Proceedings of the third National Conservation Congress at Kansas City, Missouri, September 25, 26 and 27, 1911

Part 49

Chapter 493,317 wordsPublic domain

Ban, Archibald Claremore Beaty, W. E. McAlester Beard, J. T. Wagoner Brown, Milton Guthrie Burke, J. J. Norman Casaver, J. C. Wagoner Davenport, Dr. R. G. Oklahoma City Elliott, James McAlister Fink, D. N. Muskogee Harrice, T. C. Wagoner Harrice, Mrs. T. C. Wagoner Harris, James A. Wagoner Hudson, Kenneth Ardmore Larsh, D. L. Norman Mullen, J. S. Ardmore Price, H. D. Keota Price, J. F. Keota Ramsay, Asa E. Muskogee Robbins, Clay Chouteau Roberts, O. T. Welch Robertson, Alice M. Muskogee Robinson, J. W. Keota Rush, Frank Cache Shinn, T. J. Wagoner Smith, Thomas Muskogee Thompson, Joe Sapulpa Trumbo, A. C. Muskogee Watts, Jess W. Wagoner Watts, Mrs. Jess W. Wagoner Wicks, John C. Guthrie

_Oregon._

Allen, E. T. Portland Kinney, M. J. Portland

_Pennsylvania._

Baker, Hugh Potter State College Cook, A. W. Cooksburg Drinker, Henry Sturgis Lehigh Farquhar, A. W. York Guenther, Emil Philadelphia McCreight, M. I. Du Bois Oursler, Howard B. Pittsburg Sterling, E. A. Philadelphia Stone, Chas. W. Warren

_South Carolina._

Twitchell, M. W. Columbia

_South Dakota._

Culbertson, R. G. Mitchell Heglin, Fred Centerville Johnson, C. A. Fairfax Newbanks, N. Pierre Wentzy, Harry Rapid City

_Tennessee._

Fisher, J. W. Newport Moore, Herbert Memphis Winslow, Mrs. H. M. Harriman

_Texas._

Gray, W. H. Houston Jones, W. Goodrich Temple Landergin, P. H. Vega Shackelford, Dr. S. S. Austin Smith, J. A. El Paso Spiller, E. B. Ft. Worth Turner, Arry Amarillo

_Utah._

Belliston, Wilford Nephi Bennion, S. O. Salt Lake Broadbent, Sylvester Heber Hemphill, Geo. E. Salt Lake Jones, T. Vernon Payson City Mackay, Walter S. Salt Lake McAlister, W. L. Salt Lake Shumway, R. F. Tropic

_Vermont._

Bailey, Geo. C. Montpelier Goss, Frank K. Montpelier

_Washington._

Llewelling, A. L. Spokane Griggs, Everett G. Tacoma

_Wisconsin._

Caples, Mrs. Byron M. Waukesha Douglass, C. S. Fontana Vilter, Theo. O. Milwaukee

INDEX

ADAMS, REV. CLAIR S., Tribute to His Work, 76

Agricultural College, How It Meets the Needs of the Farmer’s Wife, 128

Agricultural College, Kansas, 247

Agriculture, Commissioner of New York, Statement, 235

Agriculture, Government Expert in Every County, 221

—, Tolls on, 95

Agriculture, U. S. Dept of, Endorsed and Commended, xvi

Alaska Coal Fields, on Leasing System, Urged, xv

Alfalfa, Experience in Growing, 210

ALLEN, E. T., Report by, 114

Animal Husbandry, 234

ASHBY, MRS. HARRIET WALLACE, “The Farmer’s Wife.”, 121

Audubon Societies, Report of the National Association, 272

BACHELOR, IRVING, Cited, 265

“Back to the Farm”, 237

BAILEY, GEORGE W., Address by, 148

BAKER, BERNARD N., Introduced, 30

—, Address by, 50

BARBER, O. C., Telegram from, 109

BARNARD, HARRY EVEREST, Introduced, 28

—, Report by, 277

BAUMGARTNER, J. T., Announcement, 22

BAUMGARTNER, J. C., of California, Address by, 274

BAXTER, SYLVESTER, Author of “Golden New England”, 281

Bayne-Blauvelt Bill, Credit for its Enactment, 266

—, Bills to be Pushed, 266

BEARD, DAN, Reference to, 265

BEARD. W. A., Made Temporary Chairman, 68

—, Address by, 78

BENSON, HON. F. W., Reference to Work of, 289

Birch Canal, Its Completion in Sight, 286

Bird Life, Importance of Conserving, 263

Birds, American Water, to Safeguard, 272

—, Breeding Sanctuaries on Government Reservations, 273

—, Educational, Campaign Among Southern Children, 273

—, Important Breeding Colonies, 273

—, Wild Insectivorous, Importance of Protecting, 263

Bone Meal of Commerce, 238

Boys and Girls and the Farm, 17

Boys, Place for, 40

Boy Scouts, Reference to, 75

BREEZE, FRED J., Move by, 30

BROWN, MAYOR DARIUS A., Address by, 1

BROWN, MILTON, Introduced, 68

—, Report by, 287

BROWN, MISS FRANCES, on Organizations of Farmers’ Wives, 128

BRYAN, W. J., Telegram from, 64

—, Entrance Greeted with Cheers, 193

—, Remarks by, 203

—, Address by, 220

California Fruit Growers’ Exchange, 83

—, Report from, 274

Camp Fire Club of America, Represented by W. E. Coffin, 116

—, By its Vice-President, 265

CAMPBELL, H. W., Apostle of Dry Farming Cited, 252

Charcoal, Animal, 239

Charity Conference in Boston, Reference to, 136

Children’s Bill, in England, 42

Children, the Biggest Crop, 32

—, Versus Animals, 41

Child Labor Law Fallacy Exploded, 38

Child, the, and the Community, 36

Child Welfare Bureau Urged, xviii

Church, Country, Its Effect on Economic Affairs, 258

—, in open Country, Best School for Farmers, 257

—, in the Open Country, 257

Cities, Instinct to Flock to, 35

City, Movement to, 13

CLENDENING, E. M., Courtesies Acknowledged by Resolutions Committee, xx

Clubs, the Ideal Kind, 137

Coal, Are Prices Prohibitive, 198

—, Fields, Early Opening Recommended, xv

—, Lands, Policy of Withdrawal, 197

—, Royalties per ton Exacted by Colorado and Wyoming, 198

COBURN, F. D., Assumes the Chair, 183

COFFIN, WM. E., Introduced, 116

—, Address by, 265

Coöperation, Failures in, 86

Coöperation, Talk by W. A. Beard, 78

—, Twenty Years of, 82

—, Leads to Large Success, 79

—, National Trait, 80

—, Recommended by Resolutions Committee, xvi

—, Rise of in America, 81

Coöperative Banks of Europe, 79

Coöperative Society, What It Is Not, 85

COMBS, REV. DR. GEO. HAMILTON, Invocation by, 111

Commercial Club, Escort to President Taft, 54

—, Especially Thanked by Resolutions Committee, xx

Community Center Church, Its Scope, 259

Community Club, 132

Community Life, Its Pleasures, 165

CONDRA, E. A., Address by, 49

—, Temporary Chairman, 45

Congestion Problems, 32

Congress, More Liberality Urged, xiii

Congress, International, of Humane Associations in London, Eng., 263

Conservation and the National Domain, 193

Conservation and Utilization, 140

Conservation, as Exemplified in Education, 216

Conservation, As Old as Mankind, 214

Conservation Commission in Oregon, When Appointed, 288

Conservation Commission of California, a Report of Its Work, 274

Conservation Commission of New York, Report of, 286

Conservation Commission, Urged for Each Commonwealth, xvi

Conservation, Education in, 293

Conservation Movement, Its Organization in Pennsylvania, 291

—, Misunderstood and Misrepresented, 195

—, A Help in Showing Relation to Society, 229

Conservation, Not a Theory, 245

—, in New York Parks, 286

—, Its Scope, 186

—, in the Public Schools, 118

—, in South Dakota, 111

—, of Bird Life, 263

—, of Future Generations, 143

—, of Old Time Ancestry in Massachusetts, 281

—, of Material Resources in Kansas, 278

—, of the Farm, 234

—, of the Soil, 58

—, Pennsylvania State Branch, When Formed, 291

—, the Ten Commandments of, 291

—, What It Is Doing in Georgia, 25

Constitution, Amendments to, 129, 130

—, as Amended, ix

Constitution of the Congress, ix

Constructive Statesmanship, Call for, 85

Contagious Diseases, 144

Contents, Table of, v

Corn, Deep and Shallow Cultivation, 248

—, Preparation of Seed Bed, 255

—, Susceptible to Climatic Changes, 247

Corporation, Development of, 14

Country and City Boys, 34

Country Child vs. the City Child, 31

Country Women’s Clubs, Work for, 123

Country Life Commission, Tribute to, 76

—, Discussed, 132

COUPLAND, HON. GEO., Representative of Nebraska, 43

—, Report by, 285

Credentials Committee, Appointment of, 21

—, Report, 167

Crop Statistics, Not Encouraging, 176

—, Doubling Yield, 178

—, European Yield Double, 209

—, Possibilities of Rotation, 247

CRUMP, COL. M. H., Remarks by, 29

Dairying, Certain Forms Wasteful of Fertility, 236

DARLINGTON, BISHOP, Cited, 291

Daughters American Rev. Represented, 117

DAY, MRS. HOLLAND C., Introduced, 28

—, Report of, 275

Deaths From Preventable Causes, 220

Delegates Registered, List of, 303

Delinquent Children, Report of, 37

Deer, in the Adirondacks Protected by Law, 286

DENEEN, GOVERNOR, the Congress Sends Greetings to, 28

—, Message from, 275

Denmark, Reforestation in, 173

DILLON C. J., Remarks by, 127

DIMOCK, A. W., Reference to, 265

DIX, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, Tribute to, 266

DRAPER, MRS. AMOS, Complimentary Reference to, 117

DRINKER, DR. HENRY S., Resolutions Committeeman from Pennsylvania, 63

—, Address by, 68

DYAR, C. P., Address on Ohio, 68

EDISON, Quoted on Economy of French Menage, 217

Education, the Most Precious Possession, 217

Efficiency, Increased Through Combination, 294

Electrochemical Society of America, 116

Engineering Education, Society for the Promotion of, 273

Executive Report, 129

Experiment Station, Fort Hays, 247

Experiment Station, Missouri, Cited, 233

EVANS, POWELL, Quoted, 158

“Farm and Fireside,” Represented, 88

Farm Children, Anxious for Useful Training, 74

—, How to Keep Sensible Young Men on, 155

—, Organization, 60, 124

—, Production, Cost of, 57

—, Sanitation on, 285

—, Social Life of, 71

—, to Make Attractive, 226

Farmer, Day’s Work of the, 122

—, His Comforts and Conveniences, 227

—, the Resources of, 192

Farmer’s Coöperative Demonstration, 152

Farmers’ Institutes, in Kansas, 278

Farmer’s Wife, 110, 126

Farmer, Wisdom to be Learned at His Feet, 156

Farmers’ Revolt, Greatest in History, 81

Farming, Appalling Waste in Essentials, 235

—, the Business of, 208

FARQUHAR, A. B., Speaks for Pennsylvania, 68

—, Address by, 291

Federal Forest Service Commended, xiii

Fertilizer, Commercial, Produced, 299

—, Importation of, 102

—, Importance of Analysis by Reliable, Chemist, 239

—, Stress Laid on Intelligent Use of, 239

—, the Wrong Kind, 180

FIELD, DR. GEO. W., Introduced, 116

—, Address by, 263

FIELD, MISS JESSIE, Tribute to, 76

FILSON, F. M., Introduced, 152

—, Address by, 259

Fire Losses, in Life and Property, 157

—, Need of Federal investigation, 162

—, Total on Buildings, 268

—, Records of the Board, 268

Fire Marshal, State Creation of Office Urged, 269

Fire Prevention, A Day to Be Set Aside, 271

—, Waste, Conservation Efforts for Its Reduction, 267

—, Waste, Remarks of Walter L. Fisher on, 270

FISHER, WALTER L., “Conservation and the National Domain”, 193

—, Cited on Fire Waste, 270

FISHER, PROF. IRVING, Quoted, 262

Food, President Wallace on How to Produce Cheaply, 16

—, Standing Committee on Urged on the Congress, 265

—, Supplies, High Price of, 264

Forest Fires of 1910, 115

—, Protection, 291

Forest Lands, Just Taxation For, 292

—, Taxation, Leads to State Impoverishment, 296

Forest Service, Reference to, 116

Forests, History of, 200

—, Practical Methods of Restoration, 283

—, Yields in Europe, 171

Forestry Department, Its Tuberculosis Camp, 294

Forestry, What Massachusetts is Doing, 283

FOWLER, B. A., Made Chairman of Committee on Resolutions, 43

—, on Work of Resolutions Committee, 63

—, Chairman Committee on Resolutions, 211

Franchise, Terms on Which It Should Be Granted, 224

Fresh Air, the Gospel of, 298

Fruit, Waste of, 150

Game Laws, Not Evasive in New York, 287

Game Protective Legislation and Preserves, 265

Geological Survey, Investigation of Fire Loss, 267

GIGAULT, G. A., Quoted, 73

GIPE, JAMES C., Re-elected Recording Secretary, 174

GLAVIS, LOUIS R., Cited, 274

Good Roads, Extension of Movement Urged, xv

—, in Oklahoma, 287

—, Movement in Minnesota, 284

GOULD, JAY, Reference to, 91

GRACE, FRED J., Introduced, 30

—, Address on Louisiana, 279

Grange, Agency of, 298

—, and the Farmer’s Club, 72

—, National, 71

Gravel Rock, Analysis, 241

GREGG, EVERITT, on Resolutions Committee for Washington, 63

GREENWOOD, PROF. J. M., Appointed to Represent National Educational Association, 120

GRIGGS, E. G., President Nat’l Lumbermen’s Manufacturers Association, Address by, 245

—, Report for N. L. M. Association, 113

GROSS, HOWARD H., Address by, 47

GROUT, A. P., “The Rape of the Soil”, 205

GUNTHER, EMIL, Introduced, 46

—, Report by, 290

GUTHRIE, F. A., Address by, 131

GUTHRIDGE, A. W., Resolutions Committeeman from Minnesota, 63

GREELEY, HORACE, Cited on Stripping Forests, 236

HADLEY, GOVERNOR HERBERT S., Address, 5

—, Presiding officer, 23

HANSEN, FRED, Tribute to His Work, 76

Harrowing Wheat, Use of the Weeder, 251

HAYS, DR. C. W., Quoted, 70

Health, Department of, the First Step in Conservation, 294

—, Owen Bill Favors Cabinet Member at Its Head, 218

Health, the Great Asset, 142

HENDRIX, RT. REV. E. R., invocation, 62

Highways, Necessary to a State’s Progress, 164

HILL, CURTIS, Address on Good Roads, 163

HILL, JAMES J., Reference to, 47

Historic Aphorism, 91

HOARD, EX-GOV. W. D., of Wisconsin, Address by, 234

Hook Worm Commission, Work of Approved, xviii

HOLDEN, B. G., Address, 71

HOLMES, JOSEPH AUSTIN, Compliment to, 185

Homestead Law, Commutation Clause, xiv

HOPKINS, PROF. CYRIL G., “Worn-out Soils”, 176

—, Quoted, 232

HORNADAY, DR. W. T., Reference to, 265

HOYNES, PROF. WM., Address by, 214

HUEBNER, Quoted on German Freight Policy, 96

Humane Association, Report of, 262

Idaho, Report From, 275

Idleness, Danger of, 39

Illinois, Report From, 275

—, What the State is Doing in Soil Investigation, 181

Indiana, Report From, 277

Individuals, Value of, 220

Insanity Fading in the Lives of Farm Women, 136

Insurance Companies Control, 158

—, Rates and Fire Losses, 159

—, Sanitary for the Eaters of Sea Foods, 263

International Institute of Agriculture, Reference to, 83

Iowa, Report From, 277

Irrigation, as Demonstrated by the Work of the Reclamation Service, 200

JACKSON, FRED S., Address by, 157

Kansas, Agricultural College Represented, 278

—, Congressman From, 157

—, Intemperance Lessened, 278

—, Its Great Corn Crop, 279

—, Lack of Silos a Cause of Waste in Corn, 279

—, Report From, 278

—, Work of the Experiment Stations, 247

KERR, REV. DR. R. M., Invocation by, 23

KINNEY, F. J., Resolutions Committeeman from Oregon, 63

Labor A Proper Conception of Its Dignity, 227

Land, Changes in the Law for Settlers Urged, 201

—, No Change in the Nation’s Policy, 196

—, Values, Increase in, 154

Landlord System, 223

LATCHAW, D. AUSTIN, Re-elected Treasurer, 174

Lead, Arsenate of, Powerful Insecticide for Tree Pests, 282

Lehigh University, Represented by Its President, 69

LESTER, JOHN C., Address of Welcome, 4

—, Thanked by Resolutions Committee, xx

LEWIS, JOHN H., His Work as State Engineer Endorsed, 288

LILLIS, BISHOP, Invocation by, 1

Lime, Value of, 103

LINDSAY, HON. BEN. B., Address, 31

Little Mother and the Fat Hog, Story of, 219

Live Stock Farming, 231

LOGAN, GEO. B., Address by, 64

LONG, R. A., Address by, 76

Louisiana, Wealth in Woods, 279

—, Report For, 279

Lumber Dealers, Wholesale, 76

LYLES, REV. C. S., Tribute to His Work, 76

MACBRIDE, THOMAS H., Introduced, 29

—, Report of, 277

MCFARLAND, J. HORACE, Telegram from, 131

MCGEE, DR. W J, Address by, 183

MCNUTT, REV. M. B., Reference to His Work, 76

Machinery, Evolution of, 15

Mammoth Cave of Kentucky Cited as Example, xiv

MARTIN, COL. JOHN I., Elected Sergeant-at-Arms, 21

—, Sergeant-at-Arms Receives Thanks of Resolutions Committee, xx

Massachusetts, Its Coastal Boundary, 282

—, Its Natural Advantages, 281

—, One of Its Metropolitan Water Systems, 281

—, Report by State Forester, 281

Mexican Ambassador, Telegram From, 28

Middle West, Its Awakened Public Opinion, 136

Missouri, Animal Husbandry Recommended, 234

—, Experiment Station, Some Results, 233

—, Live Stock Husbandry, 232

—, Its Farmer Governor, 6

—, Pioneer in Civilization, 6

—, Undeveloped Resources, 7

—, Waterways Commission, Report by Its Secretary, 64

Mines, Accidents in, Less as Education Spreads, 297

Mineral Resources, Economy of, 292

Mineral Rights, Retained In Minnesota, 284

Minister’s Duty, in Life Work of the People, 75

Minnesota, on Record for Good Roads, 284

—, Report From, 284

—, What is Being Done in Conservation, 284

MOORE, JOHN D., Introduced, 46

—, Report by, 286

MOORE, MRS. PHILIP N., “Community Center”, 132

MORTON, J. STERLING, Tribute to, 285

Mosquito, Purveyor of Yellow Fever, 53

Moths, the Gypsy and Brown-Tail, Fight Against, 282

MULLIN, W. E., Report for National Board of Fire Underwriters, 113

MUMFORD, DR. FREDERICK B., Introduced, 121

—, Dean of the University of Missouri, Address by, 231

MUNRO, THE REV. DR. DONALD, Invocation, 193

National Association of Credit Men, Quoted on Fire Waste, 271

National Association of Manufacturers, 261

National Audubon Society, Represented by Dr. Geo. W. Field, 116

—, Report of, 263

National Board of Fire Underwriters, by Its Committee, 267

—, Board of Health Urged, 147

—, Congress of Mothers and Parent Teachers’ Association, Report of, 156

—, Conservation Congress, Urged to Greater Interest in Wild Life, 266

—, Educational Association, 120

—, Fire Protection Association, Some of Its Work, 269

—, Organizations at the Congress, List of, 301

—, Resources, Knowledge of, A Part of Educational System, 298

National Shell Fish Association, 263

National Soil Fertility League, 48

—, Soil Fertility League, Represented, 47

—, Soil Fertility League, the Plan of, 210

Nation, Earning Power of, Its Vital and Physical Assets, 261

—, the, Its Motto “Conservation”, 283

Natural Scenery, Value of, 292

Navigation, an Economical Means of Transportation, xvii

—, and Water Power, 66

Nebraska, Achievement of Rural Commission and Farm Congress, 285

—, Report From, 285

NEEL, DR. S. M., Invocation, 148

NEILL, D. M., Introduced, 43

—, Report by, 284

New England Agriculture, Decline of, 100

New York, Report From, 286

—, the State Gridironed by Its Highway System, 286

Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potash, Essentials of Successful Farming, 236

Nominations, Committee on Appointed, 110

—, Report of, 174

NORTHROP, DR. CYRUS, Chairman, 147

—, Address by, 149

Nutritious Food, the Right to, 144

Officers and Committees, i

Ohio, Agricultural Experiment Station Cited, 180

—, Represented by C. P. Dyar, 68

Oklahoma, A Water Supply Without Federal Aid, 287

—, Practical Good Roads Spirit, 287

—, Report for, 287

—, Taxless Method of Dealing with Underground Water, 287

Oregon, Caves in Josephine County as National Monument, 289

—, Mineral Resources of, 289

—, Report for, 288

Organization, Growth of, 191

OWEN, SENATOR ROBERT L., Address by, 218

Ozark Regions, Conserver of Pasture, 7

Panama Canal, 50

—, Health Its Greatest Triumph, 145

Parcels Post, as a Means to Reduce Cost of Living Recommended, xvi

Pelagic Sealing, Some Credit for Its Stoppage, 266

Pennsylvania, Achievements of Its Department of Health, 294

—, and Philadelphia, Report of, 290

—, Dutch, Some Characteristics of, 140

—, Its Scenic Attractions Sources of Revenue, 298

—, State College, Reference to, 179

PENROSE, DR. CHAS. B., Work of, 294

Pension Roll, Evidence of Waste of Resources, 293

Permanent Committees, Scope Extended, 130

Pheasant, Chinese, Insect Destroyer, 149

Philadelphia, Its Commercial and Social Importance, 291

Phosphate, Analysis, 242

—, Deposits, to be Safe Guarded, xiv

—, Iniquitous Exportation, 209

—, Resources, 105

—, Tennessee, Analysis, 243

—, Florida Produces Best, 237

—, Subdivided into Classes, 238

Phosphorus, a Lack of Infertile Soil, 104

—, its Use, 179

Piedro Miguel Locks of Panama Canal, 52

PINCHOT, GIFFORD, Appreciation of, 265

—, Prophet of the Forest, 184

—, Reminders of His Work While Forester, 289

—, Telegram to from the Congress, 193

Plowing, Experiments at Many Stations, 251

—, Good Rule for, 249

—, Relative Depths of, 250

—, Under Green Clover Doubtful Economy, 233

—, Value of Deep, 248

PLUNKETT, HORACE, Cited on Social Work, 138

Poor Preachers Out of Good Farmers, 139

Pollution, Stream, Value in Filtration Plants, 295

Population, Drift of, 12

—, Increase of, 56

Postal Savings System, 260

—, Its Extension to Our Schools and Its Value, 259

Postmasters, Assistant, Missouri Association of, 259

POTTER, THOS. W., Elected on Resolutions Committee from Kansas, 62

Practical Experiments in Child Help, 42

Presbyterian Board of Home Missions, 139

Press Thanked by Resolutions Committee, xxi

PRICE, OVERTON W., New Book by, 298

Proceedings of the Congress, Supplementary, 231

Production, Adequate, Problem of, 9

—, Per Acre, 16

Program, Resolution to Change Future, Offered, 212

Public Health, a Public and Federal Obligation, 294

—, Land for Scenic Purposes Approved, xiv

—, Withdrawal of for Classification, xiv

QUICK, HERBERT, Address by, 88

RANDOLPH, COL. ISHAM, Introduced, 28

—, Report of, 275

RANE, PROF. F. W., Introduced, 44

—, Report of, 281

Railroads and the Farmer, Relations Between, 88

—, and Population, 107

—, Casualties Greater Than Civil War, 262

—, How They Learned, 89

Railway Folly, the Greatest, 109

Railways, Inimical to Agricultural Development, 94

—, Property, Appraisement of by the Government Urged, xv

Rates and Fertilizers, 107

—, and Living Cost, 92

—, Tapering, 97

—, Texas System of, 99

Reception for Mrs. Matthew T. Scott by D. A. R. Announced, 22

Reclamation Service, Endorsed, xv

—, What the Real Thing Means, 182

—, Work of in Irrigation, 200

Reforestation, New York’s Six State Nurseries, 286

—, Will Come When Profitable, 246

Religion, a Valuation of Life, 257

—, Forward Movement, 77

Resolutions, Adopted by the Third Congress, xiii

—, Committee, Expresses Appreciation, xx

—, Committee, Members of, 211

—, Report, Adoption of, 212

Resources, Agricultural, 292

Restoration of Natural Resources, an Ally of Conservation, 283

RICHTER, ALBERT, Quoted, 237

Rochdale Society of England, 80

ROOSEVELT, Humanitarian and Statesman, 185

—, Colonel, Letter Accounting for Absence from the Congress, 205

—, President, quoted, 70, 72

—, Theodore, letter from, 113

ROYER, Chief Medical Inspector, Quoted on Department of Health, 294

Rural Clubs, Plan of, 73

Rural Communities, Women of, 132

—, Life, Modern Conveniences of, 134

—, Life, Drawbacks to, 133

—, Society, 76

RUSHTON, W. J., Introduced, 113

—, President American Association Refrigeration, Address by, 264

SANDERS, GOVERNOR J. Y., of Louisiana, Reference to, 279

Sanitation, Under Federal Direction Approved, xvii

Schools, Plea for the Basic Subsidiary, 235

SCHWEDTMAN, FERDINAND G., Introduced, 116

—, Chairman N. A. M., Address by, 261

SCOTT, MRS. MATTHEW T., Address by, 125

Seed Bed, New Method of Preparing, 251

—, Preparing by Disking, 254

SETON, ERNEST THOMPSON, Reference to, 265

Sewage, Dumping into Streams Deplored, xviii

—, Its Menace and Its Wasted Values, 263

—, What Boston Paid to Put it in the Ocean, 264

SHEPPARD, DR. C. W., Cited, 241