The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-11
OUTLINE OF PLANS
FOR EXHIBITS
al
National Conservation EXPOSE
ton, Knoxville, Tenn, 1918,
Planned in Accordance
With History


RESOURCES OF SOUTHLAND
Will illustrate the Ways in Which the
Natural Wealth in Forests, Minerals
and Human Efficiency May Be More
Effectively Utilized.
The National Conservation Exposi-
ton is planned in accordance with ex-
position history especially to illustrate
the modern idea of forecasting
prospective development, especially
throughout the Southern States. In
broad way the design is to Illustrate
the ways in which the-natural wealth
in forests, waters, minerals, and hui
man efficiency are now used and may
be still more effectively utilized in pro-
noting the prosperity and assuring the
perpetuity of the American people.
The Resources in Lands.
Recognizing the soil made fruitful
by the natural water supply as that
resource on which more than all 9th
ers the generations Of men must de-
pend for materials for food and cloth.
ing, it is planned to devote large space
to the exhibits of the soil and it's prod
ucts, of the best methods of maintain.
ing and increasing production, and Of
progress in improving the grade and
yields of plant and animal products.
Forest Resources.
Our forest resources are second in
importance only to the land itself, be.
cause of the many important indus
tries for which the forest furnishes the
raw material, and of the forests
benefcient influences upon such other
natural riches as waters for irrigation,
power and navigation, fish and game
animals, and the land itself. Consid-
cradle attention is to be devoted to
forest exhibits.
It is planned to illustrate the exist
ing forest resources, with their pro-
duction and reproduction, their utili-
cation, and their influences upon otner
resources.
Water Resources.
The water resources of the country
in general and of the South in parttc-
ular will be displayed with referenc e
to the use of water (a) for domestic
supply, (b) for agricultural produc-
ton whether applied by natural
means or irrigation), (c) for power,
and (d) for navigation
Mine ~aI
The mineral resources of the coun-
try as a whole and especially of South
eastern United States will be exhibited
as the chief basis for the greatness
of this country in manufacturing and
as a means of maintaining our indus
trial supremacy.
Human Efficieney-HeaIth.
By far the most important of all oul
natural resources is man himself. 1t
is to render his life more efficient
that any form of conservation is advo
Gated. Those vital forces intimate tC
himself are highest and noblest, and
to their Development, conservation and
best use deep thought and great effort
should be devoted.
The abolition of child labor, particu
larly in the Southern States, the re-
duction Of infant mortality, the eradica-
ton of disease, especially tuberculosis,
. the hook worm and typhoid fever will
be graphically presented.
Education.
Another most important element In
human development is education. The
school is a crucial problem in the
commercial upbuilding of the Southern
States. School hygiene AMI sanitation,
domestic economy, vocational training,
industrial education for the negro, and
rural school advancement shall be sub
jects for exhibition and shall be pre-
sented in the form of model demon
STATIONS and in other ways.
Domestic Economy.
So important is this subject consid-
cred as an element in greater human
efficiency that, although it might prop
erly be included as part of another
section, it is thought well to devote
a separate paragraph to it. Home
making is the first and most important
step in nation making. The work of
the wife and mother In the establish
ment and maintenance of comfort
able home, in the preparing of proper
foods and by her wisdom and radia-
tion of domestic tranquility and happi
ness can contribute at least as much
to the prosperity of the nation and the
efficiency of it's citizens as can the
husband and father by his efforts in
the outside world.
Good Roads.
Good roads are necessary requisites
to development. Exhibits will be made
Of good roads in the form of Q) actual
demonstration roads, (2) models show
ing materials, manner of construction,
and the finished work, 60 road MAX
ing materials and machinery, "a maps
Of important highways, 81 photo
graphic engagements of both good and
had roads and the consau1oncas ard