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ing for the afternoon logging train to go by 

 the camp. All climb aboard the flat car and 

 hike for Cadillac, where they are the social 

 stars till Sunday evening, when they board 

 the train for home, with a three-mile walk 

 ahead of them at the end of the line. 



A volume could be written of the daily life 

 in camp. New conditions and experiences are 

 constantly coming to the front, and the person- 

 nel of the school is different from month to 



month. But the same man is always at the 

 helm and by his untiring energies and through 

 the kindness and cooperation of numerous in- 

 fluential men in the lumber world, the school 

 has grown to a point of usefulness and etii- 

 ciency never before approached, and yet prom- 

 ises even better things for the future. 



Failure Veneer Concern 



The Albro Veneer Conapany, Cincinnati, filed 



a fleed of assignment to Powell Crosley, in the 

 insolvency court, placing the assets (estimated) 

 at $10,000 and the liabilities at $20,000. The 

 reason given was slow sales. E. D. Albro, the 

 president of the company, a few years ago was 

 the head of E. D. Albro & Co., which operated 

 the largest veneer factory in the West. The 

 concern made a disastrous failure and some of 

 the claims are still in litigation. A few years 

 ago Mr. Albro started the present plant on West 

 Eighth street, and the business was supposed to 

 be in a prosperous condition. 



Annual JVational Conservation Congress 



At St. Paul, Minn., gay with flags and 

 decorations of bunting by day and brilliant 

 with lights by night, on September 5, 6 and 7 

 was held the second annual meeting of the 

 National Conservation Congress, an organiza- 

 tion with a most beneiicial purpose, to attempt 

 in a practical and sensible way the safeguard- 

 ing of the natural resources of the nation, 

 which it is believed may be made inexhausti- 

 ble. The meeting brought together a vast 

 throng of people from all parts of the coun- 

 try and from all walks of life, men of humble 

 station as well as men of great accomplish- 

 ments and greater hopes. Such a gathering, 

 composed of the biggest men of the country, 

 of timber, coal, mineral, oil and agricultural 

 representatives from the South, the East and 

 the West, has never before been brought to- 

 gether for the consideration of such an im- 

 ]iortant project. 



After a brief opening address by President 

 B. N. Baker, Archbishop Ireland invoked the 

 guidance of Divine Providence on the de- 

 liberations of the congress, and then the 

 meeting was welcomed to St. Paul by. A. O. 

 Eberhardt, governor of Minnesota. In an 

 exhaustive address Governor Eberhardt re- 

 viewed the resources of his state and gave a 

 most interesting definition of conservation, 

 which, he thinks, does not mean mere preserva- 

 tion for future generations, but provision for 

 the future without interfering with present 

 use. He touched on the important point 

 which confronts conservationists of the pres- 

 ent day, to keep the natural resources of the 

 land from the hands of grasping individuals 

 and corporations. At the conclusion of Gov- 

 ernor Eberhardt 's valuable address the at- 

 tendants were welcomed on behalf of the city 

 of St. Paul by Mayor Herbert P. Keller, who 

 termed the congress "the biggest thing in the 

 history of the country." 



Before proceeding to his formal address 

 President Taft in a few words expressed his 

 pleasure at being able to speak to such a 

 magnificent audience on what he termed "a 

 subject of utmost interest and importance to 

 them and to every patriot in the land." 

 President T'aft's address has been reprinted 

 broadcast throughout the land, so that there 

 is hardly need of reproducing it here. He 

 handled the subject in a broad and practical 

 way, the substance of his advice being em- 

 bodied in the following paragraphs : 



The idea should not be allowed to spread that 

 conservation is the tying up of the natural re- 

 sources of the government for indefinite with- 

 holding from use and the remission to r?m9te 

 generations to decide what ought to be done with 

 these means of promoting present gener il human 

 comfort and progress. For, if so, it is certain 

 to arouse the greatest opposition to conservation 

 as a cause, and if it were a correct expression 

 of the purpose of conservationists it ought to 

 arouse this opposition. Real conservation in- 

 volves wise, nonwasteful use in the present gen- 

 eration, with every possible means of preserving 

 for succeeding generations. 



I beg of you. therefore, in your deliberations 

 and in your informal discussions, when men 

 come forward to suggest evils that the promo- 

 tion of conservation is to remedy, that you in- 

 vite them to point out the specific evils and the 

 specific remedies : that you invite them to come 

 down to details in order that their discussions 

 may fiow into channels that shall be useful 

 rather than into periods that shall be eloquent 

 and entertaining without shedding real light on 

 the subioct. The people should be shown ex- 

 actly what is needed in order that they make 

 their representatives in Congress and the state 

 legislature do their intelligent bidding. 



At the Monday afternoon session the time 

 was taken up with addresses by the governors 

 of various states and by a speech on ' ' Our 

 Public Land Laws ' ' by Senator Knute Nelson 

 of Minnesota. The governors touched on the 

 attitude of their states toward the conserva- 

 tion of their resources, particularly the mat- 

 ter of whether state or federal control would 

 be more advantageous. 



Tuesday was Eoosevelt day at the meeting, 

 when the popularity of the ex-president was 

 once more enthusiastically demonstrated. As 

 conservation is one of Colonel Eoosevelt 's 

 many hobbies, his speech was of great value 

 and interest. He expressed his pleasure over 

 the fact that conservation movement has made 

 such great strides, but is wise enough to see 

 that so far only a fair beginning has been 

 made and that there is need of concerted 

 action and wise forethought to carry the issue 

 to a helpful and successful point. While Mr. 

 Roosevelt did not specifically mention Mr. 

 Pinchot, he went into detail on the question 

 of how the national forests are being man- 

 aged, and made a special plea for the crea- 

 tion of the Southern Appalachian Reserve. 

 The bill for this purpose will come before 

 Congress in February, he said, and it remains 

 largely with the people whether or not it will 

 be passed. 



On Tuesday afternoon Miss Mabel Board- 

 man, president of the American Red Cross 

 Society, of Washington, D., C, spoke on the 

 human phase of the conservation problem. 

 Considerable time was given over to a dis- 

 cussion of the policies of the Eoosevelt ad- 

 ministration, and Herbert Knox Smith, United 

 States Commissioner of Corporations, talked 



interestingly on the prevention of power 

 monopoly. 



When James E. Garfield, .former secretary 

 of the Department of the Interior, rose to ad- 

 dress the convention, he was greeted by a 

 vigorous round of applause. He gave a very 

 practical and valuable talk hinged on the 

 question, * ' What can actually be done in 

 handling the questions incident to the con- 

 servation of natural resources?" Following 

 Mr. Garfield 's talk there was a long discus- 

 sion on states rights, led by former Governor 

 George C. Pardee of California. 



The official program outlined for Wednes- 

 day included some of the biggest men in at- 

 tendance at the meeting. Tbe speakers in- 

 cluded: W. W. Finley, Washington, D. C, 

 president Southern Eailway Company; Hon. 

 Albert J. Beveridge, United States senator 

 from Indiana; Dr. Frank L. McVey, president 

 of the University of North Dakota, and a gen- 

 eral discussion led by Hon. J. B. White of 

 Kansas City, Mo., on "What Constitutes Con- 

 servation. ' ' 



Other speakers were Dr. Edwin Boone 

 Craighead, president of the Tulane University, 

 New Orleans, La.; D. Austin Latchaw, jour- 

 nalist, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Emmons 

 Crocker of Massachusetts, who was to con- 

 sider phases of ' ' Woman 's Influence on Con- 

 servation. ' ' 



Senator Albert J. Beveridge delivered a 

 masterly speech, in which he paid eloquent 

 tribute to Gifford Pinchot in the words, 

 ' ' Honor to whom honor is due. Let us not 

 forget that the man who in thought, word and 

 deed has championed this historic reform until 

 today he is its personification, is that 

 courageous, pure, unselfish young American, 

 Gifford Pinchot. ' ' At the conclusion of 

 Senator Beveridge 's address Mr. Pinchot was 

 called for and responded briefly. He said 

 that the policy sweeping the convention was 

 also sweeping the country and that it is a 

 policy of true conservation. 



Hon. J. B. White of Kansas City, chairman 

 of the executive committee of the congress, 

 spoke from the lumbermen 's viewpoint, touch- 

 ing on taxation and making many valuable 

 statements as to the practical application of 

 conservation in lumbering. 



On Thursday morning Henry Solon Graves, 

 chief of the United States Forest Service, 

 spoke to a large audience, giving many in- 

 teresting facts in regard to forest fire pre- 



