A NATIONAL EXPOSITION ON CONSERVATION 



N exposition of national scope, to the board to represent country life 



the purpose of which is to pro- improvement, domestic economy, and 



mote the conservation of our child welfare, 



natural resources, is to open in Knox- An exposition company has been 



ville, Tennessee, in September, 1913. organized and drafts have been made 



It is to be known as The National of a charter for a capital stock of one 



Conservation Exposition, and while it million dollars. The company has taken 



is to be open to all parts of the coun- over the plant and all property of the 



try, its special field will be the de- Appalachian Exposition, which has 



velopment of the Southern States. An been held at Knoxville for the two 



Advisory Board of leaders in the vari- past years. This plant contains a park 



ous branches of conservation work, of one hundred acres, two artificial 



with Gifford Pinchot at its head, has lakes and several excellent exposition 



been formed as part of the Exposition buildings, among which is a Forestry 



Company's organization, and is now at and Mineral Building. A Southern 



work formulating detailed plans for States Building is to be erected to con- 



the exhibits. Each department of Con- tain exhibits from all the Southern 



servation is represented on this board States which participate. An Agricul- 



by one or more experts in that line. tural and Land Building is also among 



The members of the board and the the new structures planned. A special 



particular work assigned to each are as feature of this building will be an im- 



follows : Gifford Pinchot, President of mense bas-relief map of the Southeast, 



the National Conservation Association, 200 feet long, upon which the principal 



Chairman of the board and in charge resources of the States represented will 



of general conservation and forestry; be displayed. As an annex to this 



Don Carlos Ellis, Secretary of the building, will be a long auditorium for 



board, forest conservation ; J. A. assemblies, such as the National Conser- 



Holmes, Director of the Bureau of vation Congress, the National Breeders' 



Mines, conservation of minerals and Association, and Good Roads and Wa- 



the protection of human life in mining terway Improvement Conventions, 



operations; Bradford Knapp, in charge Knoxville was awarded the location 



of the Farmers' Cooperative Demon- of the exposition because of its splendid 



stration Work of the Department of location in the midst of the Southern 



Agriculture, scientific agriculture and Appalachian Region and in the midst 



the conservation of soils ; W. J. McGee, of a very rich section of the South, and 



Soil Water Expert of the Bureau of because of its preparedness in having 



Soils, Department of Agriculture, con- the Appalachian Exposition Plant, 



servation of soils; Logan W. Page, The officers of the exposition are: 



Director, Office of Public Roads, good President, William S. Shields, presi- 



roads ; Joseph E. Ransdell, Representa- dent of the City National Bank of 



tive and Senator-elect from Louisiana, Knoxville ; first vice-president, J. Allen 



the development of waterways; P. P. Smith, president of the Knoxville City 



Claxton, U. S. Commissioner of Edu- Mills ; second vice-president, Don Carlos 



cation, the work of education; Dr. Ellis; third vice-president, George W. 



Harvey W. Wiley, former chief chemist Callahan, president of the Callahan 



of the United States, the conservation Construction Company; fourth vice- 



of public health; Senator Duncan U. president, H. M. Johnston, president 



Fletcher of Florida, President of the of the Union Bank of Knoxville; trea- 



Southern Commercial Congress, south- surer, S. V. Carter, cashier, East Ten- 



ern development ; Senator Luke Lea, nessee National Bank ; general manager, 



of Tennessee, general conservation. W. M. Goodman, secretary, Knoxville 



Two other members are to be added Commercial Club. 



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