A NATIONAL EXPOSITION ON CONSERVATION 



N exposition of national scope, 

 the purpose of which is to pro- 

 mote the conservation of our 

 natural resources, is to open in Knox- 

 ville, Tennessee, in September, 1913. 

 It is to be known as The National 

 Conservation Exposition, and while it 

 is to be open to all parts of the coun- 

 try, its special field will be the de- 

 velopment of the Southern States. An 

 Advisory Board of leaders in the vari- 

 ous branches of conservation work, 

 with Gifford Pinchot at its head, has 

 been formed as part of the Exposition 

 Company's organization, and is now at 

 work formulating detailed plans for 

 the exhibits. Each department of Con- 

 servation is represented on this board 

 by one or more experts in that line. 



The members of the board and the 

 particular work assigned to each are as 

 follows: Gifford Pinchot, President of 

 the National Conservation Association, 

 Chairman of the board and in charge 

 of general conservation and forestry; 

 Don Carlos Ellis, Secretary of the 

 board, forest conservation; J. A. 

 Holmes, Director of the Bureau of 

 Mines, conservation of minerals and 

 the protection of human life in mining 

 operations ; Bradford Knapp, in charge 

 of the Farmers' Cooperative Demon- 

 stration Work of the Department of 

 Agriculture, scientific agriculture and 

 the conservation of soils ; W. J. McGee, 

 Soil Water Expert of the Bureau of 

 Soils, Department of Agriculture, con- 

 servation of soils ; Logan W. Page, 

 Director, Office of Public Roads, good 

 roads ; Joseph E. Ransdell, Representa- 

 tive and Senator-elect from Louisiana, 

 the development of waterways ; P. P. 

 Claxton, U. S. Commissioner of Edu- 

 cation, the work of education ; Dr. 

 Harvey W. Wiley, former chief chemist 

 of the United States, the conservation 

 of public health ; Senator Duncan U. 

 Fletcher of Florida, President of the 

 Southern Commercial Congress, south- 

 ern development; Senator Luke Lea, 

 of Tennessee, general conservation. 



Two other members are to be added 



to the board to represent country life 

 improvement, domestic economy, and 

 child welfare. 



An exposition company has been 

 organized and drafts have been made 

 of a charter for a capital stock of one 

 million dollars. The company has taken 

 over the plant and all property of the 

 Appalachian Exposition, which has 

 been held at Knoxville for the two 

 past years. This plant contains a park 

 of one hundred acres, two artificial 

 lakes and several excellent exposition 

 buildings, among which is a Forestry 

 and Mineral Building. A Southern 

 States Building is to be erected to con- 

 tain exhibits from all the Southern 

 States which participate. An Agricul- 

 tural and Land Building is also among 

 the new structures planned. A special 

 feature of this building will be an im- 

 mense bas-relief map of the Southeast, 

 200 feet long, upon which the principal 

 resources of the States represented will 

 be displayed. As an annex to this 

 building, will be a long auditorium for 

 assemblies, such as the National Conser- 

 vation Congress, the National Breeders' 

 Association, and Good Roads and Wa- 

 terway Improvement Conventions. 



Knoxville was awarded the location 

 of the exposition because of its splendid 

 location in the midst of the Southern 

 Appalachian Region and in the midst 

 of a very rich section of the South, and 

 because of its preparedness in having 

 the Appalachian Exposition Plant. 

 The officers of the exposition are: 

 President, William S. Shields, presi- 

 dent of the City National Bank of 

 Knoxville ; first vice-president, J. Allen 

 Smith, president of the Knoxville City 

 Mills ; second vice-president, Don Carlos 

 Ellis; third vice-president, George W. 

 Callahan, president of the Callahan 

 Construction Company; fourth vice- 

 president, H. M. Johnston, president 

 of the Union Bank of Knoxville ; trea- 

 surer, S. V. Carter, cashier, East Ten- 

 nessee National Bank ; general manager, 

 W. M. Goodman, secretary, Knoxville 

 Commercial Club. 



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