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| CONSTITUTION | [ix] | |
| OPENING SESSION | [1] | |
| Invocation by Archbishop Ireland | [1] | |
| Greeting from Cardinal Gibbons | [3] | |
| Address by Governor Eberhart | [3] | |
| Welcome by Mayor Keller | [13] | |
| Address by President Taft | [14] | |
| SECOND SESSION | [34] | |
| Induction of Governor Stubbs as Chairman | [34] | |
| Address by Senator Nelson | [35] | |
| Address by Governor Noel | [48] | |
| Address by Governor Norris | [52] | |
| Address by Governor Deneen | [59] | |
| Address by Governor Hay | [64] | |
| Announcement by Professor Condra | [71] | |
| Address by Governor Brooks | [72] | |
| Remarks by Governor Stubbs | [75] | |
| Address by Governor Vessey | [77] | |
| THIRD SESSION | [79] | |
| Appointment of Credentials Committee | [79] | |
| Action on Constitution of the National Conservation Congress | [79] | |
| Remarks by Director-General Barrett | [80] | |
| Remarks by Governor Stubbs | [81] | |
| Invocation by Reverend Doctor Montgomery | [81] | |
| Address by Ex-President Roosevelt | [82] | |
| FOURTH SESSION | [93] | |
| Address by Miss Boardman | [94] | |
| Address by Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith | [101] | |
| Modification of Credentials Committee | [106] | |
| Address by Honorable James R. Garfield | [106] | |
| Address by Ex-Governor Pardee | [115] | |
| Remarks by Delegate Horr, of Washington | [120] | |
| Address by Ex-Governor Blanchard | [121] | |
| Address by William E. Smythe | [127] | |
| Address by Walter L. Fisher | [129] | |
| Address by Colonel James H. Davidson | [132] | |
| FIFTH SESSION | [134] | |
| Invocation by Bishop Edsall | [134] | |
| Address by President Finley | [135] | |
| Report of Credentials Committee | [145] | |
| Address by Senator Beveridge | [146] | |
| Response by Gifford Pinchot | [152] | |
| Address by President McVey | [152] | |
| Discussion by Chairman White | [158] | |
| Address by Mrs Welch, of the General Federation of Women's Clubs | [160] | |
| Address by Mrs Hoyle Tomkies, of the Women's National Rivers and Harbors Congress | [163] | |
| Address by Mrs Sneath, of the General Federation of Women's Clubs | [166] | |
| Report by Mrs Howard, of the Daughters of the American Revolution | [167] | |
| SIXTH SESSION | [168] | |
| Induction of Senator Clapp as Chairman | [168] | |
| Address by President Craighead | [168] | |
| Postponement of Call of States | [171] | |
| Address by D. Austin Latchaw | [171] | |
| Address by James J. Hill | [177] | |
| Discussion by Henry Wallace | [188] | |
| Address by Secretary Wilson | [194] | |
| Discussion by Representative Stevens | [201] | |
| Address by Professor Bailey | [203] | |
| SEVENTH SESSION | [213] | |
| Address by Professor Graves | [214] | |
| Address by Alfred L. Baker | [222] | |
| Address by Frank H. Short | [226] | |
| Address by Director-General Barrett | [237] | |
| Address by Honorable Esmond Ovey | [243] | |
| Action on time for election and report of Resolutions Committee | [246] | |
| EIGHTH SESSION | [246] | |
| Appointment of Nominating Committee | [246] | |
| Induction of Governor Eberhart as Chairman | [246] | |
| Address by Dean Wesbrook | [247] | |
| Address by Wallace D. Simmons | [257] | |
| Address by Commissioner Elmer E. Brown | [264] | |
| Address by Mrs Scott, President of the Daughters of the American Revolution | [270] | |
| Action in memory of Mrs J. Ellen Foster | [276] | |
| Presentation by Mrs Howard to Gifford Pinchot | [276] | |
| Response by Mr Pinchot | [277] | |
| Address by Francis J. Heney | [278] | |
| Address by Gifford Pinchot | [292] | |
| Expression by Governor Eberhart | [298] | |
| Statement by Professor Condra | [298] | |
| CLOSING SESSION | [299] | |
| Commencement of Call of States | [299] | |
| Response by Delegate Harvey, of Pennsylvania | [299] | |
| Interlude by E. W. Ross, of Washington | [302] | |
| Report of Nominating Committee | [303] | |
| Nomination by Chairman White | [303] | |
| Second by Gifford Pinchot | [304] | |
| Election of and response by Henry Wallace as President | [305] | |
| Election of other Officers | [306] | |
| Resolution of thanks to retiring President Baker | [308] | |
| Response by Mr Baker | [308] | |
| Report of Resolutions Committee | [308] | |
| Adoption of Resolutions | [312] | |
| Interlude by E. W. Ross, of Washington | [312] | |
| Remarks by Delegate Horr, of Washington | [313] | |
| Ratification of Vice-Presidents | [313] | |
| Resolution in memory of Professor Green | [313] | |
| Resumption of Call of States | [314] | |
| Response by Delegate Purdue, of Arkansas | [314] | |
| Response by Delegate Bannister, of Indiana | [314] | |
| Response by Delegate Miller, of Iowa | [314] | |
| Response by Delegate Young, of Kansas | [314] | |
| Response by Delegate Baker, of Maryland | [314] | |
| Response by Delegate Thorp, of Minnesota | [315] | |
| Response by State Geologist Lowe, of Mississippi | [315] | |
| Response by General Noble, of Missouri | [315] | |
| Response by Chairman White | [316] | |
| Response by Professor Condra, of Nebraska | [317] | |
| Response by a Delegate from New York | [318] | |
| Response by Delegate Nestos, of North Dakota | [318] | |
| Response by Delegate Krueger, of South Dakota | [319] | |
| Remarks by Delegate Johns, of Washington | [320] | |
| Privileged statement by Land Commissioner Ross, of Washington | [322] | |
| Response by Delegate Fowler, of Arizona | [324] | |
| Response by Delegate Hunt, of District of Columbia | [324] | |
| Response by Delegate Barker, of Rhode Island | [324] | |
| Response by Professor White, of West Virginia | [325] | |
| Response by Delegate Worsham, of Georgia | [325] | |
| Motion for adjournment by Delegate Martin, of Oklahoma | [326] | |
| SUPPLEMENTARY PROCEEDINGS | [327] | |
| Laws that should be Passed, by Senator Francis G. Newlands | [327] | |
| Conservation of the Nation's Resources, by Chairman J. B. White | [328] | |
| Practical Aspects of Conservation, by A. B. Farquhar | [331] | |
| Report from Arkansas, by Sid B. Redding | [333] | |
| Report from Colorado, by Frank C. Goudy | [334] | |
| Report from Florida, by Cromwell Gibbons | [335] | |
| Report from Idaho, by Jerome J. Day | [336] | |
| Report from Indiana, by A. E. Metzger | [336] | |
| Report from Iowa, by A. C. Miller | [337] | |
| Report from Louisiana, by Henry E. Hardtner | [339] | |
| Report from Maine, by Cyrus C. Babb | [341] | |
| Report from Massachusetts, by Frank William Rane and Henry H. Sprague | [343] | |
| Report from Missouri, by Hermann von Schrenk | [344] | |
| Report from Montana, by Rudolph von Tobel | [345] | |
| Report from New Mexico, by Colonel W. A. Fleming Jones | [347] | |
| Report from New York, by J. S. Whipple | [347] | |
| Special report from New York, by Henry H. Persons | [352] | |
| Report from North Dakota, by Professor Waldron | [362] | |
| Report from Ohio, by Professor Lazenby | [364] | |
| Report from Oklahoma, by Benj. Martin, Jr. | [365] | |
| Report from Oregon, by E. T. Allen | [367] | |
| Report from Rhode Island, by Henry A. Barker | [368] | |
| Report from South Carolina, by E. J. Watson | [369] | |
| Report from South Dakota, by Doane Robinson | [369] | |
| Report from Texas, by Will L. Sargent | [370] | |
| Report from Utah, by O. J. Salisbury | [372] | |
| Supplementary report from Utah, by E. T. Merritt | [372] | |
| Report from Vermont, by George Aitkin | [373] | |
| Report from Washington, by E. G. Griggs | [375] | |
| Report from West Virginia, by Hu Maxwell | [376] | |
| Report from Wisconsin, by E. M. Griffith | [377] | |
| Report of the American Academy of Political and Social Science | [379] | |
| Report of the American Automobile Association | [380] | |
| Report of the American Civic Association | [383] | |
| Report of the American Forestry Association | [384] | |
| Report of the American Humane Association | [385] | |
| Report of the American Institute of Architects | [386] | |
| Report of the American Paper and Pulp Association | [388] | |
| Report of the American Medical Association | [389] | |
| Report of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association | [392] | |
| Report of the American Railway Master Mechanics' Association | [393] | |
| Report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society | [394] | |
| Report of the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks | [397] | |
| Report of the Carriage Builders' National Association | [410] | |
| Report of the Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs | [411] | |
| Report of the Farmers' Union of America | [411] | |
| Report of the General Federation of Women's Clubs | [412] | |
| Report of the Lakes-to-Gulf Deep Waterway Association | [413] | |
| Report of the League of American Sportsmen | [415] | |
| Report of the National Board of Fire Underwriters | [416] | |
| Report of the National Board of Trade | [419] | |
| Report of the National Business League of America | [420] | |
| Report of the Missouri Valley River Improvement Association | [420] | |
| Report of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association | [421] | |
| Report of the Washington State Federation of Labor | [422] | |
| Report of the Western Forestry and Conservation Association | [423] | |
| Report of the United Mine Workers | [424] | |
| Timber Conservation, by George H. Emerson | [424] | |
| Forests and Stream-Flow, by William S. Harvey | [428] | |
| The Conservation of Minerals and Subterranean Waters, by George F. Kunz, Ph.D. | [429] | |
| The Question of Land Titles, by Franklin McCray | [430] | |
| INDEX | [431] | |
1. Gifford Pinchot, Vice-President (1910).
2. James R. Garfield, Vice-President (1910).
3. Henry A. Barker, Vice-President (1909-10).
4. A. B. Farquhar, Executive Committee (1909).
5. W. A. Fleming Jones, Vice-president (1910).
6. E. L. Worsham, Executive Committee (1910).
7. George C. Pardee, Executive Committee (1910).
8. J. N. Teal, Executive Committee (1909-10).
9. Walter H. Page, Executive Committee (1910).
10. L. H. Bailey, Executive Committee (1909-10).