Daily globe., 1883-08-10

early day to the state assuming general
control of the subject. The report con-
| Guided with brief sketches, in memoriam
of Adolph Straub and DR.. John A. Warder,
members of the state society. deceased the
current year.
The reading was followed with close at
| tention, and at the close Prof. Higley was
heartily applauded, and on motion of Mr..
Baker the report was received and placed
| on file.
LEGIsLAT1oN.
DR.. F. B. Hougb, of New York, gave a
brief verbal report upon the subject of
| forestry legislation. in which it was stated
| that a commencement had been made in
his state by the passage of alaw putting
the waste lands In st. Lawrence county
| under state control, and providing for the
protection of trees until fully grown, and
also for the protection of trees along the
highways, and he felt confident that these
enactments would be followed by others of
| wider and more comprehensive scope. Yer
mont had done something in this direction,
while in New Hampshire, where the state
had parted with all its woodland to out
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timber and rafting it outside the state to
be converted into lumber, legislation had
been adopted offering encouragement to
tree cultivation.
Following this verbal report, Dr. Hough
read paper upon legislation relative to
forest fires, in which, after reviewing the
causes of forest fires, the great damage
done, and the necessity for check of the
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such fires, he presented the draft of a bill
for presentation to the various legislative
bodies for adoption, in which the
principle of local option is
recognized in the adoption of
with personal liability and punishment for
a violation of the same. The report was
accepted and adopted.
r HYGENIC VALUE OF FORESTS.
The next paper was by the veteran,
Eliazur Wright, of Boston, in which he
treated very ably and from a high scien-
ti6c standpoint the hygenio value Of
forests, showing frequent stretches of tim
ber to be absolutely essential to mans
health and comfort. -.s. -
NEW MHMBERs. -ti 5a
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and Prof. Edward Daniels, Col. D. A.
Robertson and Il. H. Young, ESQ.,, ST.
Paul, were elected members of the
society. l.
Also j. M. Underwood, Lake City; A.
D. Savage, st. Paul; Joeeph A. Sewell, St.
Paul; Geo. P. Prefer, Pewaukee; c. E.
Bessey, Ames, Irwa.
| Col. D. A. Robertson, St. Paul, spoke of
the importance of the publication of the
proceedings and papers submitted, and
recommended the appointment Of COM
mittee to visit Washington and secure an
appropriation for that purpose.
| PLEASANT EPISODE.
At this point President Loring address
ing the congress said: There is gentle
man present who has done more in a
national way, to encourage forestry IN
| this country than any other man in it,
having had the fortune that would fall
upon representative in congress of this
great forestry state of Minnesota. It is by
his act that the forestry division
of, the department of agriculture was
founded, and in every way, by his
speeches, by his votes, and by his actions
in congress, he has given great stimulus
to the industry here in. the United States,
| and enabled Us, as trust, to compete
somewhat successfully with our neighbors
on the other side OF the border. I have
the honor of introducing to you Mr.. Dun
nell, ex-member of congress from this
state. (Applause.)
REPLY OF MR. DUNNRLL. ...
| In response to the very complimentary
induction Mr.. Dunnell spoke in substance
as follows: -
| Gentlemen: When called here moment
ago to pay my respects to your president,
did not anticipate that he would ask me to
| say a single word to you at this time, and
yet, as citizen of Minnesota, cannot re-
fuse to say that am exceedingly pleased
that this congress is'in session here in our
midst, though 1 may perhaps regret that it
is attended by our people as slightly as it
seems to be- Still, you meet here at a
season of great activity in our state, and
the results of the congress viii not be less
valuable, hope. to the people of the state.
am glad to see that our local papers are
giving full report of your proceedings,
Those papers will go into every house
hold, and trust that your labors here will
result very greatly for our good. When I
was here moment ago, gentlemen, made
this remark to your president that it
seemed to me that the people of this coun-
try were very slow to appreciate this i'm
portant fact developed in our recent CEN
sus-that the exhaustion of our timber is
going on at a terrible rate. If you should
go into the mills of this state, or into the
mills of Wisconsin or Michigan you would
all discover what terribly rapid con
sumption of timber is going on. It seems
to me that the time is rapidly approaching
when the timber supply will be question
of momento1s importance to this country.
While member of congress it was my
pleasure-and 1 thought it to be my duty as
well-and my fortune to present BILL the
first bill passed by congress providing
bounties for tree planting, and it was also
| as much my pleasure and fortune to intro
duce the motion which secured to Us a
commissioner of forestry, and yet that
was but little com pared
with what you are doing for the great
| cause. You are welcome here. You will
be welcome in every intelligent commu-
| nifty, and your work will tell upon those
who shall come after us. Now,
out of the legislation which took
place, we have this association.