Proceedings

of the

Third

National Conservation Congress

at

Kansas City, Missouri
September 25, 26 and 27, 1911

"Let us conserve the foundations of our prosperity"

(Declaration of the Governors, 1908)

Kansas City, Missouri
National Conservation Congress

1912

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 MRS. PHILIP N. MOORE, Saint Louis

ALABAMA, Hon. Albert P. Bush, Mobile; ALASKA, Hon. James Wickersham, Fairbanks; ARIZONA, B. A. Fowler, Phenix; ARKANSAS, A. H. Purdue, Fayetteville; CALIFORNIA, E. II. 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. McLean, University of Idaho; ILLINOIS, Julius Rosenwald. Chicago; INDIANA, F. J. Breeze, Lafay ette; 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 SAND, Henry A. Barker. Providence; SOUTH CAROLINA, E. J. Watson Columba': Sort DAKOTA, Ellwood C. Perisho, Vermillion; TENNESSEE, Herman Suter. Nashville: TEXAS, W. Goodrich Jones, Temple: UTAH, Harden Bennion, Salt Lake City god, Fretcher, D. Broctor, Proctor: VIRGINIA, A. R. Turnbull, Norfolk; Washungius. N. B. Hay, Olympiad 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, Chirman; Professor Irving Fisher, New Haven; Dr. H. W. Wiley, Washington, D. C.; Dr. J. H. Kellogg, Battle Creek, Mich. Walter H. Page, New York.

Local Board of Managers for Kansas City Congress Representing Commercial Club-J. C. LESTER, President; E. M. CLENDENING, Secretary; F. P. NEAL, Chairman; F. A. FAXON, F. L. HALL, W. B. HILL, F. J. Moss, J. C. SWIFT, R. A. LONG.

1911-12.

Forests-H. S. GRAVES, Washington, D. C., Chairman; E. T. ALLEN, Portland, Ore.; Major E. G. GRIGGS, Tacoma, Wash.; WILLIAM IRVINE, Chippewa Falls, Wis.; GEORGE K. SMITH, St. Louis.

Minerals-Dr. JOSEPH A. HOLMES, Washington, D. C., Chairman; Dr. CHARLES R. VAN HISE, Madison, Wis.; Dr. I. C. WHITE, Morgantown, W. Va.; C. W. BRUNTON, Denver, Col.; JOHN MITCHELL, New York City.

Lands and Agriculture-Prof. L. H. BAILEY, Cornell University, Chairman; Prof. GEORGE E. CONDRA, Nebraska; Prof. J. L. SNYDER, Lansing, Mich.; F. D. COBURN, Kansas; CHARLES S. BARRETT, Union City, Ga.

Education-Dr. C. E. BESSEY, Lincoln, Neb., Chairman; Dr. DAVID STARR JORDAN, Leland Stanford University, Oakland, Cal.; Dr. EDWARD E. ALDERMAN, University of Virginia, Charlotteville; Dr. E. C. CRAIGHEAD, Tulane University, New Orleans, La.; Prof. FAIRCHILD, Topeka, Kas.

Vital Resources-Dr. WILLIAM H. WELCH, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., Chairman; Prof. IRVING FISHER, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.; Dr. J. N. HURTY, Indianapolis, Ind.; Hon. A. B. FARQUHAR, York, Pa.; Dr. OSCAR Dowling, Shreveport, La.

Homes-Mrs. MATTHEW T. SCOTT, Washington, Chairman; Mrs. HARRIET WALLACE-ASHBY, Des Moines, Ia.; Mrs. J. E. RHODES, St. Paul, Minn.; Mrs. SARAH S. PLATT-DECKER, Denver, Col.; Mrs. AмOS F. DRAPER, Washington, D. C.

Child Life-Hon. BENJAMIN B. LINDSAY, Denver, Col., Chairman; Dr. SAMUEL M. LINDSAY, New York City; Judge HENRY L. MCCUNE, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. CARL VROOMAN, Bloomington, Ill.; Dr. ANNA LOUISE STRONG, Seattle, Wash.

Food-Dr. HARVEY W. WILEY, Washington, D. C., Chairman; F. G. URNER, New York; Prof. F. SPENCER BALDWIN, Boston, Mass.; J. F. NICKERSON, Chicago, Ill.; LUCIUS P. BROWN, Nashville, Tenn.; E. H. JENKINS, New Haven, Conn.; M. A. SCOVELLE, Lexington, Ky.; Prof. GEO. A. LOVELAND, Lincoln, Neb.

Civics-RALPH EASLEY, New York, Chairman; Judge ALBERT HALL WHITFIELD, Jackson, Miss.; B. A. FOWLER, Phoenix, Ariz.; Hon. H. M. BEARDSLEY, Kansas City, Mo.; Hon. FRANCIS J. HENEY, San Francisco, Cal.

General (Including Domestic Animals and Wild Life)-Dr. W. T. HORNADAY, New York, Chairman; Dr. L. O. HOWARD, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. MINNIE MADDERN FISKE, New York City; Dr. JOHN MUIR, Martinez, Cal.; D. AUSTIN LATCHAW, Kansas City, Mo.; Prof. GEO. A. LOVELAND, Lincoln, Neb.

Waters-Hon. J. N. TEAL, Portland, Ore., Chairman; Hon. JOSEPH E. RANSDELL, Lake Providence, La.; WALTER S. DICKEY, Kansas City, Mo.; Hon. HERBERT KNOX SMITH, Washington, D. C.; W. K. KAVANAUGH, St. Louis, Mo.; Dr. W. J. MCGEE, Washington, D. C.; Prof. GEO. F. SWAIN, Harvard University.

National Parks (to include Mammoth Cave, Ky., and Adjacent Lands)—Dr. W J MCGEE, Washington, D. C.; Dr. HENRY F. DRINKER, South Bethlehem, Pa.; Hon. WILLIAM P. BORLAND, Kansas City, Mo.; Hon. GIFFORD PINCHOT, Washington, D. C.; Col. W. H. CRUMP, Bowling Green, Ky.