
I forests. for instance, results in the arid
/ ity OF vast tracts, torrentiaI rainfalls
/ break down and carry away the unpro-
/ tected SOIL and regions once abundant in
I vegetable and animal life become barren
/ This is a lesson almost as old as the hu-
I man race. The older countries OF Europe.
+ Africa. and the Orient teach a lesson in
4 this regard which has been too little
I needed.
I anticipating the wide interest which
+ would naturally be aroused in other ccun-