The times., 1897-12-09
PRESERVING TEE FORESTS
Annual Meeting Of the American
Forestry Association.
Officers Elected for the EEsuiny
Year-President AppIeton's Ad-
-AssuciaIion's Work.

The American Forestry \ ssociation held
its sixteenth annual meeting yesterday
aud elected Officers for the ensuing year.
In his opening address President Apple
ton said.
FentN Members. We are assembled today
ia accordance win the requirements OF our
constitution 70 use judgment and discre-
ton IN the choice OF those y no SRaii direct
our interests and affairs during the coming
year, and listen 10 and act upon reports.
But article II Of the Constitution tells Us
SO vtvldiy tire objects we have IN view
that 1 venture TO refer to il because 1 have
known tHat sUIue WeIaDeTs were acquainted
Win Its contents, and because such refer
euce Staads good Chance Of promoting
better acquaintance with it.
Thereby We associate ourselves together
70 promote discuss ION upon subjects reIaU-
ing 70 JFee-planJmg, the cOnSerVa ton. man
agement nd removal OF forests anu the
Climatic and other Influences that affect
their welfare; u encourage the collection
of forest statistics and to promote The ad-
Vancement OF educational, legislative OF
other measures teuuing 10 the promotion
of these objects. We shall especially en-
deayOr to centualiZe the work done and
diffuSe the knowledge gained in accUrG-
ance with that object.
When we stop and think OF the local
thOughtlesSness and ignorance, separate
and ia combination, everywhere, that acts
unwlsely or prevents Others from acting
portant bearings upon the public and
private welfare. we fully realize the in
rluence for good that such an assOcia ton
as this or ours n ust have in an parts OF
our great nation.
Our association should be OF such value
in keeping the minds OF our people alert
to the ends OF Intelligent forestry, and by
enforcing upon the minds or our Fellow
citizens the Important bearing that the
bureau over which the chairman OF our
executive COMMITTEES so actively anil
earnestly presides has upon the financial
and business stains OF thiS country
Our rivers, our lakes, our water Courses
and our water supplies, our game, our
fish food, our climatic conditions, our
great timber supplies, and others, are to
exist for better or for worse, and we
are going to be a n important factor IN
the future, as we have been In the past
toward bettering this condition
The association adopted several reSO-
IutionS, noting with extreme satisfaction
the sure indieGtiOns OF an administrator
for the National Forest Reserves IN the
near future, recommending that all lan'is
of the United states more favorable Tor
forest purposes than for agriculture Snouid
be withdrawn from disposal ana adInln-
fstercd uudeT the law governing forest
reserves. recognizing with pleasure and
approval the action OF the state OF New
York III making large appropriations Tor
extending the area OF their state forest ;
and seeing In it the legitimate results on
the sixteen years agitation Wnlch this
association has devoted every effort, eN-
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interest manifested by puhiic-Spir1ted citl-
gens in forest reservation, and thahAlng
the Cosmos Club for the hospitality eN-
tended to them.
The officers elected are: Gen Francis
Fl. Appleton. Boston. Mass. president
sir H. G. Jolu de Lotbiniere. Quebec.
Canada, first vice president Hon. tarli'
ner G.. Huhsard vice president for Dis
trict of Columbia; George P WmF
tlesey. Washington. D. C.. resording sec
retary and treasurer.
The executive committee consists OF
the president. vice president for the Dis
trict OF Columbia. the secretaries, the
treas surer and the following memherf
| B. E. Fernow. chairman, Edward A. BoF-
/ ers. clifford Pinchot, F. V. Coville, and
I Charles C. Blnney.
BOARD OF f.irectOrs-F. IT, Appleton. pres
| ;dent: George P. whittIesey, secretary,
/ Henry VI. Fisher, Henry Gannett, Bernard
| T.. Fernow, Edward A. Bowers, M
/ thaniel wilson.