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Show TAFT SPEAKS IN KANSAS CITY KANSAS CITY, Sept. 25. Returning Return-ing to Missouri tonight, President Taft addressed the third annual National Conservation congress jn convention hall here After the regular delegates ,werc seated the doors "wore thrown open to the public and soon the great hall was unable to accommodate those who tried to obtain admission The president's speech was statistical in its nature and Called attention to the urgent need of conserving the farm lands. He predicted that tho "back to tho land" movement would bo the order or-der during .the next ton jeans. Ira-provemont Ira-provemont of agricultural education was urged as a solution o.f the problem prob-lem or increasing the food supply. While the soil is being stripped of Its fertility under present farming methods, meth-ods, the president said, he Is not of tho opinion that the time will eve como when the Tnlted States will be unable to feed its own people. |