United States. National Conservation Congress - Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910

ADDRESSES AND PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

Second
National Conservation Congress

HELD AT

SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
SEPTEMBER 5-8
1910

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.

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.

HENRY WALLACE
Des Moines, Iowa
President, Third National Conservation Congress

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