Bisbee daily review., 1910-01-18
b|G MEN MEET ID TALK ABOUT
 CONSERVATION
Hundreds Gather in Washing ton for Purpose of Devising Ways to Help the Nation and the People.

Washington, D. C.. Ja1. 17--For the
 last few days every train arriving in
 Washington brought number of dis
 tinguished men from the different
 parts of the United States to the nat
 onal capitol. among them Governors
 of States, other high state officials. 1 representatives of railroad and trans
 poration companies, officials of insur-
 ance e mpanies. financial institutions
 and large industrial corporations,
 prominent merchants, labor repre-
 tatives heads of agricultural organiz-
 zations and professional men of all
 kinds. The hotels are rapidly filling
 up and it is expected by tomorrow
 night. practically all the delegates
 who will attend the two imporant
 conferences to be held here next week
 the annual conference of the National
 Civic Federation and the annual con ference of Governors in the interest
 of the conservation of the national
 resources. will be assembled here.
 The conference under the auspices
 of the National Civic Federation will
 begin on Monday and continue until "Wednesday. The conference of the Governors will begin Tuesday ana close on Thursday The sessions of the National Civic Federation conference will be held at the Belasco Theatre, those of the National Conservation conference of Governors in the East Room of the White House. tendered by President Taft for that purpose. As the objects of the two conferences coincide in many respects and, in a general way tend in the same direction the state Governors gathering here foi their annual conference on conserva- tion are expected to take an active part in the deliberations of the civiC conference, the scope of which includ- es practically every civic and corp crate interest in any effort to bring about uniformity of state legislation. The National Association of Uniform State Law Commissioners is included in all state delegations and will take a prominent part in the conference. '
 The Civic Federation conference will be opened by Seth Low. president Of the National Civic Federation and President Taft has consented to deliv- CT the opening address. He will be followed by Alton E. Parker. chairman of the program committee and Govern or Augustus k. Wilson. of Kentucky,
 chairman of the committee of govern CTS. According to the plan mapped out by the program committee the various topics of discussion will be introduced one after another and ample opportuD- ity will be given to discuss the prop ositions that may be submitted. The
 purpose in holding this conference is to develop the recognition of need for uniform state legislation by having all important national organizations. pro noting uniformity in any field, state before the conference clearly and sue cinctly just what they desire.
 Among the distinguished represenC- atives of national organizations at tending the conference will be Louis E. Pearson, who heads the delegation | from the American Bankers Associat- l ion: John F. Dryden, from the Assoc iation of Life Insurance Presidents;
 Joshua Strange, from the Farmers National Congress; A. A. Sprague, l f..... xto NXrbxFaoro on; Frederick w. Lehman, president
 of the American Bar Association: Charles J. Bonaparte president Of the
 National Municipal League; J. Hor-
 ace Mcfarland. president of the Am erican Civic Association: David Hein-
 man, president of the American Muni- | qualities: Joseph E. Ransdell, presi- dent Of the National Rivers and liar bors, Congress; Irving Fisher. presi- .dent of the National Health Associa- ton; Curtis Guild. Jr-, from the Amer ican Forestry Association; Andrew l Carnegie. John Hays Hammond, Elihn
 Root. Alton B. Parker. Henry Wade
 Rogers. Samuel Gompers, John Mitch ell, Warren s. Stone, James Duncan. Walter L. Fisher, James R. Garfield, John G. Mfiburn, William Alien White; Eugene S. Benjamin, president Of the Nations Association of Cloth. iers Martin s. Decker. president of l the National Association of State Railway commissioners; Allen l;. Foote. president of the International
 Tax Association; James c. Cannon. George B. Ccrtelyou, George F. Sew ard and David R. Francis, represent ing the New York Chamber of Cot1-
 merce; W. c. Gorgas, chief sanitary
 officer of the Isthmian Canal Com I mission. who heads the delegation of
 the American Medical Association; D A. Tompkins. president of the Appal-
 aehian National Forest Association;
 John A. Hartigan. president of the ma
 tional convention of Insurance Com
 missioners: Murdo Mackenzie, of the 1 American National Live Stock Ass0-
 ciation; Charles D. Walcott, Of the
 National Academy of Sciences; N. ]. Bacbelder, Master of the National Grange; J. E. sterrett, president of
 the American Association of Public As Icountants: Frank Cheney. president
 of the Proprietary Association of
 America and hundreds of others. in- cluding the presidents of various ratl-
 roads express. telegraph and other sn-
 dustrial corporations and officials of ! national labor examinations.