Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-07
COMES TO A CLOSE
FINAL SESSION OF AMERICAN
FOREST CONGRESS.
Belief That Deliberations Have Been
Beneficial and Will Have Far
Reaching Effect.

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first annual meeting yesterday afternoon in
National Rifles Armory, $40 G street north
west. All the officers and delegates ex-
pressed the belief that the addresses and
resolutions made since Tuesday morning
last will have a Undertaking effect in the
interest of scientific and practical forestry
in this country. That the meetings of the
congress constituted the greatest movement
in the interest OF the forest ever held In this
country was the unanimous opinion. Spe-
cial qualification was felt by all on account
of the attitude of the administration, as ex-
pressed by President Roosevelt Thursday
afternoon in his address to the body.
The committee on resolutions presented
it's report yesterday afternoon. The resolu-
tons as adopted by the congress urge on all
legislative bodies full protection and preser-
walton of the forests; adequate legislative
protection of forests from fire; reduction of
the burden of taxation on lands held for
forest reproduction SO as to induce forest
conservation; repeal of the timber and stone
act and enactment of a substitute authoriZ-
Ing the proper federal officer to sell timber
growing on public lands when the sale shall
be for the public welfare; congressional ac-
ton canfining exchanges of lands within a
forest reserve or in lieu selection to lands of
equivalent value or of similar forest growth
condition; immediate consolidation of all
government forest work in the Department
of all the non mineral products of the forest
reserves, the proceeds to be applied to man
agement of the reserves and road and trail
construction within the reserves; repeal of
the law prohibiting export of forest reserve
timber from the state in which 1t is grown
so far as it concerns states in which such
exports are in the public interest.
Planting of Trees.
They set forth the tree planting and pres
ervation of shade trees along public high
ways throughout America; increase of OPP
portunities for general forest education In
educational institutions and extension and
systematizing of industrial educati ton; con-
gressional appropriations to promote forest
education and experiment work in all agri-
cultural colleges and experiment stations OF
the United States; establishment of ma
tional forest reserves in the Southern APP
palachian and White Mountains: imme
date purchase of the Calaveras grove of big
trees by the national government and re-
conveyance of the Yosemite Park by Cali
fornia to the national government that
Congress declare forfeited all rght-of-way
permits not exercised promptly on issuance,
and grant to all industries engaged in law
full business, and which Will promptly use
their permits, the possession of necessary
rights of way similar to those of railroads
and irrigating companies, reasonable pay
ment to be exacted for the use of rights of
way on forest reserves and other public
lands; that all schools. especially rural.
should study forest and tree planting in
their effect on national welfare, particular
ly through the modification of local climate,
and that all state legislatures provide laws
and financial aid to consolidate the rural
schools in units sufficiently large that for
estry agriculture and home economies may
be successfully taught by "precept, example
and practical work." amendment of the
homestead law to require the planting, I'M
der the supervision of the forestry bureau,
of at least 5 per cent of the area of the
a., tl,o%
Oklahoma be empowered to offer occupants
of school lands reasonable reduction of
the realty tax during a stipulated growing
period of tree wind breaks, so as to secure
greater crop capacity through wind reduc-
ton; protesting against the attempted re-
duction of the area of the Minnesota ma
tional forest reserve.
National and State Forest Policy.
A number of papers on national and state
forest policy were read Commissioner
Richards of the general land Office described
the government work in the administration
of the reserves; Clifford Pinchot, the for
ester of the Department of Agriculture, dis
cussed the federal forest service; Associate
Forester Overton w. Price spoke on the for
cstry bureau methods, and DR.. ]. 7. Roth
rock of the Pennsylvania reservation COM
mission made address forestry work
in that state. The convention then adj
journed.
Clifford Plnchot United States forester,
and the leading spirit in the forestry move
ment in this country, announced that all
the proceedings of the congress will be
published
Before the congress adjourned a resolu-
ton was adopted thanking President
Roosevelt for his encouraging address Of
Thursday afternoon. -
The Independent Order of Foresters or
ganiZed n court of thirty-four charter
members Thursday night in Golden Rule
Hall, 400 9th street northwest. The insti-
tuting officers were Frank E. Hand of
New York and James Willis, deputy SUI
preme chief rangers. The following OFF,
GERS were installed:
]. c. Suter, c. R.; ]. S. Waring, C. D.; ].
Holzberg, P. c. R.; G. S. Thompson R. S.;
S. X. O'Donnell, F. s.; F. c. Willis, treas
urer; D. w. Gall, S. of j. c.; S. NJ. Craft,
orator; ]. w. Hodges, physician; J. w.
Stewart, assistant physician; ]. 8. Moyta-
ka, v. c. R; w. s. Riley, organist; s. ].
Howell, S. W.; H. c. Prince, J. W.; 1. w.
Foster, s. B.; C. H. McCuen, j. B.; j. s.
Warning and Charles ]. O'Keal. trustees