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 . will not now un-dertake to discuss. To begin with, true Conservation does not mean, as Gregory says in that admir-able book, Checking the Waste, the locking up of the resources, nor a hindranceto real i)rogress in any direction. It means only wise, careful use. I want to go f
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 . will not now un-dertake to discuss. To begin with, true Conservation does not mean, as Gregory says in that admir-able book, Checking the Waste, the locking up of the resources, nor a hindranceto real i)rogress in any direction. It means only wise, careful use. I want to go further and say that true Conservation, to the practical mind oftoday, means not only a wise careful use of these things that Ixiunteous Naturehas provided, but also includes many of the tilings which enterprise and skill ofman have developed and established for the comfort, convenience, and uses ofthe human race, and which have already become almost as indisjiensable to humanwelfare as many of the natural elements. A civilized nations assets, from a material standpoint, do not in this day ofadvancement, consist solely of those things, in their natural state, which exist un- *President of tlie Norfolk & Western Railway Company. Address delivered at the Exposition .Audi-torium on Railway Day, October 21st, L. E. JOHNSON, PRESIDENT, NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY CO. riiii I/ksr Jixiosrnox oi- 321 dcr and ii])()n the surface of the earth, such as forests, soil, water, minerals, etc. Some 1)1 the thiiiL^s that man has jjroiluced ha\e hecnnie ijiiasi natural resources—assets of the nation—one (if wliich is nur \-ast system of land transi)ortation—our 246,000 miles of railroads, in whicli ihe Lnitcd States leads the world, having36,000 more miles than all the railroads of Europe! \\e maintain that this is one of Americas o-reatest resources, and nuist and willhe intelligently taken care of and conserved hy and with the full and hearty co-operation of our whole p
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