The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-10

1 the United States. appointed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt in 1908, the work of
which formed the basis for the presi-
cents subsequent recommendations
to congress concerning public land
questions. In 1903 he was member
of the committee on the organization
of government scientific work; in
! 1905 he served on the committee on
department methods, appointed byl
administrative efficiency of all depart
ments: in 1907 on the inland water
ways commission, appointed by the
president at his suggestion, for the
| improvement of the navigation in the
Mississippi valley; and in 1908 on the
ommission on country life, also APP
! pointed by the president. The con-
servation movement headed by Mr. |
Pinchot attained wide public recog-
milton in May, 1908, when, at the |
suggestion of the inland waterways
commission, the president called al
conference of the governors of all
states and territories to meet at the
White House to discuss the question,
an unprecedented proceeding in the1
history of the country. In his adj
dress at the preliminary meeting
| President Roosevelt said: Il want to
say here that if it had not been for
| Clifford Pinchot this conference never
would or never could have been held"
| Before adjournment this conference
adopted a declaration of principles
| regarding the wise use of all natural
| resources. On June s, 1908, the
| president, in line with one of the
recommendations made by the COVER
nors, appointed the national con-
servation commission "to cooperate
with the states in order to conserve
the natural resources of our whole |
country" This commission was or
ganiZed in four sections to consider
the four great classes of resources
waters, forests, lands and minerals, |
with the members of the inland wa
terways commission forming the sec
ton of waters, and Mr.. Pinchot as
| chairman of the commission. 1t re-
| ported to the president Jan. /, 1909,
and on Jan. %, 1909, the president
sent special message to congress
( transmitting the report, which dealt
| with the present extent and condition
of natural resources and the means
of conserving them. Following the
! adoption by congress of an amend
ment TO the sundry civil bill for 1909.
| which terminated effective co-opera-
| ton between the commission and the
executive departments, the work of
cooperating with the AZ state con-
servation commissions and the 81 |
great national organizations which
have appointed conservation commit /
tees dec. /, 1909 was assumed by
the joint committee on conservation !
appointed by joint conference of |
the governors and the organizations. |
Mr.. Pinchot is chairman Of this joint |
committee. The North American con-
| White House in January, 1909, to !
consider the means of international
cooperation to secure conservation |
| of the resources of the North Ameri- |
can continent as a whole Invitations |
were delivered to the president of |
| Mexico and the encouragement of |
| Canada by Mr.. Pinchot in person, act |
ing as representative of the president, |
| and Mr.. Pinchot was also one of the |
United States commissioners and the |
| chairman of the conference In addi- |
ton to adopting a declaration of prin-
| ciples, the commissioners recon-
mended that d conference be held at /
| The Hague to consider the conserva- |
| ton of world resources. AS the next |
logical step in the conservation move
ment the National Conservation Asso-
citation was finally formed, Oct. 8, !
1909, with Dr. Charles w. Eliot. |
president emeritus of Harvard uni |
versity, as president. Membership in |
| this association is open to every
American citizen. Its object is to carry
into practice the principles Of con-
servation as they were declared by
the governors conference of 1908 at !
| the White House. In 1902, Mr.. Pin |
| chot made tour of inspection in the |
| Philippines to report on a forest pol
| icy for the islands
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