Show conservation AND citizenship the fiest national conservation congress of the united states which will be held in ill the auditorium of the alaska yukon pact pacific fie exposition seattle washington august ag 27 28 under the ua spices of the washington washl ng Conse conservation ration association plo pio alses to be an educational meeting of moie than ordinary importance it will bring together several thousand representative men and women interested te rested in the material develOp development Me it 0 of f the country and the proper cutill utilization of all the natural le ie sources producing individual wealth and national prosperity the congress ill mail the opening of a campaign for international conservation of all that assists in making the horld a desirable place for present and future generations to build aud establish sta blish comme icia enterprises terp rises it is ib planned to have delegates front from forty conservation commissions in it the he united states all and hawaii those men were selected by the various because of tiller thier fitness for suii sudi responsible positions they represent the thinking pop population ula of the state in which I 1 they hey are held beld up as advisers to the chief executives of their respective states they have been invited to attend the first national conservation congress for tile the purpose ot of uniting on definite plans lor for protecting conserving and perpetuating the resources of land and water the national conservation congress will include as delag delaites tes many prominent men connected with the church civil and commercial organ colleges and general educational and legislative forces that shape the destiny ot of coming generations the washington conservation association has tikon taken the initiative ill this work nork because of the desire to enlarge th the field ot of patriotic american can citizenship it II is composed ot of several bundled prominent men of the state interested in it many ways in promoting the lie fundamental principles ot of conservation washington is a large state having within its borders the natural products ot of mountain forest liver at and id lake and bordered by some of the most noted waters of the world v orld Nat natural resources ar are abundant everywhere and there seems to lie be no limitation to the sources s of wearth wealth but thinking men realize that the mainsprings main springs of 0 wealth are gradually wasting their heir strength through the systems of extravagance practiced in converting natural resources into commercial products pio ducts and they the ask the people to call a I 1 halt to the pace that means the dehui denuding of the mountains and the desolation deso desolating latin g of the valleys conservation brings into use the best thoughts of men and women engaged in vocations that tend to the uplifting of the human race it is an avowed enemy to waste extravagance and disorganized efforts in tile the handling of natural resources it seeks to add system to ou our wor work k of forest and water protection the conservationist desires s to benefit the people of today without robbing those of the future and insists upon a higher plane of manhood than that depending entirely upon the profit and loss account in the tha ledger of commercialism ife he seeks to carry out the old motto athe the great est good to the greatest number in eveia field ot of action wherein the maintenance of natural resources is under lie he lays by for a rainy lay day in order that its his old age may have lave some of lie luxuries and nil all of the necessities of life the first national conservation congress angress will call some of the best men of the to the speakers stand to address the people on oil the duller of citizenship among these expected to deliver addresses address es are president william 11 taft hon K R A ballinger Bal linser secretary of the interior gifford pinchot chairman of tile the joint committees on conservation between states all and nation F H newell chief of the reclamation service senator reed smoot of utah senator paris gibson of montana and several members of tile the united states senate and all house of representatives senta tives hon W T freer governor of hawaii alad prof ralph S hosmer of tile the 11 hawaiian conservation commission will be on the list and many commercial and civic organizations leave live agreed to supply speakers tit in addition some of the most prominent churchmen of the day will participate no better place than the site of the he alaska yukon paci pacific fie exposition could have been selected for the holding of the he riest national conservation congress it has numerous practical illustrations of the benefit to be front from conserving water soil and scenery it supplies illustrated lectures for every student ot of conservation that must impress him with the magnitude of the work in which he Is engaged and there are colled sections ions of the products of nature front from all sections of the world on oil exhibition I 1 hibi i I 1 b I 1 tion I 1 0 n in the A Y P exposition tion they present object lessons of 0 value to every individual who looks ahead is as far as from one harvest to another and they hey cannot fall to impress him with he for more concerted action in protecting the lie sources of wealth that must annually be depleted by filling the demands of the commercial world the washington conservation association invites all interested Intel ested in fit the subject of conservation to inspect the exhibit C and assist at the he first national conservation congress in it formulating mu inu lating plans for a practical campaign for general conservation of our count rys natural resources JOLL JOEL SHO faker MAKEn chairman washington state con conservation se r coll commission ill I 1 assion 1010 1610 white building seattle washington |