Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-08-08

of the Conservation movement and the ,
causes that have led up to the wide |
spread attentio that the subject Is |
receiving today. The Conservation !
movement is but the logical outgrowth |
of the efforts that have been made Of
late years for the better management
of our forests, the wiser uso of our
streams and the more Intelligent ex-
ploitation of our minerals. These eff
forts have largely followed the lead,
IL they have not actually been under !
the directions of bureaus of two of
the Federal Departments, the Geo
logical Survey and the Reclamation
Service of the Interior Department
and the Forest Service of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Even more d.
rect Is the relation of the Forest Ser
vice to Conservation,
Based on the findings and recon-
mendations of the officials Of the Geo
logical Survey the Reclamation Ser
vice and the Forest Service, the Con-
servation movement had It's begin
ming in the better appreciation of the
resources of the nation, of their inter-
1 relation and of the effect of their eX-
haustion on national prosperity. The
rise OF Conservation as popular
movement, in which the principles
above outlined have begun to be felt
in tangible form. dates from the APP
pointment of the inland Waterways
Commission by President Roosevelt
on March "a, 1907. This Commission
was asked ito prepare and report
comprehensive plan for the improve
ment and control Of the river systems
of the United States" and further,
because 1T is not possible to properly
frame so large n plan as this for the
control of our rivers without taking
account of the orderly development
of other natural resources" the Com
mission was asked to consider the
relations of the streams to the use
Of all the great permanent natural re-
sources and their conservation for
the making and maintenance of pros
| porous homes"
Field Found Large.
The preliminary report of the In
!
made to the President in February,
1908, was transmitted by him to Con-
gress and was published. The investi-
cations of this body having made it
apparent that the field to be covered
was larger than could be handled by
the Waterways Commission, Pres-
dent Roosevelt issued call in No
vember, 1907 for a Conservation Con-
gress to be held at the White House
in May, 1908, to which were invited
the Governors OF all the States, of
ficials of various branches of the Fed
eral Government, representatives
from many organizations having to
do with the natural resources, and
delegates from each State, designated
by the Governor. The conference
lasted three days and was memoir
able occasion in many ways, perhaps
the most important feature being the
precedent thereby established Of oc-
casional meetings Of the Governors
that bids fair to develop into highly
useful, II technically unofficial line Of
government activity. A declaration
of principles was drawn up and ap-
proved that has been adopted as the
charter as II were, of the Conservation
movement The results Of this con-
ference were published by authority
of Congress, as u stout volume during
the summer of 1903.
Early In June, 1898, President
Roosevelt reappointed and enlarged
the Inland Water Ways Commission
and also created the National Conser-
walton Commission, with four sec.
tions-water, lands. forests and min
erals. This body at once undertook
an inventory of the natural resources
of the United States, which II COM
pleted in December. 1908. The report
of the National Conservation Com
mission was submitted to President
Roosevelt In January, 1909, and by
him transmitted to Congress, The
main report was accompanied by re-
ports covering each of the sections
and also by numerous papers pre-
pared by experts in various lines. III
Is one of the most fundamentally i'm
u DDlltll NN'i i'i' bNi'i'
the American people"
| Subsequent to the Conference of tn,
| Governors in May, 1908, thirty-six o
the States and Territories formed
| Conservation Commissions, In De-
| cember, 1908, second Conference o
| Governors was called at Washing
ton, at which meeting the findings
| of the National Conservation Commits
] sion was first made public, This con
ference adopted resolutions commend
ing that report and urged on Con
!, gress the importance of taking actiol
along lines following the recommen
datiOns of the Commission report
At this meeting too, was organize
/ the Joint Committee ON Conservation
designed to affiliate the several Stat
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