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Proceedings [of the] fourth National Conservation Congress [at] Indianapolis, October 1-4, 1912

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Accidents, Due to trespassing on railroads, 212

Elevator, Statistics of, 229

Industrial, 212

Prevention of elevator, Address by R. P. Bolton, 223–230

Prevention of railroad, Address by T. H. Johnson, 205

Railroad statistics on, 205

Railway, Preventable, 220

prevention section, 335

prevention section, Resolution adopted, 335

Addams, Miss Jane, Reference to, 174

Adjournment of Congress, 311

Allen, E. T., Chairman Forestry Section, 312

Member Nominating Committee, 196

Member Committee on Credentials, 111

Address by, 61–66

American Farmer, 133

American Federation of Labor, Reference to, 174

Austin, Hon. R. M., Remarks by, 310

Ashley, Dr. Burton J., Address by, 281–286

Bailey, Prof. L. H., Chairman Committee on Lands and Agriculture, 10

Barker, H. A., Member Nominating Committee, 196

Barnard, H. E., Resolution by, 327

Barrett, Charles S., Address by, 132–134

Baumgartner, J. P., Remarks by, 286

Bessey, Dr. C. E., Chairman Committee on Education, 10

Report by, 66–71

Bird life, Conservation of, 280

Birds, Federal protection of migratory, Address by Dr. W. T. Hornaday, 72, 73

Protection of, 19

Slaughter and the cost of living, Address by Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson, 72

Birth and death certificates, Reference to, 215

registration, 18, 235

registration in Indiana, 247

registration in Europe, 245

Black, Mrs. Elmer, Paper by, 352

Blue, Surgeon-General, Reference to, 111

Board of Managers, 9

Bolton, Reginald Pelham, Address by, 223–230

Brandeis, Louis D., Reference to, 154

Bright, Mrs. Orville T., Address by, 196–200

Bureau of Mines, Reference to, 108

of Public Health, Reference to, 221

Child, The, 171

Duty of Nation to, 180

labor, 19

laws, Reference to, 112

life, Committee on, 10

Problem of the, 172

welfare exhibit, 179

International congress on, Reference to, 200

Childhood, Rights of, 181

Children, Attendance of, in schools of U. S., 270

Duty of State toward, 176

Legislation for protection of dependent, 175

Protection of dependent, 175

Safeguarding the morals of, 179

Welfare of, 172

Children’s Bureau, Address by Miss Julia Clifford Lathrop, 242–249

Importance of, 242

Object of, 242

Reference to, 108

Reference to, 174

Work of, 248

Civics, Committee on, 10

Civil service, 278

Climate as an asset, 303

Coal, Amount mined, 203

State production of, 48, 49

Waste of, 203

Cofer, Dr. L. E., Address by, 111–112

Cold storage, 329

Attacks on, 326

economics, 330

Food conservation by, Address by F. G. Urner, 327–334

Function of, 331

Committee of one hundred, Reference to, 107

on Resolutions, Chairman of, 111

Compensation act in Washington State, 188

Condra, Dr. George E., Address by, 48

Member of Nominating Committee, 196

Report of, 123–130

Conservation of bird life, 260

of business, 60

of business, Reference to, 123

Commission, Reference to, by President White, 39

Reference to, 108

Commissions, 56

of the child, 178

Congress, Development of, 161, 162

Field of, Reference by President White, 38

Homes department of, 199

Objects of, 183

Origin of, 161

department, General Federation of Women’s Clubs, Work of, 258

of food, Address by F. G. Urner, 327–334

in relation to the home, 252

of the human race, Address by Dr. John N. Hurty, 148–154

of land and the man, Address by Mrs. Haviland H. Lund, 131–132

of life, 256

of man, Address by Dr. H. W. Wiley, 75–91

of man on the land, Address by Charles S. Barrett, 132

and mining, 202

of navigable streams, Address on, 357–362

organization, 55

in States, 55, 56

Progress in, 60

redefined, Address of E. T. Allen, 61–66

Results of lack of, 259

and secondary industries, 147

of the soil, Paper by Hon. James J. Hill, 349–352

of waters, Report by W. C. Mendenhall, Chairman Committee on Waters, 335–344

work in General Federation of Women’s Clubs, 259

Constitution, 13

Amendment to, 286

Changes in, 286, 287

Consumers’ League, Reference to, 253, 254

Corporations, Overcapitalization of, 231

Cost of living, 162

Country life, 22

Credentials, Committee on, 111

Crocker, Mrs. Marion A., Address by, 258–262

Member Nominating Committee, 196

Crump, M. H., Report by, 182, 183

Daughters of the American Revolution, Reference to, 249

Reference to, 253

Death, Loss through, 109

Means of avoiding, 81

registration, 18

Unnecessary, 109

Denny, Miss Adeline, Motion by, 181

Department of Labor, Reference to, 108

Diseases of children, 244

Communicable, 84

Heredity of, 86

Immunity from, 84

Most active, 79, 80, 81

Occupational, 143

Prevention of introduction of contagious and infectious, 114

Prevention of the spread of, 117

of unknown genesis, 83

Doremus, Charles A., Letter from, 147

Dowling, Dr. Oscar, Address by, 139–144

Drinker, Dr. Henry Sturgis, Address by, 347–349

Drugs, Supervision of, 87

Dunn, Jacob P., Address by, 357–362

Easley, Ralph M., Address by, 272–281

Chairman Committee on Civics, 10

Education, Committee on, 10

of immigrants, 198

A plea for more equal educational opportunities, Address by Professor E. T. Fairchild, 134–139

In relation to Conservation, 59

Report of standing committees on, 66–71

Value of, 167, 168

Work in the community, 67

Work through legislation, 70

Work in the schools, 68

Efficiency, Human, Address by Harrington Emerson, 154–160

Elevator accidents, Legislation governing, 226

Ellis, Don Carlos, Presentation of Knoxville invitation by, 307–310

Resolution by, 310

Emerson, Harrington, Address by, 154–160

Employer, The duty of, Address by Dr. E. A. Rumely, 144–147

Employment department, 154

Responsibility of, 237

Evans, Dr. William A., Speaker, 61

Executive Committee, 9

Adoption of report by, 288

Report by, 286

Exhibit, 22

Factory legislation, 274

Fairbanks, Hon. Charles Warren, Address of welcome by, 24

Fairchild, Professor E. T., Address by, 134–139

Farmers’ Union, President of, Charles S. Barrett, 132

Farming, Scientific, 297

Farquhar, A. B., Address by, 214–223

Motion by, 288

Farrand, Dr. Livingston, Address by, 264–271

Federal Forest Service, Reference to, by E. T. Allen, 63

Fish, Protection of, 19

Fisher, Professor Irving, Address by, 103–111

Flood Damage, 291

Investigation of Pittsburgh Flood Commission, Address by George M. Lehman, 289–296

prevention, 294

protection, 293

Food, Committee on, 10

preservation, Methods of, 328

production, Development of, 328

preservation, Requirement of, 328

products, Relative values of, 143

Section on, 326

Foods, Quality of cold storage, 332

Forest fires, 21

State appropriations for prevention of, 21

resources, Situation in States, 52, 53, 54

service, Commendation of, 20

Appropriations for, 20

Forestry, Attack upon, 321

Committee on, 10

Committee on Co-operation, 314

Committee on Permanent Organization, 314

Committee on Resolutions, 31

Education in, 313

policy, 323

Present situation in, Address by Prof. H. S. Graves, 318–325

Progress in State, 320

Reasons for government ownership, 324, 325

Report of Committee on Permanent Organization, 315, 316

Report of Committee on Resolutions, 315

section, 312

Organization of, 312

Register, 317

Forests, 20

and floods, 304

Address by E. T. Allen, 61–66

Protection by the States, 21

Foster, Volney T., Member Committee on Credentials, 111

Game, Protection of, 19

General (including domesticated animals and wild life), Committee on, 10

Federation of Women’s Clubs, Reference to, 240, 241

Gipe, J. C., Nomination of, for Recording Secretary, 288

Recording Secretary, 9

Recording Secretary, 1913, 11

Graves, Henry S., Address by, 318–325

Chairman Committee on Forestry, 1913, 11

Chairman Committee on Forests, 10

Discussion of paper by, 316

Greetings to Congress, 182

Griggs, Major E. G., Address by, 183–195

Member Nominating Committee, 196

Gross, H. H., Address by, 297–302

Habit-forming Drugs, 110

Hadley, Governor of Missouri, Reference to, 231

Hon. Herbert S., Governor of Missouri, Reference to, 296

Hammond, John B., Adoption of Resolution by, 306

Health, Public Health, Reference to, 111

Powers of National Government Relating to, 112

Control, Authority in, Address by Dr. L. E. Cofer, 111–112

Education in, 82

Federal Public Health Service, Activities of, 114

of Industrial Workers, 18

National Board of, Reference to, 113

of the People, 18

Public and Hygiene, Address by Dr. Oscar Dowling, 139–144

Work, Municipal, Reference to, 98, 99, 100

National, Reference to, 97

State, Reference to, 98

Heredity, 152

Hereditary Defects, 18

Hill, Rev. H. G., Invocation, 91

Hon. James J., Paper by, 349–352

Holmes, Dr. Joseph A., Address by, 200–205

Chairman, Committee on Minerals, 10

Reference to, 38

Home, The, address by Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, 250–254

Conservation of the, 197

Making, 251

The Country, 199

Training in the, 250

Homes, Committee on, 10

Hopkins, Cyril G., reference to, 300

Hornaday, Dr. W. T., address by, 72

Chairman, General Committee (including Domesticated Animals and Wild Life), 10

Report of, as Chairman, Committee on Wild Life Protection, 344–347

Hospitals, Establishment of Public, 269

Human Efficiency, Address by Dr. Henry Wallace, 161–170

Reference to, 94

by President White, 33

Life, Conservation of, 201

address by A. B. Farquhar, 214–223

Discussion of, by Dr. William A. Evans, 61

as a National Asset, Address by E. E. Rittenhouse, 92–102

Hurty, Dr. John N., Address by, 148–154

Reference to, 246

Hygiene, Divisions of, 153

Essentially Preventive, 144

Need of Education in, 198

in Relation to Public Health, Address by Dr. Oscar Dowling, 139–144

in Its Relation to Health, 140

School, 150

Illness, 149

Immigrants, Proper Distribution of, 198

Indiana, Conservation Work in, 29

Health Work in, 29, 30

State Forestry Association, 29

State Board of Forestry, 29

Indianapolis, Welcome on Behalf of, 31

Industry, American, 236

Industrial Insurance, Reports of Washington Conservation Commission, 193, 194, 195

Infant Life, Protection of, 196

Mortality, Prevention of, 244

Initiative, Referendum and Direct Primary, 278

Insect Ravages, 19

Insurance, Working Man’s, 143

International Sunday School Association, Reference to, 178

Invitation to Congress from San Francisco, 286

from Knoxville, 182

Invitations from Cities Desiring Congress, 306

Iron Ore, State Production of, 50, 51

Irrigation, 51

“Is the Child Worth Conserving?” Address by Judge Ben B. Lindsey, 170–181

Johnson, Thomas H., Address by, 205–214

Jones, Col. W. A. Fleming, 111

Kelsey, Frederick, Remarks by, 231

Kendall, Mrs. Elmer E., Member, Nominating Committee, 196

Knapp, Joseph P., Reference to, 186

Knoxville, Invitation from, 307–310

Labor, Values from, 146

Wage Scale and Hours, 305

Land, Drainage Schemes, 125

Dry Land Deals, 126

Effects of Land Frauds, 129

Eucalyptus Promotion, 125

Frauds, or Get-Rich-Quick Schemes, Address by Dr. George E. Condra, 123–130

Fruit Land Promotion, 124

Irrigation Schemes, 124

Mineral Land Promotion, 124

Misrepresentation and Overvaluation of, 127

Oil and Gas Promotion, 124

Promoters’ Methods, 128

Schemes, 126

and Soil, Distribution of, 52

Lands, 19

and Agriculture, Committee on, 10

Report of Committee on, 123–130

Classification of, 20

Leasing of, 20

Withdrawal of Public, 20

Latchaw, D. A., Nomination of, for Treasurer, 288

Treasurer, 1912, 9

1913, 11

Lathrop, Miss Julia Clifford, Address by, 242–249

Laws, Sumptuary, 89

Lehman, George M., Address by, 289–296

Lieber, Richard, Address of Welcome by, 31

Chairman, Board of Managers, 1912, 9

Life, Average Human, 103

Duration of, in Sweden, 104

Lever Bill, Reference to, 300

Life Insurance Companies, Reference to, 101, 108

Life, Length of, 148

Loss of, in Mines, 204

Prolongation of, 90

Table of Expectation of, 77

waste, 94, 95, 96

Lindsey, Judge Ben B., 170–181

Chairman, Committee on Child Life, 10

Living, Science of, 151

Logging, Hazards of, 190

Loomis, A. M., New York, Remarks by, 311

Lumber Manufacturers, Reference to, 185

“Lumberman’s Viewpoint, The,” Address by Major E. G. Griggs, 183–195

Lumbermen, Reference to, by E. T. Allen, 65

Support of Forestry by, 21

Lund, Mrs. Haviland H., Address by, 130–132

McGee, Dr. W J, 22

An Appreciation of, by W. C. Mendenhall, 365–367

Chairman, Committee on National Parks, 10

Resolution on, 22

Mammoth Cave, Establishment of, as a National Park, 182, 183

Martin, Col. John I., Sergeant-at-Arms, 23

Motion by, 91

Remarks by, 262, 263

Medicine, Patent, 150

Proprietary, 88

Men and Religion Forward Movement, Reference to, 178, 276

Mendenhall, W. C., Report as Chairman, Committee on Waters, 335–344

Miller, Winfield, Address of Welcome by, 33

Mine Legislation, 205

Minerals, 21

Committee on, 10

Long-time Leases of, 21

Waste of, 22

Mining, 22

Conditions, Improvement of, 204

as a Great Foundation of Industry, 201

Industry, 201, 202

Development of, 202

Loss of Life In, 22

Mix, Dr. M. W., Chairman Accident Prevention Section, 335

Moore, Mrs. Philip N., Nomination of, for Vice-President, 288

Remarks by, 241

Vice-President, 1913, 11

Professor Willis N., Address by, 302–305

Mortality Statistics, 78

Mothers’ Compensation Law, 176

Pensions, 174

Municipal Government, 279

National Association of Conservation Commissioners, Election of Officers, 335

Meeting of, 334, 335

of Manufacturers, Reference to, 146

Child Labor Committee, Reference to, 274

Civic Federation, Work of, 277

Congress of Mothers, Reference to, 196

Consumers’ League, Reference to, 172, 173

Conservation Association, Reference to, 56

Congress, Amendment to Constitution, 286, 287

Membership in, 287

Reference to, 56

Vice-President of, 286

Magazine, Suggestion of a, 302

Department of Health, Reference to, 108

Fertilizer Association, Report from, 363–365

League for Medical Freedom, Reference to, 222

Lumber Manufacturers’ Association, Reference to, 185, 187

Parks (including Mammoth Cave, Ky., and Adjacent Lands), Committee on, 10

National Soil Fertility League, 299

Natural Gas, State Production of, 49, 50

Waste of, 22

Resources, Proper Utilization of, 184

Navigable Streams, Conservation of, 357–362

Nominating Committee, Adoption of Report of, 288

Appointment of, 195

Report by, 288

Officers, Appreciation of the Work of, 23

and Committees, 1912, 9

1913, 11

Pack, Charles Lathrop, Nomination of, for President, 288

Presentation of, as President, 288

President, 1913, 11

Remarks by, 289

Page, Walter H., Chairman, Committee on Resolutions, 111

Report as Chairman of Committee on Resolutions, 306

Panama Canal, Reference to, 28, 106

Parent-Teacher Associations, Reference to, 199

Pearson, Dr. T. Gilbert, Illustrated Address by, 71

Petroleum, State Production of, 49, 50

Philputt, Rev. Dr. Allan B., Invocation by, 74

Pinchot, Gifford, Message from, 74

Reference to, by Dr. Wiley, 75

Political Platforms, 110

Population, Increase in, 300

Public Health Movement, Address by Prof. Irving Fisher, 103–111

Service, Organization of, 119, 120

Service, Activities of, 121, 122

State Laws Concerning, 284

Utility Corporations, in Their Relation to the Public, 277

Pure Food and Drugs, 279

Pittsburgh Flood Commission, Outline of Work, 290

Race Suicide, 96, 177

Railroad Accidents, Cause and Prevention of, 208

Statistics on, 211

Study of, 207

Railway Accidents, 206, 207

Classes of, 207

Rauh, Charles S., Report by, 363–365

Reception by Officers and Board of Managers, 73

Reforestation, 21

Refrigeration of Food Stuffs, 19

Reports of Washington Compensation Commission, 188

Rescue of the Fit, Address by Harrington Emerson, 154–160

Research, Scientific, 118

Resolution by R. P. Bolton, 231

by Frederick Kelsey, 231

Resolutions, 18

Resources, Human, 140

Rittenhouse, E. E., Address by, 92, 102

Rumely, Dr. Edward A., Address by, 144–147

Rural Schools, 22

Pupils in, 137

Sanitation in Pennsylvania, 216

Enforcement of, 119

of Foreign Commerce, 115

Sanitary Treaties, 116

Information, Collection of, 117

“Saving Miners’ Lives,” Address by Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, 200–205

Scott, Mrs. Matthew T., Address by, 250–254

Chairman, Committee on Homes, 10

President-General, D. A. R., Introduction of, 249

Schools, Country, Needs of, 299

Growth in, 135

Rural, Reference to, 136

School Supervision, 138

Taxes, 137

Sewage Disposal, 19

Experiments in, 284

Disposition of, Address by Dr. Burton J. Ashley, 281–286

Shipp, Thomas R., Executive Secretary, 1912, 9

1913, 11

Nomination and Election of, for Executive Secretary, 288

Social Evil, The, 277

Industry and Civic Progress, Address by Ralph M. Easley, 272–281

Soil Fertility, 162

in Europe, 297, 298

as National Asset, 297

Soil, The Story of the, Address by H. H. Gross, 297–302

States, What They Are Doing, Dr. George E. Condra, 48

Standing Committees, 1912, 10

Report of, 367–368

Stimson, Hon. Henry L., Secretary of War, Address by, 41

Stimulants, Dangers of, 89

Storms, Rev. Dr. A. B., Invocation by, 47

“Story of the Air,” Address by Prof. Willis N. Moore, 302–305

Supplementary Proceedings, 312

Surveys, Climate, 58

Ground Water, 58

Social and Industrial Conditions, 58

Native Life, 58

Soils, 58

Structural, 58

Surface Water and Drainage, 58

Topographical, 57

Value of, 57, 58, 59

Taft, President, Message from, 41

Personal Representative of, 41

Teal, J. N., Chairman, Committee on Waters, 10

Tenement House Reform, 274

Timber Crop, 185

Toll, John D., Report by, 363–365

Training of Americans, 255

Tuberculosis Campaign, Outline of, 267

Deaths from, 264

Problem of, Address by Dr. Livingston Farrand, 264–271

Registration, 265

of the Social Conditions, 266

Survey, 268

Typhoid Fever, 220

United States Steel Corporation, Reference to, 203

Urner, F. G., Address by, 327–334

Vice Commissions, 179

Vice-Presidents, 9

Vital Energy, 234

Resources, 10

Committee on, 10

of the Nation, Address by Dr. Henry S. Drinker, 347–349

State Activities in, 54, 55

Statistics, Address by A. B. Farquhar, 214–223

Vitality, Saving, 151

Vote of Thanks to Judge Lindsey, 181

Wage-Earners, improvement of Conditions for, 273

Wage Question, 159

Wages, Improvement of, 273

Walker, Mrs. John R., Address by, 255–258

Wallace, Dr. Henry, Address by, 161–170

Chairman Pro Tem, 122

Member, Nominating Committee, 196

War, Policy of Waste; Peace Policy of Conservation, Address by Mrs. Elmer Black, 352–356

Water Power, 22

Address of Hon. Henry L. Stimson, 41–46

Coosa River Bill, 45

Combination to Control, 184

James River Bill, 44

National Policy, 43

A Prominent Resource, 43

Public Control of, 22

Waters, Committee on, 10

Welch, Dr. William H., Chairman, Committee on Vital Statistics, 10

Weeks Law, Reference to, 319

Western Forestry and Conservation Association, Reference to, 65

Wheeler, N. P., Member, Nominating Committee, 196

White, Hon. J. B., Address as President, 48

White, President, Remarks in Presenting Hon. Woodrow Wilson, 232

Remarks Presenting Charles Lathrop Pack, 288

Remarks of, 33, 37, 40, 47, 75, 92, 102, 139, 160, 170, 181, 183, 195, 200, 231, 240, 264, 298

1912, 9

Announcements by, 111, 134, 182

Remarks by, 311

Statement by, 302

Wicks, Rev. Dr. F. S. C., Invocation by, 24

Wild Life Protection, State Activities in, 346

Report of Standing Committee of, 344

Wiley, Dr. Harvey W., Address by, 75–91

Chairman, Committee on Food, 10

Chairman, Section on Food, 326

Mention of, 28

Wilson, Woodrow, Introduction of, by President White, 232

Address by, 232–240

Woodworking Industries, Risks in, 189, 190

Women’s Meeting, 240

Workman’s Compensation Act, 187

Acts, States Which Have, 188

Worsham, E. Lee, Remarks by, 287

Chairman, Executive Committee, 1912, 9

1913, 11

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