The first exposition of conservation and its builders; an official history of the National conservation exposition, held at Knoxville, Tenn., in 1913 and of its forerunners, the Appalachian expositions of 1910-11, embracing a review of the conservation movement in the United States from its inception to the present time . .-* -V_J-^ ffJifcCVJ _ _.». NIGHT VIEW OF LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING THE NATIONAL CONSERVATIONEXPOSITION The National Conservation Pxposition nxixcmcnl, inan,L;nraU(l in l^ll hy a fewl)usiness men and edncators at Knoxville and leaders of conservation work at ^\ ash-ington, was no
The first exposition of conservation and its builders; an official history of the National conservation exposition, held at Knoxville, Tenn., in 1913 and of its forerunners, the Appalachian expositions of 1910-11, embracing a review of the conservation movement in the United States from its inception to the present time . .-* -V_J-^ ffJifcCVJ _ _.». NIGHT VIEW OF LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING THE NATIONAL CONSERVATIONEXPOSITION The National Conservation Pxposition nxixcmcnl, inan,L;nraU(l in l^ll hy a fewl)usiness men and edncators at Knoxville and leaders of conservation work at ^\ ash-ington, was not so much the result of a dream, as many have stated, or the diseov-er\- of a wav to hrid^e the chasm hetween dreams and realities, as ol a clear under-slandiny of conditions then existiny,—and which still exist—that made a strong-appeal to an enlightened sense of duty. The conservation of the natural resources of our conntry was recognized asessential to a true and i)ermanent (le\-olopment. The South had entered upon al)eriod of great industrial awakening. Its rich resources, latent so long, were heingopened wide to exploitation. Its forests were known to produce the worlchs Imest 52 THE FIRST EXPOSITION OF CONSERVATION wood products, its mines were attracting hosts of Northern capitaHsts, its farmsand plantations were increasing in acr
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