National Conservation Congress in Seattle
The First National Conservation Congress of the United States, will be held in the Auditorium of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, Wash., August 26, 27, 28. It will bring together several thousand men and women interested in the material development of the country; and the proper utilization of all the natural resources producing individual wealth and national prosperity. The congress will mark the opening of a campaign for international conservation of all that assists in making the world a desirable place for present and future generations to build homes and establish commercial enterprises. The First National Conservation Congress convenes in Seattle for the purpose of uniting on definite plans for protecting, conserving, and perpetuating the resources of land and water. Among the speakers listed are: President William H. Taft; Hon. R. A. Ballinger, Secretary of the Interior; Gifford Pinchot, chairman of the joint committee on Conservation between States and Nation; F. H. Newell, Chief of the Reclamation Service; Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah; Senator Paris Gibson, of Montana, and several members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives; and Hon. W. T. Freer, Governor of Hawaii, and Prof. Ralph S. Hosmer, of the Hawaiian Conservation Commission. In addition, some of the most prominent churchmen of the day will participate.