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[Illustration: WOODROW WILSON
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES]
PROCEEDINGS
Fourth
National Conservation Congress
Indianapolis
OCTOBER 1–4, INCLUSIVE, 1912
“Let us conserve the foundations of our prosperity”
(Declaration of the Governors, 1908)
INDIANAPOLIS
NATIONAL CONSERVATION CONGRESS
1912
WM. B. BURFORD PRESS
INDIANAPOLIS,—IND.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Officers and Committees, 1912 9
Standing Committees, 1912 10
Officers and Committees, 1913 11
Constitution 13–17
Resolutions 18–23
OPENING SESSION—
Invocation—Rev. F. S. C. Wicks 24
Address of Welcome for the State of Indiana, Hon.
Charles Warren Fairbanks 24–31
Address for the City of Indianapolis, Mr. Richard Lieber 31–33
Address on Behalf of the Local Business Organizations,
Mr. Winfield Miller 33–37
President’s Address, Hon. J. B. White 37–40
Message from the President of the United States 41
Address, Hon. Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War, Personal
Representative of the President of the United States 41–46
Announcements 47
SECOND SESSION—
Invocation, Rev. Dr. A. B. Storms 47
Address, “What the States are Doing,” Dr. George E. Condra 48–61
Address, “Conservation Redefined,” Mr. E. T. Allen 61–66
Report, Dr. C. E. Bessey, Chairman, Committee on Education 66–71
Illustrated Address, “Bird Slaughter and the Cost of Living,”
Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson. 71
Address and Illustrated Lecture, “Federal Protection of
Migratory Birds,” Dr. W. T. Hornaday 72–73
THIRD SESSION—
Invocation, Rev. Dr. Allan B. Philputt 74
Communication from Mr. Gifford Pinchot 74
Address, “The Conservation of Man.” Dr. Harvey W. Wiley 75–91
FOURTH SESSION—
Invocation, Rev. Harry G. Hill 91
Address, “Human Life as a National Asset,” Mr. E. E.
Rittenhouse 92–102
Address, “Public Health Movement,” Prof. Irving Fisher 103–111
Announcement by the President 111
Committee on Resolutions 111
Address, “Authority in Health Control,” Dr. L. E. Cofer 111–122
Address, “Land Frauds,” Dr. George E. Condra 123–130
Address, “Conservation of Land and the Man,” Mrs. Haviland
H. Lund 131–132
Address, “Farmers’ Union,” Mr. Charles S. Barrett 132–134
FIFTH SESSION—
Address, “A Plea for More Educational Opportunities,”
Prof. E. T. Fairchild 134–139
Address, “Hygiene in Relation to Public Health,” Dr.
Oscar Dowling 139–144
Address, “The Duty of the Employer,” Dr. Edward Rumely 144–147
Letter from Mr. Charles A. Doremus, of New York 147
Address, “Conservation of the Human Race,” Dr.
J. N. Hurty 148–154
Address, “The Rescue of the Fit,” Mr. Harrington Emerson 154–160
SIXTH SESSION—
Address, “Human Efficiency,” Dr. Henry Wallace 161–170
Address, “Is the Child Worth Conserving?” Judge Ben B.
Lindsey 170–181
Remarks, Miss Adeline Denny 181
SEVENTH SESSION—
Reading of Telegrams 182
Report from Col. M. H. Crump 182–183
Address, “The Lumberman’s Viewpoint,” Major E. G. Griggs 183–195
Nominating Committee 196
Report, Mrs. Orville T. Bright 196–200
Address, “Saving Miners’ Lives,” Dr. Joseph A. Holmes 200–205
Address, “The Prevention of Railroad Accidents,” Mr.
Thomas H. Johnson 205–214
Address, “Vital Statistics and the Conservation of Human
Life, a National Concern,” Mr. A. B. Farquhar 214–223
Address, “The Prevention of Elevator Accidents,” Mr.
Reginald Pelham Bolton 223–230
Resolution, Mr. R. P. Bolton 231
Resolution, Mr. Frederick Kelsey 231
EIGHTH SESSION—
Address, Honorable Woodrow Wilson 232–240
NINTH SESSION—
Remarks, Mrs. Philip N. Moore 241
Address, Miss Julia Clifford Lathrop 242–249
Address, Mrs. Matthew T. Scott 250–254
Address, Mrs. John R. Walker 255–258
Address, Mrs. Marion A. Crocker 258–262
Paper, Mrs. Elmer Black (See Supplementary Proceedings) 262
Remarks, Colonel John I. Martin, Sergeant-at-Arms 262–263
TENTH SESSION—
Address, “The Problem of Tuberculosis,” Dr. Livingston
Farrand 264–271
Address, “The Conservation of Navigable Streams,” Mr.
Jacob P. Dunn (See Supplementary Proceedings) 271
Address, “Social, Industrial and Civic Progress,” Mr.
Ralph M. Easley 272–281
Address, “Disposition of Sewage,” Dr. Burton J. Ashley 281–286
Remarks, Mr. J. B. Baumgartner 286
Report, Executive Committee, Presented by Mr. E.
Lee Worsham, Chairman 286–287
Remarks, Mr. E. Lee Worsham 287
Report, Committee on Nominations 288
Remarks, Mr. Charles Lathrop Pack 289
Address, “The Investigations of Flood Commission of
Pittsburgh,” Mr. George M. Lehman 289–296
ELEVENTH SESSION—
Remarks, Hon. J. B. White 296
Address, “The Story of the Soil,” Mr. H. H. Gross 297–302
Address, “The Story of the Air,” Prof. Willis L. Moore 303–305
Report, Committee on Resolutions 306
Resolution, Mr. John B. Hammond 306
Presentation of Invitations from Cities Desiring the Next
Congress 306
Address, Mr. Don Carlos Ellis 307–310
SUPPLEMENTARY PROCEEDINGS 312
FORESTRY SECTION 312
Remarks, Mr. D. Page Simons 312
Remarks, Mr. T. B. Wyman 312
Remarks, Maj. E. G. Griggs 313
Remarks, Mr. Charles Lathrop Pack 313
Remarks, Mr. I. C. Williams 313
Remarks, Dr. Henry S. Drinker 313
Remarks, Mr. E. A. Sterling 313
Remarks, Hon. John M. Woods 313
Remarks, Mr. Henry E. Hardtner 313
Remarks, Prof. F. W. Rane 313
Remarks, Col. W. R. Brown 313–314
Remarks, Mr. F. A. Elliott 314
Remarks, Mr. Hugh P. Baker 314
Remarks, Mr. P. S. Ridsdale 314
Appointment of Committees on Resolutions 314
Co-operation with other agencies, permanent organizations
and resolutions.
THIRD SESSION—
Remarks, Mr. H. E. Hardtner 314
Remarks, Mr. T. B. Wyman 314
Remarks, Col. W. R. Brown 314
Remarks, Mr. F. A. Elliott 315
Remarks, Mr. N. P. Wheeler 315
Remarks, Mr. D. Page Simons 315
Report, Committee on Resolutions 315
FOURTH SESSION—
Committee on Permanent Organizations—
Report, Mr. E. T. Allen 315–316
Remarks, Mr. Z. D. Scott 316
Remarks, Mr. F. A. Elliott 316
Remarks, Mr. H. D. Langille 316
Remarks, Mr. W. H. Shippen 316
Register, Forestry Section 317
Address, “The Present Situation of Forestry,” Prof.
Henry S. Graves, United States Forester 318–325
FOOD SECTION 326–327
Address, “Food Conservation by Cold Storage,” Mr.
F. G. Urner 327–334
National Association of Conservation Commissioners 334–335
Accident Prevention Section 335
Review of Progress in the Conservation of Waters 335
Report, Standing Committee on Waters, by Mr. W. C.
Mendenhall 335–344
WILD LIFE PROTECTION 344
Report, Standing Committee on Wild Life Protection, by Dr.
W. T. Hornaday 344–347
Address, “The Vital Resources of the Nation,” Dr. Henry
Sturgis Drinker 347
Paper, “Conservation of the Soil,” Hon. James J. Hill 349–352
Paper, “War is the Policy of Waste—Peace, the Policy of
Conservation,” Mrs. Elmer Black 352–356
Address, “The Conservation of Navigable Streams,” Mr.
Jacob P. Dunn 357–362
Report from the National Fertilizer Association, presented
by Mr. John D. Toll and Mr. Charles S. Rauh 363–365
Dr. W. J. McGee: An Appreciation of His Services for
Conservation, Mr. W. C. Mendenhall 365–367
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES, 1912.
_President_,
JOHN B. WHITE, Kansas City, Mo.
_Executive Secretary_,
THOMAS R. SHIPP, Washington, D. C.
_Treasurer_,
D. AUSTIN LATCHAW, Kansas City, Mo.
_Recording Secretary_,
JAMES C. GIPE, Indianapolis, Ind.
_Executive Committee._
E. LEE WORSHAM, Atlanta, Ga., _Chairman_.
J. LEWIS THOMPSON, Houston, Texas.
W. A. FLEMING JONES, Las Cruces, N.M.
WALTER H. PAGE, New York.
GEORGE C. PARDEE, Oakland, Cal.
DR. H. E. BARNARD, Indianapolis, Ind.
MRS. PHILIP N. MOORE, St. Louis, Mo.
BERNARD N. BAKER, Baltimore, Md.
HENRY C. WALLACE, Des Moines, Iowa.
GIFFORD PINCHOT, Washington, D. C.
_Local Board of Managers, Indianapolis._
RICHARD LIEBER, _Chairman_.
JOSEPH C. SCHAF, _Vice-Chairman_.
JAMES W. LILLY, _Treasurer_.
L. H. LEWIS, _Secretary_.
FREDERIC M. AYRES.
GEORGE L. DENNY.
EDGAR H. EVANS.
CARL G. FISHER.
C. G. HANCH.
O. D. HASKETT.
ALBERT E. METZGER.
WILLIAM J. MOONEY.
W. H. O’BRIEN.
_Vice-Presidents._
Arkansas—E. N. PLANK, Decatur.
California—FRANCIS CUTTLE, Riverside.
Colorado—I. S. T. GREGG, Golden.
Connecticut—PROF. J. W. TOUMEY, Hartford.
District of Columbia—DR. HARVEY W. WILEY, Washington.
Florida—T. J. CAMPBELL, Palm Beach.
Georgia—L. R. AKIN.
Illinois—BALLARD DUNN, Chicago.
Iowa—PROF. P. G. HOLDEN, Ames.
Louisiana—HENRY E. HARDTNER, Urania.
Massachusetts—PROF. F. W. RANE, Boston.
Missouri—HERMAN VON SCHRENK, St. Louis.
Nebraska—PROF. E. A. BURNETT, Lincoln.
New Jersey—E. A. STEVENS, Hoboken.
New York—DR. W. T. HORNADAY, New York City.
Ohio—J. C. RODGERS, Mechanicsburg.
Oklahoma—T. C. HARRICE, Wagoner.
South Carolina—PROF. M. W. TWITCHELL, Columbia.
South Dakota—GOV. R. S. VESSEY, Pierre.
Texas—W. GOODRICH JONES, Temple.
Washington—A. L. FLEWELLING, Spokane.
Wisconsin—HERBERT QUICK, Madison.
STANDING COMMITTEES, 1912.
_Forests_—H. S. Graves, Washington, D. C., Chairman; E. T. Allen,
Portland, Ore.; Major E. G. Griggs, Tacoma, Wash.; William Irvine,
Chippewa Falls, Wis.; George K. Smith, St. Louis.
_Minerals_—Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, Washington, D. C., Chairman; Dr.
Charles R. Van Hise, Madison, Wis.; Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown, W.
Va.; C. W. Brunton, Denver, Col.; John Mitchell, New York City.
_Lands and Agriculture_—Prof. L. H. Bailey, Cornell University,
Chairman; Prof. George E. Condra, Nebraska; Prof. J. L. Snyder,
Lansing, Mich.; F. D. Coburn, Kansas; Charles S. Barrett, Union City,
Ga.
_Education_—Dr. C. E. Bessey, Lincoln, Neb., Chairman; Dr. David
Starr Jordan, Leland Stanford University, Oakland, Cal.; Dr.
Edward E. Alderman, University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Dr.
E. C. Craighead, Tulane University, New Orleans, La.; Prof. E. T.
Fairchild, Topeka, Kas.
_Vital Resources_—Dr. William H. Welch, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, Md., Chairman; Prof. Irving Fisher, Yale University,
New Haven, Conn.; Dr. J. N. Hurty, Indianapolis, Ind.; Hon. A. B.
Farquhar, York, Pa.; Dr. Oscar Dowling, Shreveport, La.
_Homes_—Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, Washington, Chairman; Mrs. Harriet
Wallace-Ashby, Des Moines, Iowa; Mrs. J. E. Rhodes, St. Paul, Minn.;
Mrs. Sarah S. Platt-Decker,[1] Denver, Col.; Mrs. Amos F. Draper,
Washington, D. C.
_Child Life_—Hon. Ben B. Lindsay, Denver, Col., Chairman; Dr. Samuel
M. Lindsay, New York City; Judge Henry L. McCune, Kansas City,
Mo.; Mrs. Carl Vrooman, Bloomington, Ill.; Dr. Anna Louise Strong,
Seattle, Wash.
_Food_—Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, Washington, D. C., Chairman; F. G. Urner,
New York; Prof. F. Spencer Baldwin, Boston, Mass.; J. F. Nickerson,
Chicago, Ill.; Lucius P. Brown, Nashville, Tenn.; E. H. Jenkins, New
Haven, Conn.; M. A. Scovelle, Lexington, Ky.; Prof. Geo. A. Loveland,
Lincoln, Neb.
_Civics_—Ralph Easley, New York, Chairman; Albert Hall Whitfield,
Jackson, Miss.; B. A. Fowler, Phœnix, Ariz.; H. M. Beardsley, Kansas
City, Mo.; Francis J. Heney, San Francisco, Cal.
_General (including Domesticated Animals and Wild Life)_—Dr. W. T.
Hornaday, New York, Chairman; Dr. L. O. Howard, Washington, D. C.;
Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske, New York City; Dr. John Muir, Martinez,
Cal.; D. Austin Latchaw, Kansas City, Mo.; Prof. Geo. A. Loveland,
Lincoln, Neb.
_Waters_—Hon. J. N. Teal, Portland, Ore., Chairman; Hon. Joseph E.
Ransdell, Lake Providence, La.; Walter S. Dickey, Kansas City, Mo.;
Hon. Herbert Knox Smith, Washington, D. C.; W. K. Kavanaugh, St.
Louis, Mo.; Dr. W. J. McGee, Washington, D. C.; Prof. Geo. F. Swain,
Harvard University.
_National Parks (including Mammoth Cave, Ky., and Adjacent
Lands)_—Dr. W. J. McGee,[1] Washington, D. C.; Dr. Henry F. Drinker,
South Bethlehem, Pa.; Hon. William P. Borland, Kansas City, Mo.; Hon.
Gifford Pinchot, Washington, D. C.; M. H. Crump, Bowling Green, Ky.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Deceased.
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES, 1913.
_President_,
CHARLES LATHROP PACK, Lakewood, N. J.
_Vice-President_,
MRS. PHILIP N. MOORE, St. Louis, Mo.
_Executive Secretary_,
THOMAS B. SHIPP, Indianapolis, Ind.
_Treasurer_,
D. A. LATCHAW, Kansas City, Mo.
_Recording Secretary_,
JAMES C. GIPE, Indianapolis, Ind.
_Executive Committee_,
E. LEE WORSHAM, Atlanta, Ga., _Chairman_.
WALTER H. PAGE, New York City.
J. B. WHITE, Kansas City, Missouri.
B. N. BAKER, Baltimore, Maryland.
DR. HENRY S. DRINKER, S. Bethlehem, Pa.
GEORGE E. CONDRA, Lincoln, Neb.
JOSEPH N. TEAL, Portland, Oregon.
DR. HENRY WALLACE, Des Moines, Iowa.
DR. GEORGE C. PARDEE, Oakland, Cal.
THOMAS NELSON PAGE, Washington, D. C.
GIFFORD PINCHOT, Washington, D. C.
MRS. EMMONS CROCKER, Fitchburg, Mass.
[2]_Standing Committees._
_Forestry_—HENRY S. GRAVES, Chairman, Forest Service, Washington, D.
C.; E. T. ALLEN, Yeon Portland, Ore.; J. B. WHITE, Long Building,
Kansas City, Mo.; W. R. BROWN, Berlin, New Hampshire; E. A. STERLING,
Secretary, Real Estate Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
FOOTNOTES:
[2] At the time the Proceedings went to press the other standing
committees had not been appointed.
CONSTITUTION
OF THE
NATIONAL CONSERVATION CONGRESS
_As Amended by the Fourth Congress._
ARTICLE 1—NAME.
This organization shall be known as the National Conservation
Congress.
ARTICLE 2—OBJECT.
The object of the National Conservation Congress shall be: (1) to
provide a forum for discussion of the resources of the United States
as the foundation for the prosperity of the people, (2) to furnish
definite information concerning the resources and their utilization,
and (3) to afford an agency through which the people of the country
may frame policies and principles affecting the wise and practical
development, conservation and utilization of the resources to be put
into effect by their representatives in State and Federal Governments.
ARTICLE 3—MEETINGS.
Section 1. Regular annual meetings shall be held at such time and
place as may be determined by the Executive Committee.
Section 2. Special meetings of the Congress, or its officers,
committees or boards, may be held subject to the call of the
President of the Congress or the Chairman of the Executive Committee.
Section 3. After a call of the Executive Committee by the Chairman,
and after all members of the Committee have been notified of the
meeting in sufficient time to be present, three members shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
ARTICLE 4—OFFICERS.
Section 1. The officers of the Congress shall consist of a President,
to be elected by the Congress; a Vice-President to be elected by the
Congress; a Vice-President from each State, to be chosen by the
respective State delegations; one from the National Conservation
Association and one from the National Association of Conservation
Commissioners; an Executive Secretary, a Recording Secretary, and a
Treasurer, all to be elected by the Congress.
Section 2. The duties of these officers may at any time be prescribed
by formal action of the Congress or Executive Committee. In the
absence of such action their duties shall be those implied by their
designations and established by custom. In addition, it shall be the
duty of the Vice-Presidents to receive from the State Conservation
Commissions, and other organizations concerned in Conservation,
suggestions and recommendations and report them to the Executive
Committee of the Congress.
Section 3. The officers shall serve for one year, or until their
successors are elected and qualify.
ARTICLE 5—COMMITTEES AND BOARDS.
Section 1. An Executive Committee of seven, in addition to which the
President of the National Conservation Association, the President
of the National Association of State Conservation Commissioners,
and all ex-Presidents of the Congress shall be members, ex officio,
shall be appointed by the President to act for the ensuing year;
its membership shall be drawn from different States, and not more
than one of the appointed members shall be from any one State. The
Executive Committee shall act for the Congress and shall be empowered
to initiate action and meet emergencies. It shall report to each
regular annual session.