Copyright by Underwood and Underwood.

The President, Governors, and other leading

men at the National Resources Conference,

at the White House, May 13 to 15, 1908.

Similarly, James J. Hill demonstrated that the forests of this country

are fast disappearing and that from three to four times as much timber

was consumed each year as forest growth restored. His statements

regarding the tremendous soil waste in our farming methods were likewise

astounding. Resolutions were adopted covering the entire subject of

conservation as shown in one of them as follows: "We agree that the land