Show CHIEF TOPICS and SPEAKERS AT conference FOR conservation OF NATURAL RESOURCES natural V at the resources white house conference A lay 13 14 15 14 LM M W o 6 0 1 1 ali P ito y OVA 01 V MICA k 9 A all i 0 tilt I 1 1111 atilt ar kilo Z t JO at in 00 aar W fia 4 ot et topics under the chief discussion all fr from 0 m stereo graphs feht 1909 by underwood underwood new york ingenious news photograph showing at a 1 glance a most remarkable epoch making conference the first of its kind in n the history 4 tf f civilization in tile the cinter mi roosevelt in the inner orle about I 1 im beginning at the top and passing from left to 0 o aro are speaker cannon 1 cliffin ot I 1 out oat master general john flays lammond hammond of i tile american institute of mining I 1 ta la I 1 olli tte inca lind and Seret bo arv kooi hoot in tile the outer circle beginning at the tot top john bl itchell seth low basuil Goni pers secretary lary coite coutelyou Coi lelyou lyou so bolk 1 allt of justlee moody it till in ma e court gov hackell Ilak cl of 0 oklahoma Olila lioma gov curry of new mexico william J brynn bryan anbrew carnegie janna mahon spere tary of 0 agi kult ov itu 1 a onci n d go johnson Joli naon of 0 minnesota on the margin are pictured mining cattle raising railroading fa fanning ON aher er transportation inabu r aalur r aile IN ull J ing material and forestry ahen the conference of governors of states and men distinguished in political life of the nation met at the white rouse house in washington may 13 14 15 in behalf of at the preservation of the count country rys s natural resources the strangest and perhaps the most fra convention ever held in the capital was inaugurated among those invited to attend by president roosevelt himself were mern mem bers berb of 0 the cabinet judges ot of the su on preme court of the united states governors of all the states in the union including the of alaska and hawaii and andrew car negle william jennings bryan james J hill the railroad magnate john mitchell Ml the labor leader and prom anent scientists and aad business busi nesa men from all over the country political differences opposing issues of national questions and business were laid aside to discuss the ways and means of conserving the nat uril ural resources of the country president roosevelt opened the con bention with an exposition 0 if the why rby and wherefore of the conference and an outline of hla his views of the mat ter while on his trip dow the mis alls sis river last fall with the gov erners of 16 stat under the auspices of the inland waterways association he la is said to have obtained the nucleus of the idea which lesul resulted ted in the present conference it will rill be remembered remember pil that dent roosevelt on that trip expressed the opinion that the question of the conservation ot of the natural resources of the country was of more import ance than the regulation of the rate question A number of papers prepared at the presidents request were read and discussed james J hill the railroad king spoke on an I 1 relations between rail and water transportation I 1 ills his paper dealt with such subjects as the growth of rail transportation its ita dis trib ution and extent of systems cost and present traffic and earning capacity estimated cost coat of the tion of at trees tor for railroad ties and their preservation railways to meet prospective requirements etc regarding gatei transportation mr hill dealt with its cost coat present facil atles relation to rail atlon pressing lines ot of development regu lation by business interests or by law lueie nf of cheapened transportation transport alon on production etc under the general had bad of land resources prof T C of 0 the university of chicago in a paper on an soil dealt with its ita origin nat ural products product progressive enrich ment offsets of at cultivation erosion and general estimates ct loss lc sa to the country through reed and decreased production the question of forests was ex pounded by R A long president of the langdell long dell lumber company of kansas city no mo who explained their early uso use and destruction ex tent and value rate of consumption estimated duration prospective prices of foiest products the influence of forests on soil ground water and springs rivers floods and low water waterway wa terRay and tion and the relation iorA between forest control and crop production corn com merce and population dr george W kober of ashington in a paper on sanitation spoke of the development of systems of com coin water rater supply relation between purity and clarity of water rater for earn corn ir anity supply mortality moita allty lity and disease duo duj to impure water and taw action required in the interests ot of the public health reclamation by lion ilon george C pardee of oakland cal dealt with the extent of arid and semi gentl arid re glons alons development and extent of ir rl ri gation gatlon growth groth of concepts concern ing water rights and water ater as a basis of property influence of irrigation on production commerce population consumption of water rater and other re sluices sou ices reclamation and stream con arol by drainage and extent of 0 swamp and overflow lands and increased vrue available allabe av by drainage protection 40 flood prevention judge joseph 11 II carey of Cue cheyenne yenne wyo la in a paper on land laws dealt with their early policy of dis die dosal transfer under state charters especial grants granta acte development ef feet of creation of national parks forests and other reserves advantages of making this a nation of homes and homo home on owners ers state and federal action required etc lion it A jastro president of the national live stock association of bakersfield cel cal delivered a paper on grazing and stock static raising lie he treated on the development of the in dus destries tries in the united states their extent and value grazing in the arid and semiarid beal arid Te regions glona methods and results result 3 comparative cost coet and profit and balati relation N I 1 tween stock raising and com commell merl under the gonegal head of mineral resources dr I 1 C white buhite state goo logist of at west virgilla VIrgin la in speaking of mineral fuels fuels dealt with rth the coal fields of the halted states methods of mining losses in mining estimated duration of present methods of min ing and use nsf improvements in mining ani use connect connection lein with coal prodie tion and tr it espo tation relation bl be tween coal red and other resources yr pe and tock rock gas and pr pebble pes edible ble substitutes for fuel anddew And jeW ta antz A spouse ppaul on ores land and related minerals their prodoc tion in the united states dilce pi ice estl mates of available quantity duration of c supply processes of mining and qu quarrying arrIng and probable coa consequences sequences of of standard minerals on may 12 president roosevelt en at dinner the cabinet the members of the supreme cobit the go governors vernois ani the other more ats guests gifford pinchot chief of the forestry foi estry gave a inception eption to the governors and the in land waterways Nater ways on may alay 14 on the afeei noon of may 15 mrs roosevlt dt gave a garden baity on the white house grounds tor for all the delegates to the contention at the vart varl ous hotels in washington arrange ments menta were made for smaller recep lions and dinners all of the governors who ito accod partied president roosevelt on his mis alls sig river trip list last fall were pros pres ent they are comer of alabama dreward of florida deneen of 1111 nola nois cummins of iowa hock of kan BBS bas blanchard Dlan chard of louisiana polk folk of souil shelton of nebraska cuni of new mexico burke of coith th di kota arantz of oklahoma chamber lala lain of biegon davidson of wisconsin and brooks of wyoming that the conference attracted world wide interpret was elden ced by the fact that many of the helgn foreign diplomats at washington followed the five at fairs ot of the convention closely those who were nvere in close touch with the conference arrangements declare they have never known another move ment which has been greeted with such quick and enthusiastic popular approval an Irid indication lention of public opinion was wag afforded by the great mass of coire boire spon dence which poured into the white house on this subject of all sorts expressed tion of the greatness of the inter WPM prise that conservation of national re bourcet li is nothing about wilch abic the political parties wish to raise an la is wie bue Is indicated by the attitude of the th democratic leaders doth both ant J pran bran and gov john A johnson loa ieans candidates for the democratic pre d i I 1 lentlie nomination wrote to Pre silent roosevelt exert asing their approval appi aPPIO oval vR squally enill emphatic batic andors in dorsee ment it to la understood has hag hem viclet vIc feT by grover cleveland Clev Cle velard mr air brians dr ans letter to the president read I 1 great ly appreciate your kind kill invitation and shall lake ako pleasure plea suie in attending the conference on the condei ornit ural I 1 mina I 1 big bg to assure you in hearty sympathy with the he pur pose of the conference and I 1 have no doubt that the disc dige of the sub jeet vill be ba very helpful to us ua all gov job u 9 letter read to as sure ou that I 1 he heattie hea attil agree with our conclusion that the of the natural of our country pres presents rits a pr problem demanding tho the best thou glit ot at our times Is ia super flu nus nua we havo have been exploiting our resources with no thought of the mori mora row and tile he cladius of posterity upon us its certainly bo be taken tato into account la his letter of invitation to 09 thi conference roosevelt said there thera Is no other question now before the nation of equal gravity with ith the tha question stion of conservation of our natural resources ind nd it Is tho the plain duty of 0 us who rho for the moment aie responsible to take inventory of the natural ic tie sources which have been handed town down to us ua to forecast the needs of the future and so BO handle tile the great sources of our prosperity as not to destroy in advance all hope of the errity of our descendants the need for such a conference la Is illustrated by a few facts vouched couched for by investigators government experts say ray that between and tons of coal were lost in 1900 1903 by lenity wise and pound foolish methods and that the total so BO wasted wa sted since ihl beginning of the industry la Is GO tons millions upon millions of horsepower are going to waste through fielure properly to utilize an and d conser conbene e the waterpower water power of the united states the construction construct lon of reservoirs at the of streams in which hood flood waters raters may be stored to be released at periods perlo of low water la Is expected not only to keep the waters at a con sinuous anvel but prevent the destrie tion of property by floods maintain cor constant coustant stant levels for na navigation and io 10 develop nater ater power at tho the present rate of timber con it Is estimated that the price of every kind 0 of lumber will be about double the present price only one decade from today to day it Is paid that the total iron ore available in the world todi to di Is 2 tons of which three fifths Is in all tha united states should the rate of to in crease in the united states in the barna ratio that it has in ii the course of the last core of ears at the end ot at two centuries there woud be no morp corp ore to 0 o be h mined in the united there to lg an area of 17 krea of lapi su to reclamation matlon by fi and BOO COO acres of western public range which rjay be made available aval lible for in creased production of meat by restrict ing the glazing and re seeding portions which have been destroyed by strict stricter ed grazing with this area made available once more it Is e estl of mated thai tha its merit meat producing cacam ity will be ba nearly doubled |