Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-14
FORESTRY CONGRESS
MEETING TO BE HELD IN WASH
INGToN IN JANUARY.
The Forests and Their Relation I'd
Great MISUNDERSTANDING
ed Men to Attend.

| An American forest congress. under the
| auspices of the American Forestry Asso-
| citation, will be held in this city January
| 9 to 6. The most important meeting will
| be held January 5 at the Lafayette Square
Tbeater. when President Roosevelt will de-
| liver an address to the members The
| other sessions of the congress will be held
| at the National Rifles Armory, morning
and afternoon. The delegates will attend
! the Presidents New Year reception on
January in a body.
The purpose of this congress is to estab-
| fish a broader understanding Of the forest
| in its relation to the great industries de-
pending upon it: to advance the conserva-
tive use of forest resources for both the
present and the future need of these indus
tries: to stimulate and unite all efforts to
rerpetuate the forest as a permanent re-
| source of the nation
Number Of Delegates Expected.
The congress will be attended by dis
| tinguished men from almost every state
! In the Union. in addition to the regular
delega tes. The list Of delegates include:
One hundred delegates from the American
For estry Association. editor of lumber and
other trade journals of industries depend
ent upon the forest, twenty-five delegates
from the bureau of forestry of the United
| five delegates from the United States geo
| logical survey. fifty delegates from the
United States general land office and forest
reserve service, seventyfive delegates from
the National Irrigation Association, severn
ty-five delegates from the national frriga-
| ton congress; five delegates from each for
estry association, state or local, ten dele
gates from the Canadian Forestry Associa-
| ton, five delegates from the Canadian
| for est service, five delegates appointed by
| the governor Of each state and territory,
| FIVE delegates from each lumbermans as
sc citation, five delegates from each wood
working association, five delegates from
each mining association, five delegates
from each stockmen's association, five
delegates from each turpentine association
two delegates from each railroad, tele-
graph or telephone company. fifteen dele
gates from the American Society of Civil
| Engineers, fifteen delegates from the
American Institute of Mining Engineers.
chiefs of bureaus and divisions of the
United States Department of Agriculture,
two delegates from each chamber Of COM
merce and board Of trade. Delegates-a =
large appointed by the president OF the
congress from forest land owners and
those who have rendered distinguish he'd
the congress.
Secretary James Wilson of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture will be president of
the Congress.
Committee Of Arrangements.
The committee Of arrangements that Is
preparing for the meeting includes:
James Wilson. Secretary of Agriculture;
A. J. Cassatt president, Pennsylvania rail-
road: Howard Elliott. president. Northern
Pacific railway; John Hays Hammond. min
ing engineer; T. j. Grier. sup rintendent,
Homestake Mining Company. Lead. 8. D.;
Fred Weyerhaeuser. ST. Paul, Mimi; N.
W. Mcleod. president. National Lumber
Manufacturers Association; v. H. Beck
| man. editor, Pacific Lumber Trade Journal;
R. A. Long. president, Southern Lumber
Manufacturers Association; George K.
Smith, secretary, National Lumber Manu-
facturers' Association; Carrot Schenck,
president, Great Northern Paper Company;
Thomas Walsh, president. National Irriga-
ton Association; H. B. F. mcfarland.
president, board of District Commissioners;
w. S. Harvey. president. board of trustees,
|, Philadelphia Commercial Museum John
Joy Edison. president, Washington Loan and
Trust Company; Dr. Albert Shaw. editor,
Review of Reviews; Whitelaw Reid, pub
Usher, New York Tribune; Charles ID. Wall
colt, director, United States geological sur
vey; F. H. Newell. chief engineer, United
States reclamation service; George H. Max
well, executive chairman the National Irri-
cation Association; B. l.. Virgins, vice
chancellor, University of the South:
George P. Whittlesey. director. Amer
lean Forestry Association; Overton w.
Price. associate forester, bureau of forestry;
Redfield Proctor, United States senator
from Vermont: Henry c. Hansbrough,
United States senator from North Dakota;
Nathan B. Scott, United States senator
from West Virginia.; Thomas r. Bard.
United States senator from California;
James w. Wadsworth. member of Con-
gress from New York: John F. Lacey.
member Of Congress from Iowa; Frank w.
Mondell, member Of Congress from Wyo-
ming; F. J. Hagenbarth. president. Ma
tional Live Stock Association Jesse Smith,
president, Utah Wool Growers, Associa-
ton; H. A. Jastro. general superintendent.
Kern County Land Company. California;
E. 8. Gosney. manager. Gosney & Perkins
Bank. Flagstaff, Ariz.; w. A Richards.
commissioner, general land office: B. 7.
Galloway. chief, bureau of plant indus
try; Clifford Pnchot. forester. United
States Department of Agriculture; H. S.
Graves, director, Yale Forest School; FIJI
bert Roth, director. forestry department
University of Michigan; F. V. Coville,
botanist, United States Department of Ag-
riculture; William L. Hall, assistant forest
er, bureau of forestry; James b. Adams, in
charge of records, bureau of forestry; Her
mann Schrenk, in charge of forest
products, bureau of forestry: II. NJ. Suter.
editor, Forestry and Irrigation; C. j. Blan
chard, statiStician, United States reclama-
ton service.