New-York tribune., 1903-06-12
THE STATE COLLEGE OF FORESTRY.
What Failure of Governor odell to Approve
of Appropriation Means

To the Editor of The Tribune -.
Sir. The following are some of the facts relatlVe
TO the New-York State College of toresliy anu 'i'
veto of its appropriation by Governor oNeii' 90
r>ret-The college was established five years ago
by legislative enactment by the state VI -,
In order to place it beyond the range o. pohti0d'
interference it's agement was fnirusleu " wi
nell University In accepting the colIege the I'M
versity trustees were assured Ind' 'A' - -
State would support it.
Second-The success of the collese mas D -
that the appropriations to the colege uiloel -.
ernor Black and Governor Roosevelt were "lCliou'
,.+,or rba .,,,,roT,ria+ion this year passed the
1eejsIa+,,re before its adjournment, without us
senng voice. Governor odell struck the lteli ''--
the Supply bill after the legislature adjourheu.
TbirdLIn doing this the Governor was proodpiS
under A serious misapprehension, as 1ollo"s, O
+h .roo+ of thirty thousand acres in the Aolroh-
dack Mountains purchased by the state anu -. 49,
to the college as demonstration loIes' - -
cl1lled remnants and tree weeds III inc -,
main the valuable pine ana spruce Arr n ooIleee
removed long ago by the iumbernnen- Inc ooie ies
has been cutting over this tract in order 70 Pia'
tt-over three hundred acres have been ptSn Val
or 70 p eApIse antering into contract to sell the
standing timber to izeS oaT[tl forest pocy wher
er feresfrV is practised for commercial returns;
b aaa TonertV TO the college; but it is not approves
hy neighboring properly owners 80 ~, Itaare when
fhev see the new valuable growth coming on t5Ty @
will do the same They ndFt |e a 5SoVernor to take
TT
ttiS action He probably supposed tat oS Iii
ont this item he would stop the cutting Ilis
ot he the result the cutting IS unoer +if
r +7a other hand the existence or Ine COlleSe g
s threatened this was the frst colles9 ,Ior5 u
ns+rL- egtahlished in this country Yale, haIkdtV
and Michigan having followed CorneIl ~, o,it
connot haya its usefulness interfered with NLto,c ~
giving a setback to the entire forest movement IL
FonrthNThe educational work Of the colege has bas
+ean most successful in every parIcuidI-
ser SIS Students through the depar t1nerllS OF az
c,,lt,,re and the Interior at washington 10 an
of the United States. Its graduates nave pee
Tjoyed nv the New-Y York State oreSt oilllLit1 ~
HHit, MARKED benefit in the Adrondacks af9 ne ne
Catskiiis Colonel Fox. long supeTnte4@petI @ 1ohn no
ee+s in this State. is very ANXIOUS 1hI oIags
Should interfere with the usefulness OF me Coegi oi
T. as sert men into the forest work OF the seV
states particularly Connecticut. t 80
rnpshire Michigan and Cali1ornIa, -nS " otl
Iohilnnine Islands and to many forest tracts
hr Companies and private indiVidualsi t5oI+,
IIernoV the director Of the college, IS q WIZ WIZ
known authority, and was for thirteen Yeas a5
~ had of the Forestry Division OF the UInIeu
4e+ee f5oyernment He and other INSTRUCTORS IN
the college have written Valuape ana ulIle7tS 'o
1ba+ are meeting an unexpectedly large Sale-
I7ftf-The trustees of Cornell UNIVERSITY I ~
,aintain the work of the college intact ultII IL u
ay+ legislature can express the Will OF Ihe peU
of the State The responsibility now tesiS :IS 49,
tbern Undoubtedly. the next leglslatuTe wiz n
nm amends Having put their shouldeTS TO tT DnT
r1erTnit no setback cause so V1talIy nto[
Is forestry The trustees therefore nave IlgsiS
to tide over the interim. Pttl15lf, VI IL Ten-
Forester for the Society for the Protecuoh VI NEW
Hampshire Forests. . nm
Concord n H. June 10, 1913