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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



May 



aced by a continuance of the present 

 typically American heedless waste ii 1 !- 

 ness. 



In addition to the Governors and 

 their advisors, and the delegates from 

 the great national associations, the 

 President has invited six special guests 

 who are expected to lend their aid and 

 advice in the deliberations of the Con- 

 ference. The six are : 



Hon. Grover Cleveland, former 

 President of the United States ; Hon. 

 William Jennings Bryan, Mr. Andrew 

 Carnegie. Mr. John Mitchell, former 

 President of the United Mine Work- 

 ers of America ; Mr. James J. Hill, 

 President of the Great Northern Rail- 

 way; Dr. Albert Shaw, editor of the 

 Review of Kerreies. 



These six gentlemen are expected to 

 take an active part in the advisory 

 wt >rk of the Conference. Mr. Car- 

 negie, from his long association with 

 and intimate knowledge of the iron 

 and steel business, is peculiarly fitted 

 to discuss the various phases of the 

 iron-mining industry. Mr. Hill has 

 been chosen to discuss the transporta- 

 tion side of the general economic 

 proposition of national conservation 

 and proper utilization of resource.-. 

 Mr. Mitchell knows the coal mining in- 

 dustry as perhaps no other man in the 

 United States knows it, and he has, 

 besides, the mental equipment neces- 

 sary for a logical presentation of the 

 subject, either in written article or in 

 speech. 



Mr. Cleveland, Mr. Bryan, and Dr. 

 Shaw are men who, from their breadth 

 of understanding and their ability 

 to grasp big questions of national im- 

 portance, will be able to add much to 

 the general discussion of the various 

 phases of the problem of conservation. 

 It is considered possible, however, in 

 view of his continued ill-health, that 

 Mr. Cleveland will not be able to at- 

 tend the Conference, though it is 

 hoped that he will sufficiently improve 

 to make his presence possible. 



The list of associations and societies 

 that will be represented at the Confer- 

 ence covers practically every field of 

 scientific and industrial endeavor. 



The list follows: 



American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science, President, T. 

 C. Chamberlain, University of Chic- 

 ago, Chicago, 111. 



American Academy of Political and 

 Social Science, President, L. S. Rowe, 

 University of Pennsylvania, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. 



American Bar Association, Presi- 

 dent, J. M. Dickinson, Park Row, 

 Chicago, 111. 



American Chemical Society, Presi- 

 dent, Marston T. Bogart, Columbia 

 University, New York. 



American Civic Association, Presi- 

 dent, J. Horace McFarland, Harris- 

 burg, Pa. 



American Economic Association, 

 President, Simon Patton, Philadelphia, 

 Pa. 



American Federation of Labor, 

 President, Samuel Gompers, 432 G 

 street, Washington, D. C. 



American Forestry Association, 

 President, Hon. James Wilson, Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture. 



American Institute of Electrical 

 Engineers, President, Henry G. Stott, 

 600 W. 59th street, NYw York City. 



\merican Medical Association, 

 President, Dr. Jos. D. Bryant, 32 W. 

 48th street. New York. 



American Institute <f Mining En- 

 gineers. President, John Hayes Ham- 

 i:i"iid. New York City. 



American National Livestock As- 

 sociation, President, J. A. Jastro, 

 Bakersfield, Cal. 



American N(.-\v.-n;qn-r Publishers' 

 Association, President, Herman Rid- 

 aer, Staats-Zeitung, Xew York. 



American Public Health Associa- 

 tion, President, Dr. Charles H. Lewis, 

 217 N. \Yilmington St., Raleigh, N.C. 



American Pulp and Paper Associa- 

 tion, President, David S. Cowles, 309 

 Broadway, Xew York City. 



American Railway Association, 

 President, W. C. Brown, New York 

 City. 



American Railway Engineering and 

 Maintenance of Way Association, 

 President, Walter G. Berg, 143 Lib- 

 erty street, Xew York City. 



