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Vol. XIV 



DECEMBER, 1908 



Xo. 12 



"CONSERVATION WEEK" 



The Second Meeting of the Governors in Washington, to Receive 

 the Report of the National Conservation Commission 



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URING the period from Decem- 

 I to December 12, in Washing- 

 ton, occurs the second meeting 

 of the Governors, pursuant to the action 

 taken at the memorable White House 

 Conference held last May. The first 

 full meeting of the National Conserva- 

 ti'in Commission occurs on December 

 i, and at this meeting the reports of 

 the four branches of the Commission 

 -Water, Forests, Lands, and Miner- 

 als will be received. During the time 

 which has elapsed since the White 

 House Conference, these four branches 

 have been making an inventory tak- 

 ing stock, as it were of the natural 

 resources of the country their extent 

 value, present condition, promise for 

 future use and development, etc. and 

 the meetings which begin on I Krember 

 i will receive the-e reports. The re- 

 ports will be put into shape by the 

 Commission, sitting as a body, and the 

 results of the six months' work will 

 be ready t<> submit, in proper form, 

 to the Governors, their a Ivi-ors. and 

 the representatives of the State t Ions 

 ration Commissions and the commis- 



sions selected by the various national 

 associations, at the meetings which be- 

 gin on December 7. 



With less than six months in which to 

 make the inventory, the four branches into 

 which the Commission is divided, aided by 

 the cooperation of the Government depart- 

 ments, have brought together what is prob- 

 ably tlie most useful collection of fads about 

 the material things on which national in 

 try and progress are ha-i-d that has ever been 

 .i-srnihlcd at one time. 



Report^ prewiring these facts and point 

 "lit their significance ha\e been prepared. 

 I hesr report-. Mimmari/cd and indexed, \\ill 



Mhmitted to the Commission at its com- 

 me< ting. 



All through il'e Mimmer tzcncral interest in 

 the work and object of the Conservation 

 Commission has been growing. The public 

 is now well posted on a Mihject of which 

 only a few --pi riali-t ^ had knowledge at the 

 time of the Conference of Governors and 

 experts at the White House. j n May. 



The fio\ernors carried the spirit of the 

 conference home with them to their own 

 people, and have kept things moving c\er 

 Cilice by appointing state commissions to 

 study local problems, by writing and speaking 

 i the subject of conservation, and by 

 keeping in close and helpful touch with the 

 National Commission. They arc ready to 

 take part in the approaching Joint meeting. 



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