Show iii ME OF WEST WES T conservation of the resources of the west the keynote of trans mississippi congress prominent men censure the policy which has haa resulted in the squandering of national resources and point way to remedial legislation san Frati francisco cisco assorting asserting the rights lights of unborn generations of amer aine ricans and censuring tho the policy that has squandered with prodigal recklessness tho the forests and lands the waters and tho the minerals upon which tho the future prosperity ortho of tho west depends half a score or of speakers on wednesday placed before the delegates g to the nineteenth T elpel congress the records of consumption and waste established by the pioneers and their sons in the west and pointed the way to economic conservation and remedial legislation except for a brief period allowed for tile the introduction of resola lions many of which were presented tho the entire day was devoted to addresses of this character some improvised pro upon the call of president J 13 case hut but the majority constituting tire the regular pro gramme and showing by careful compilation of facts end and figures the time expended in their preparation tho the governor of one state the attorney general of another tho the president of a university and the traffic trade director dire clor of a great railway system succeeded one another upon tile the platform and each from his own particular standpoint vala paid lits his tribute to v estern america and its people and indicated some stop step onward some abort cut avenue toward its ultimate destiny the interest and earnestness of the largest attendance of any previous session was manifested throughout the extended series of addresses by an unflagging attention and discriminating outbursts of applause reception accorded tho the address addres of J C stubbs traffic director of the harriman Harrl man lines who arrived tuesday night from chicago to convey to the congress the regrets of mr M if 31 harriman Harrl man at his inability to attend tt nd and to assume tile the place on UN the p program reserved for mr harriman Harrl man was perhaps the feature of the days deliberations in tho the courso course of his remarks mr stubbs reviewed from the days of earliest construction the intimate ia associations existing between tho the extension of tra transportation ns port aaion facilities and the regions they reclaimed from tho the wilderness his clear cut references to tho the panama canal to tho the merchant in marine arane and t to 0 other subjects which the sippi congress had adopted as its own problems impressed many of tho the delegates with the belief that the sentiments expressed were inspired by a sincere desire on an tile the part of the transportation interests of the country to operate cooperate co in the plans fot for western advancement ement |