The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-06
''lllMBERFIA|||.|||N''||'||.l|.|N!|.E|:.....
inevitable \ | j 4. | 4 !. ] !:
President, ii1@ Address to- SC q, en-:
Zion, says Wat,ton Destruction
IN ofE Forests Mist Cease.
sPEAKER GERS ]; Al OVATION 3 4 N.
french Ambassador and Captain.
Lamb Among Other Speak.
t3SS55 crs During The ID


s WASHINGTON January ST 81 President
Roosevelt WAS the principal spea at e
special session OF tic n American Forest
sConErcss held this AFTERNOON At the Ma.
tior,al Theatre. H As tho President APP.
pearcd before c immense audience 1 g
witch flied evefy part Of the house, the
people receiving him standing while :fle
theatre rang with applause and the Il or r.
ct1estra played patriotic ~ air. The 81
president said Iii part: si3
Presidents Address.
.si,.rhe 4 Did &c Il OF the forest IN the life
A 81 ~ nation sis far too large to be de-
1 scribed In tho time at my command. This
Il IA 4 neculnrly true Of Its place ! n tho
United states. is ized life makes con-
q 3niin1v { prca tor demands on tho forest.
3 n ma d fair question. then, whether the
}yagt demands OF the future upon ol1rS lort ID
I asts are likely to be met. Y Meas l!ss the
forests OF the United stat eB can. pc maoo
/ ready to meet tho vast demands which
INA N rrowtt, will Inevitably bring com
/ niercial disasterSis inevitable. Both the
fnrod,,c tom OF tile great staples upon5
witch our prosperit tn depends ana tn lel
4 movement In commerce - krougho q ne
tinted states are inseparably dependent
y anon the IN existence OF perma nent ana .nlo
suitable supplies from the forest at 4, 9
IL rtasonab Bile cost. III q !. .R
ss'If the present rate o. forest oeslIuc-
81 famine Il is obviously inevi table Etc,
waste III ana destructive forms Of lu n.
& hsIing ana legitimate use Ia re- together
4, dastroying our forest resource s IA. more no
q ~ ,,idlyG thai, they are being repla eco.
VIVA 1suci1 a famine would mean 70 each
~ the Industries OF the United ID states a
itsisS scarcely possible to irnagine. y :, or OF
Il tunately, learemedy is q simple PIC
other Speakers. NJ
NJ 3Hr y :1issernnd. the French am bassador.3
n delivered an address on tho forest policy
of \ France. describing the M thods oyl
which9t the people OF France 81 cons y
their forests. i. . II V. ~ !,
Other speakers at II the session 3 were = 9.
~ virgins. vice llor OF the Y a. n
b verslty Of tho South. who pressed me '.'
/! necessity OF the study OF forestry IN the
G vren tss8 ed,1ca tionnl institutions Of the
cniIntry. y as to overshado downing question
81. arc twentieth century, md Repre- ,e|-.
II c,.nta tive s$ ohm Lamb. ~ OF $lsS$S irginla.
VINO depicted the dsas trou US az results Is
on the $4,000 n farm ors OF the coan--3
try VI OF the denudatlon b. q no nv ui. l,.s
casa ~ destruction OF the forests, Cap
Il tainT1 ,an,b said the farmers OF the 8cotn
tn. for whom he spoke hailed W y ap1s
probation tie Is ne forest ,ses fS q,
$t t 4 thair Interest iii tlcal TOR.
est t renewed. growth Of forests might
be.rendercd m accornpl ished fact &C. in the ne
Atlantic states particularly and through n
I out the country. S3 ia ]. u.s.
The Morning Session.
i .rhe morning meeting was d yoted a. to to
discuss ons of the rela ION Of ra lr 3o d Is
4 IA "a. m non, the speakers was President =.
=. Johnson, 8of the Norfolk and NY 'sa err
railroad who declared that 8 was i
nracticablc for railroads TO hold I: forest e
& lands FOR future supplies OF timber AZ
enable railroads e acquire su1ii y,
largo timber to meet ~ de.,,anas
aSsmoditication} Of tho existing laws was
essential. and he said 1t was s. q u question
81 such and mp p. ,,rss, ,ha.
could be handle only ns ,nves.er,.
ment forestry bureau In connection VIII IN
Z LEGISLATION for forest preservatt ton.