Daily globe., 1883-08-09

but interested in the subject, we're also
present, several ladies also gracing the oc-
casion with their presence.
WELCOME OF hon. GEO. L. BECKER.
Called to order by President Loring. he
introduced Hon Geo. L. Becker, president
of the Minnesota State Forestry associa-
tion, who welcomed the congress to st.
Paul and Minnesota. and said it seemed
that somebody bad announced him TO well
come the congress to Minnesota on behalf
of the State Forestry association. 1t is
both a privilege and a pleasure to greet
such an assemblage. You are on the
border of what was formerly known as the
great American desert. We have lived to
see the iron rail and electric wire traverse
this great stretch of country, once con-
sidered 6esoiate wastes, peopled with
thriving communities and dottiDg In
every direction with growing crops. When
I came to Minnesota ] started out with
the proposition that God never made such
a country without providing means for the
support of the human race upon it. also
believed that in time coal would be found
to supply the want Ocoasioned
by the lack of growing timber.
Thirty years have passed since
then, but coal suitable for fuel
has not been found, and whether the means
of furnishing heat and light are to be
found In the bowels of the earth, or are
produ0ed through forestry cultivation, yet
remains to be ascertained. The Minnesota
Forestry association is young ia years, and
and as yet has only been teaching the A.
B. C.'s of the subject. At first the prairie
farmer would not believe that forests could
be successfully cultivated. But that idea
has been dispelled, mainly through the
teachings OF the State Forestry association.
The message / bring you, gentlemen, IS
tinged with sadness. The founder of the
state society is dead. ] refer to Leonard
B. Hodges He was the author of our
pamphlet on tree culture, an able, an hon
est man, and an energetic worker. His
body lies in our beautiful cemetery, but his
monument, more enduring than marble or
brass, is found in the long lines of trees
along some OF our prairie railroads.
and in the many groves of
trees that are found scat
tend upon our prairie farms. And now,
gentlemen, want to say that am pleas
ed to give you hearty welcome to Mime
sofa. will now introduce our chief mag
istrate, Gov. Hubbard, who will say a few
| words to you as the representative OF the
state.
GOV. HUBBARD's WELCOME.
The remarks of MIR. Becker were receiv-
ed with hearty applause, at the conclusion
of which Gov. Hubbard was introduced
and addressed the society substantially as
follows:
Gentlemen of the American Forestry
| Congress:
| We extend TO you hearty welcome tc
our state. We assure you gentlemen, thai
you have come among a people who ap
! preciate the great importance OF the ln-
! terest for which you are laooring, and wht
earnestly desire to aid you in your effort;
as we'll as to profit by them. 1t was mos'
| appropriate that Minnesota should be des
|! ignated as the place Of your meeting a
| this time. Oar people have the pas
few years gwen much attention
to the subjeet of tree culture
and the prairies of our state to day beaI
witness to what may be accomplished by
earnest and systematic effort to preserve
and perpetuata the growth Of our f0res
trees. The encouragement given by legis
lation, national and state, to the promo
ton of timber culture, supplemented b!
the intelligent action ofyour body and on
state association upon the subject, ha
mad6 forestry feature Of our agricultural
industry iu many localities, and has ren
dered habitabie and even hospitable man,
an otherwise bleak and dreary waste
Your efforts, gentlemen are deserving O
cordial recognition. Your work IS grea
public benefaction. The people OF tn
northwest, and OF Minnesota especially
realize the value as have said, Of the IL
terest you seek to promote, and they vel
come you cordially to our state who's
broad area already illustrates the gree
good you are doing.
PRESIDENT LoRINGs ADDRESS.
| At the conclusion of Mr.. HubbaTd's II
marks, Hon. Geo. B. Loring, president {
the society, delivered the annual addres
, which he preceded with the remark tn;
/ he was sure he expressed the sentiments
all members when he said the cordial r
, ceptiOn accorded the congress was mo
gratefully received. He also said that
was most appropriate that the sessio
I of the congress should be he
In Minnesota, as no other state had mo-
} vital interest in the subject. Gen. Lor1n
then proceeded to read his address:
Commissioner Loring commenced /
stating that in former address he ha
dwelt largely upon the value and impor
ance of providing for the qualification
' our refined tastes by the ornamentatio
z that comes from the planting of trees. I
!: now proposed to confne himself to Il
u condition of our forests, and to make CO
' tain suggestions relative to their increas
preservation and economical use. IN the
+ increase both nature and art were engage
J.. The cultivator's first work was TO reno
- vegetable growth, and when he pauses Il
forests return to their place. The acreaa
3 of woodland is increasing IN those sectol
i where farming has become unprohtabl
: and this is also true of the numbering di
= tFicts. In still other sections lands expo
J. ed to annual prairie fires, and former
= bare, are now growing up to wood and
mans protection.
4 In addition to this natural increase, IN
a has been done IN many of the states in tr
planting, and much more ought to
l. done. The tablishment of arbor-day
,. and the inducements held out by legisl
'1 ton, have operated very favorably on t
work of what is called village improy