The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-22
28 NEW MEMBERS
ELECTED BY CHAMBER OF CON-
 MERCE.i

Membership Committee's Work Results
 in Large Increase to Membership Roll
 Professor Henry s. Graves on For
 est Reservations in White Mountains
 and Southern AppaIachians = Pro-
 lessor Theodore s. WOOIsey Elected
 nm Honorary Member -- Henry c.
 Rowe's Report on Harbor Conditions,
 The December meeting of the cham Der of commerce last evening proved
 an important session, twenty-eight new
 members being added to the rolls of the ' organization. Those elected last even- | ing were: Edward I. Atwate: PA Can
 ner street, president. of the State Busi-
 ness Mems association; s. A. Arm I strong, 137 Wall street. J. H. Barlow, l 89 Bristol street; Harry T. Beers, 24O { Whalley avenue; Frank J. Carey, 706
 Howard avenue; Morelle F. Cross, 565 < Washington avenue, West Haven; Will i liam R. Demarest, 21S sherman ave- nue; Rufus R. Fancher, 145 Greene street; Thomas Farnam, S7 Hillhouse
 avenue; Milton W, Frank; Francis s.
 Hamilton, jr 1446 Boulevard Maurice N I4angrock, 2O6 Crown street; Ridgley \ Larkin, 1151 Chapel street; Louis D. ' Mann; George H. Mathews, jr., 179 Nor z ton street; Virginius J. Mayo, Duncan
 hall Louis Metzger, 23 Grove street; # Benjamin F. Milner, 100 Edwards < street; John Moran, Duncan hall; Sam guel Muhlfelder 539 Orange street; C.. H. Porter Quinnipiac club; Sidney C. ssesenberg, 736 Orange street; Henry 7 ncn,UC,ea~arger, 1S0 Livingston street; < Wllilam SeNaenberger, 7S1 Orange 6 street; Henry c. eeEartenberg. 70S Or ! ange street; p. L, Somers, 7S2 Orange X street; E. H. Thalheimer, 70 Pearl X street; State Attorney William H. Will 4 Hams, Derby.
 \ Professor Theodore S. Woolsey was \ unanimously elected to honorary mem
 bership. He was appointed by Presi- x dent Woodruff to fill the vacancy, \ caused by the death of the late Judge S Lynde Harrison, on the special com Amittee on the coming Hague tribunal z It was voted to invite w. B. Medli-
 colt, an insurance man of Springfield, Mass, to speak at the January meeting on The San Francisco Fire" An ex- ceptionally Interesting talk Is expected X if MT. Medlicott can arrange to be present.
 Professor Henry s. Graces, of the Male Forest school addressed the cham Der on the proposed White Mountain forest reserve. He said, in substance: Forestry was almost unknown a few years ago. To-day business men are turning to 1t and taking it up. The treason is because the price of lumber has been raised and the reason for the sprice raise is, not the existence of Lumber trust but the fact that the de- apletion of our forests is increasing the scost of obtaining lumber.
 < People now are looking for aid. They 'are looking to the federal and state governments for this relief. Only gov ernment can afford to reserve lands and raise the proper kind of timber Private parties will not do this.
 The national reservations on the mountains in the west help to secure a future timber supply and to conserve
 the water, vital necessity for agri- sculture and life in those districts. Our sclimate in the east is such that if all 4the forests were cleared off 1t would 4little affect agriculture or life, Our s9climate is humid one. The eastern manufacturing interests would be the sufferers.
 z Forests in the mountains help to con- sserve the water supply. These forests sexert great influence upon spring tfloods. Cutting of large areas of moun-
 tain forests will have a serious effect iupon the water flow and seriously in sterfere with the manufacturers depend ent thereon.
 To establish reservations in the east Bands must be purchased. Some states Ialready have them. A question arises, lwhy should not the individual states purchase rather than the federal gov- 5ernment? \ Those that have done so are wealthy Estates and their problems aie local. In the case of the White Mountains the rivers that rise in them flow through Several states and the interests depend ent on them are enormous
 5 I don't believe in reserves for every State. Connecticut or Rhode Island Hoes not need them. There are two sections in the east that need caring 'for-the White Mountains and the 5outhern Appalachians. The northern