03220cam a22003253u 4500 78622 UtSlPG 20260610134825.0 m cr n 260607r20261911utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 HC United States. National Conservation Congress Proceedings of the third National Conservation Congress at Kansas City, Missouri, September 25, 26 and 27, 1911 Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2026 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2026-05-06 Bryan Ness, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Proceedings of the third National Conservation Congress at Kansas City,…. is a collection of conference proceedings written in the early 20th century. It documents the National Conservation Congress’s organization and debates as public officials, scientists, reformers, and civic leaders press for policies on forests, lands, waters, minerals, agriculture, public health, and infrastructure. The focus is the Progressive Era conservation agenda, blending resource stewardship with social welfare, education, and effective governance. The opening of the volume presents officer and committee rosters, a constitution defining the Congress’s purpose and governance, and a sweeping platform of resolutions: stronger forest protection, public land and mineral leasing to prevent monopoly and waste, basin-wide water policy and navigation development, reclamation and drainage, good roads, rail regulation and parcels post, curbs on grain “futures” gambling, pest control, producer–consumer cooperation, federal–state coordination, support for the Department of Agriculture and rural education, national parks, public health and a federal health department, sewage and waste reform, wildlife and fisheries protection, and a national fire-loss study. The first session then records an invocation and civic welcomes: Kansas City’s mayor ties conservation to urban franchises and public health; the Commercial Club president argues for Missouri River navigation to conserve transport energy; Missouri’s governor highlights the state’s vast but underused resources and urges river control and swamp reclamation; and President Henry Wallace thanks the hosts and frames the Congress around opposing population drifts (farm-to-city and back-to-the-land), tracing causes in mechanization and industrial consolidation, warning against “soil mining,” and calling for better farming, stronger rural schools and churches, and conservation of both land and country life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Indianapolis: National Conservation Congress, 1911 Natural resources -- Congresses United States -- Economic conditions -- Congresses Conference papers and proceedings https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78622 119340 119340