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  ADDRESSES AND PROCEEDINGS

  OF THE

  SECOND
  National Conservation Congress


  HELD AT
  SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
  SEPTEMBER 5-8
  1910


  [Illustration: BERNARD N. BAKER
  Baltimore, Md.
  President, Second National Conservation Congress]




  PROCEEDINGS

  OF THE

  Second
  National Conservation Congress


  AT
  Saint Paul
  SEPTEMBER 5-8, 1910


  "Let us conserve the foundations of our prosperity"
  (Declaration of the Governors, 1908)


  WASHINGTON
  NATIONAL CONSERVATION CONGRESS
  1911




  W. F. ROBERTS COMPANY
  PRINTERS
  WASHINGTON, D. C.


  [Illustration: HON. J. B. WHITE
  Kansas City, Mo.
  Chairman, Executive Committee, Second National Conservation
  Congress and Third National Conservation Congress]




OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR 1909-10


_President_

  B. N. BAKER, Baltimore

_Executive Secretary_

  THOMAS R. SHIPP, Washington, D. C.

_Secretary_

  L. FRANK BROWN, Seattle

_Vice-Presidents_

  JOHN BARRETT, Washington, D. C.
  JAMES S. WHIPPLE, Albany
  E. J. WICKSON, Berkeley
  ALFRED C. ACKERMAN, Athens, Ga.
  HENRY A. BARKER, Providence

_Executive Committee_

  J. B. WHITE, Kansas City, Mo., _Chairman_
  B. N. BAKER, Baltimore
  J. N. TEAL, Portland, Ore.
  A. B. FARQUHAR, York, Pa.
  L. H. BAILEY, Ithaca
  THOMAS BURKE, Seattle
  HENRY E. HARDTNER, Urania, La.
  W. A. FLEMING JONES, Las Cruces
  Mrs PHILIP N. MOORE, Saint Louis
  Mrs J. ELLEN FOSTER, Washington, D. C.

_Local Board of Managers for the Saint Paul Congress_

  Hon. A. O. EBERHART, _Chairman_
  FRANK B. KELLOGG, _Vice-Chairman_
  J. S. BELL, Minneapolis
  H. A. TUTTLE, Minneapolis
  GEORGE M. GILLETTE, Minneapolis
  B. F. NELSON, Minneapolis
  L. S. DONALDSON, Minneapolis
  JOSEPH H. BEEK, Saint Paul
  GEORGE H. PRINCE, Saint Paul
  REUBEN WARNER, Saint Paul
  PAUL W. DOTY, Saint Paul
  THEODORE W. GRIGGS, Saint Paul
  W. C. HANDY, _Secretary_




OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR 1910-11


_President_

  HENRY WALLACE, Des Moines

_Executive Secretary_

  THOMAS R. SHIPP, Washington, D. C.

_Treasurer_

  D. AUSTIN LATCHAW, Kansas City, Mo.

_Recording Secretary_

  JAMES C. GIPE, Clarks, La.

_Executive Committee_

  J. B. WHITE, Kansas City, Mo., _Chairman_
  B. N. BAKER, Baltimore
  L. H. BAILEY, Ithaca
  JAMES R. GARFIELD, Cleveland
  FRANK C. GOUDY, Denver
  W. A. FLEMING JONES, Las Cruces
  Mrs PHILIP N. MOORE, Saint Louis
  WALTER H. PAGE, New York
  GEORGE C. PARDEE, Oakland, Cal.
  GIFFORD PINCHOT, Washington, D. C.
  J. N. TEAL, Portland, Ore.
  E. L. WORSHAM, Atlanta

_Vice-Presidents_

ALABAMA, Hon. Albert P. Bush, Mobile; ALASKA, Hon. James Wickersham,
Fairbanks; ARIZONA, B. A. Fowler, Phenix; ARKANSAS, A. H. Purdue,
Fayetteville; CALIFORNIA, E. H. Cox, San Francisco; COLORADO, Murdo
Mackenzie, Trinidad; COLUMBIA (District of), W J McGee, Washington;
CONNECTICUT, Rollin S. Woodruff, Hartford; DELAWARE, Hon. George Gray,
Wilmington; FLORIDA, Cromwell Gibbons, Jacksonville; GEORGIA, Hon. Jno.
C. Hart, Union Point; HAWAII, Mrs Margaret R. Knudsen, Kanai; IDAHO,
James A. MacLean, University of Idaho; ILLINOIS, Julius Rosenwald,
Chicago; INDIANA, F. J. Breeze, Lafayette; IOWA, Carl Leopold,
Burlington; KANSAS, W. R. Stubbs, Topeka; KENTUCKY, James K. Patterson,
Lexington; LOUISIANA, Newton C. Blanchard, Shreveport; MAINE, Bert M.
Fernald, Augusta; MARYLAND, William Bullock Clark, Baltimore;
MASSACHUSETTS, Frank W. Rane, Boston; MICHIGAN, J. L. Snyder, Lansing;
MINNESOTA, Ambrose Tighe, Saint Paul; MISSISSIPPI, A. W. Shands, Sardis;
MISSOURI, Hermann Von Schrenk, Saint Louis; MONTANA, E. L. Norris,
Helena; NEBRASKA, Dr F. A. Long, Madison; NEVADA, Senator Francis G.
Newlands, Reno; NEW HAMPSHIRE, George B. Leighton, Monadnock; NEW
JERSEY, Charles Lathrop Pack, Lakewood; NEW MEXICO, W. A. Fleming Jones,
Las Cruces; NEW YORK, R. A. Pearson, Albany; NORTH CAROLINA, T. Gilbert
Pearson, Greensboro; NORTH DAKOTA, U. G. Larimore, Larimore; OHIO, James
R. Garfield, Cleveland; OKLAHOMA, Benj. Martin, Jr., Muskogee; OREGON,
J. N. Teal, Portland; PENNSYLVANIA, William S. Harvey, Philadelphia;
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, Maj. George P. Ahern, Manila; PORTO RICO, Hon.
Walter K. Landis, San Juan; RHODE ISLAND, Henry A. Barker, Providence;
SOUTH CAROLINA, E. J. Watson, Columbia; SOUTH DAKOTA, Ellwood C.
Perisho, Vermillion; TENNESSEE, Herman Suter, Nashville; TEXAS, W.
Goodrich Jones, Temple; UTAH, Harden Bennion, Salt Lake City; VERMONT,
Fletcher D. Proctor, Proctor; VIRGINIA, A. R. Turnbull, Norfolk;
WASHINGTON, M. E. Hay, Olympia; WEST VIRGINIA, A. B. Fleming, Fairmont;
WISCONSIN, Charles R. Van Hise, Madison; WYOMING, Bryant B. Brooks,
Cheyenne; NATIONAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION, Gifford Pinchot,
Washington.


_Standing Committees_

FORESTS--H. S. Graves, U. S. Forester, Washington, D. C., _Chairman_; E.
M. Griffith, Madison, Wis.; E. T. Allen, Portland, Ore.; J. Lewis
Thompson, Houston.

LANDS--Governor W. R. Stubbs, Topeka, _Chairman_; Dwight B. Heard,
Phenix; J. L. Snyder, Lansing; Murdo Mackenzie, Trinidad; Charles S.
Barrett, Union City, Ga.

WATERS--W J McGee, Washington, D. C., _Chairman_; E. A. Smith, Spokane;
Henry A. Barker, Providence; J. N. Teal, Portland, Ore.; Herbert Knox
Smith, Washington, D. C.

MINERALS--Charles R. Van Hise, Madison, _Chairman_; Joseph A. Holmes,
Washington, D. C.; D. W. Brunton, Denver; John Mitchell, New York; I. C.
White, Morgantown, W. Va.

VITAL RESOURCES--Dr William H. Welch, Baltimore, _Chairman_; Professor
Irving Fisher, New Haven; Dr H. W. Wiley, Washington, D. C.; Dr J. H.
Kellogg, Battle Creek, Mich.; Walter H. Page, New York.


  [Illustration: HENRY WALLACE
  Des Moines, Iowa
  President, Third National Conservation Congress]




CONTENTS


                                                         PAGE

CONSTITUTION                                               ix

OPENING SESSION                                             1

  Invocation by ARCHBISHOP IRELAND                          1

  Greeting from CARDINAL GIBBONS                            3

  Address by GOVERNOR EBERHART                              3

  Welcome by MAYOR KELLER                                  13

  Address by PRESIDENT TAFT                                14

SECOND SESSION                                             34

  Induction of GOVERNOR STUBBS as Chairman                 34

  Address by SENATOR NELSON                                35

  Address by GOVERNOR NOEL                                 48

  Address by GOVERNOR NORRIS                               52

  Address by GOVERNOR DENEEN                               59

  Address by GOVERNOR HAY                                  64

  Announcement by PROFESSOR CONDRA                         71

  Address by GOVERNOR BROOKS                               72

  Remarks by GOVERNOR STUBBS                               75

  Address by GOVERNOR VESSEY                               77

THIRD SESSION                                              79

  Appointment of Credentials Committee                     79

  Action on Constitution of
    the National Conservation Congress                     79

  Remarks by DIRECTOR-GENERAL BARRETT                      80

  Remarks by GOVERNOR STUBBS                               81

  Invocation by REVEREND DOCTOR MONTGOMERY                 81

  Address by EX-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT                        82

FOURTH SESSION                                             93

  Address by MISS BOARDMAN                                 94

  Address by COMMISSIONER HERBERT KNOX SMITH              101

  Modification of Credentials Committee                   106

  Address by HONORABLE JAMES R. GARFIELD                  106

  Address by EX-GOVERNOR PARDEE                           115

  Remarks by DELEGATE HORR, of Washington                 120

  Address by EX-GOVERNOR BLANCHARD                        121

  Address by WILLIAM E. SMYTHE                            127

  Address by WALTER L. FISHER                             129

  Address by COLONEL JAMES H. DAVIDSON                    132

FIFTH SESSION                                             134

  Invocation by BISHOP EDSALL                             134

  Address by PRESIDENT FINLEY                             135

  Report of Credentials Committee                         145

  Address by SENATOR BEVERIDGE                            146

  Response by GIFFORD PINCHOT                             152

  Address by PRESIDENT MCVEY                              152

  Discussion by CHAIRMAN WHITE                            158

  Address by MRS WELCH,
    of the General Federation of Women's Clubs            160

  Address by MRS HOYLE TOMKIES,
    of the Women's National Rivers and Harbors Congress   163

  Address by MRS SNEATH,
    of the General Federation of Women's Clubs            166

  Report by MRS HOWARD,
    of the Daughters of the American Revolution           167

SIXTH SESSION                                             168

  Induction of SENATOR CLAPP as Chairman                  168

  Address by PRESIDENT CRAIGHEAD                          168

  Postponement of Call of States                          171

  Address by D. AUSTIN LATCHAW                            171

  Address by JAMES J. HILL                                177

  Discussion by HENRY WALLACE                             188

  Address by SECRETARY WILSON                             194

  Discussion by REPRESENTATIVE STEVENS                    201

  Address by PROFESSOR BAILEY                             203

SEVENTH SESSION                                           213

  Address by PROFESSOR GRAVES                             214

  Address by ALFRED L. BAKER                              222

  Address by FRANK H. SHORT                               226

  Address by DIRECTOR-GENERAL BARRETT                     237

  Address by HONORABLE ESMOND OVEY                        243

  Action on time for election and report of
    Resolutions Committee                                 246

EIGHTH SESSION                                            246

  Appointment of Nominating Committee                     246

  Induction of GOVERNOR EBERHART as Chairman              246

  Address by DEAN WESBROOK                                247

  Address by WALLACE D. SIMMONS                           257

  Address by COMMISSIONER ELMER E. BROWN                  264

  Address by MRS SCOTT, President of
    the Daughters of the American Revolution              270

  Action in memory of MRS J. ELLEN FOSTER                 276

  Presentation by MRS HOWARD to GIFFORD PINCHOT           276

  Response by MR PINCHOT                                  277

  Address by FRANCIS J. HENEY                             278

  Address by GIFFORD PINCHOT                              292

  Expression by GOVERNOR EBERHART                         298

  Statement by PROFESSOR CONDRA                           298

CLOSING SESSION                                           299

  Commencement of Call of States                          299

  Response by DELEGATE HARVEY, of Pennsylvania            299

  Interlude by E. W. ROSS, of Washington                  302

  Report of Nominating Committee                          303

  Nomination by CHAIRMAN WHITE                            303

  Second by GIFFORD PINCHOT                               304

  Election of and response by HENRY WALLACE as President  305

  Election of other Officers                              306

  Resolution of thanks to retiring PRESIDENT BAKER        308

  Response by MR BAKER                                    308

  Report of Resolutions Committee                         308

  Adoption of Resolutions                                 312

  Interlude by E. W. ROSS, of Washington                  312

  Remarks by DELEGATE HORR, of Washington                 313

  Ratification of Vice-Presidents                         313

  Resolution in memory of PROFESSOR GREEN                 313

  Resumption of Call of States                            314

  Response by DELEGATE PURDUE, of Arkansas                314

  Response by DELEGATE BANNISTER, of Indiana              314

  Response by DELEGATE MILLER, of Iowa                    314

  Response by DELEGATE YOUNG, of Kansas                   314

  Response by DELEGATE BAKER, of Maryland                 314

  Response by DELEGATE THORP, of Minnesota                315

  Response by STATE GEOLOGIST LOWE, of Mississippi        315

  Response by GENERAL NOBLE, of Missouri                  315

  Response by CHAIRMAN WHITE                              316

  Response by PROFESSOR CONDRA, of Nebraska               317

  Response by a Delegate from New York                    318

  Response by DELEGATE NESTOS, of North Dakota            318

  Response by DELEGATE KRUEGER, of South Dakota           319

  Remarks by DELEGATE JOHNS, of Washington                320

  Privileged statement by LAND COMMISSIONER ROSS,
    of Washington                                         322

  Response by DELEGATE FOWLER, of Arizona                 324

  Response by DELEGATE HUNT, of District of Columbia      324

  Response by DELEGATE BARKER, of Rhode Island            324

  Response by PROFESSOR WHITE, of West Virginia           325

  Response by DELEGATE WORSHAM, of Georgia                325

  Motion for adjournment by DELEGATE MARTIN, of Oklahoma  326

SUPPLEMENTARY PROCEEDINGS                                 327

  Laws that should be Passed,
    by SENATOR FRANCIS G. NEWLANDS                        327

  Conservation of the Nation's Resources,
    by CHAIRMAN J. B. WHITE                               328

  Practical Aspects of Conservation, by A. B. FARQUHAR    331

  Report from Arkansas, by SID B. REDDING                 333

  Report from Colorado, by FRANK C. GOUDY                 334

