Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-09
INTEREST OF FORESTRY
ANNUAL MEETING OF ASSoCIA-
TON AT NEW WILLARD.
Address by Secretary Wilson of De-
partment Of Agriculture-Report
of the Directors.


Tho ANNA, p,eet;n, of tho American
Forestry Association was held this morn
ing In the parlors OF the New wizard
Hotel at 10 o'clock, the meeting of the
board of directors having been held an
hour earlier at the office OF the Secretary
or Agriculture, president OF the assocla-
uon me secretary OF Agriculture oehV-
ered the opening ADDRESS.
The report of the board Of directors,
read by DR.. Thomas E. Will, secretary of
tho .ssoo;o,io, dosor;hod ,ha nroorosc of
..~'.' 20 ,ioI' ~
ioi es,' S-ha'io,iai' s'a'e anu
ing the preceding year and recorded the
growth made by the association. 1t was
brought out that in the entire history of
the forest movement the wear 1906 has
been the most notable esnecially in the
very r,nid oynansion of natfonal forest
v-orl, in tho inrreased activitv ~ states in
forestry in adyantageous forest legisla-
lion in the strengthening of forest educa-
tion and in the increase both in member
ship and in activity of the American For
The associatfon pained during the wear
2,7s9 new members a growth of 79.2 per
cent, and the net receipts were proper
u2Hately faige. -.
80, ,?,o, ~" s,oeiai .ttnntion n tho nromo
ton Of Legislation looking to the establish
ment of national forest reserves in the
White mountains and the Southern Appa-
lachans
,4.a p;,,
Progress OF Analgaiha'eo Dill
The amalgamated bill recommended at
the last annual meeting was unanimously
passeu oS 'he 9eh",e, @iiu 49, ~,
unanimlty recommended lor paso"se W
the House committee on agriculture.
ctroDo stress was laid upon the fact that
s,a'',S ,,,a lin fai1 of massage at this ses
siIouu ''le VII i % ,,,o,,I5 no lost since
Sloi t'te 80, tho IN 1vonId have to be re-
III ,ila' ~ c.,a+a II u-as tbarefore
tulleu ~ . III f;onds % tho forest and
uIs.u upo t o., tongent thereto imme-
" VI oie - ia +;raIess effort to insure
ta $500 Of the hill at the present ses-
tie pa s s'a r VI "''- ~
e' ~ ot ,oU,etion of LEGISLATION for the es-
.tiisbr ~ of q wood testing laboratory
! s.. .ttb 30 forest service was
81 stronaIv accommodated in the report
III ~ nra, Gov tho n,ornine and after
| nfans Of Two meeting was as fol-
lows:
Secretary Wilson's Address.
In his oneninp address Secretary Wilson
laid great stress upon the Importance of
the forest reserves of this country, and
Incidentally praised the work done so far
nv. tho forestry association. He declared
W 'N. ... 80 ITO, i'm,
'hal tue ha'ioii ioie Va
portance to the future "eilare Oh the no
ton. Secretary Nlison oHereo seNeiai
amples wherein ne sho"eu nov stH
scarcity of WOOD To-Day, as com W." VIZ.
the quantity avallaple thirty anu my yeas
ago, is beginning TO be 1elt throuelioul tne
United States by eNeIypo espsS s;
manufacturers. ne auueu tna. aotinr o'i in
to the present OUTLOOK the pIouuStioii "a
future years VIII not supply 'iie uehieio'
whch Is steauiiS me- .+a +ho+
Secretary Wilson, however, stated ina.
the people OF tne n"s,U III. ae farastrv at
least educating themselves W We 'Jii
with thelr WOOD. ne IP"sa, &c pnttina
that there Will De niue lhehhoou " eel .t
an appropriation through thls ol any o. iiei
Congress apropoS OF the ploposeu ie -, We We
IN southern Apalaciiaii ia'eS' ~ an" ~ 80
White mountains. ne stateu , 'n - ,no 20,
forts or the uepal tiilen' anu o.
several years past nave peen ui i a at4e,
ana tha' III cpi9e4usI trostry stata
Tor tne Stats " :; ia 'a',,a rado,,nd to their
issue, hasnucli as !. Moui., ~ tt,r ~
own Respective iii''i e''' IA wv
Dr Edward Everett Hale Introduced
~ 49,, oss,a , fan- uords
Secretary iHoii 'iteii ,.'.o.,.ao,
of praise for the 1ofestefs' anu I'LL ouuee"
Dr. Edward Everett Hale, chaplain OF the
Senate who was the next speaker.
=. - .,r+ ,ou," said Dr IJa1e
~ e 80 %" tha last meeting That
.. 30 naon1e should educate them
Is that 'n III, ~ costs as saurceS Of ma
s t5 ~ 'jo iUoA II an Investor should 90
into the forestry business he would look
lo["aru ~ sai, ti ", .' anioy that gain in
bis "wn Uterine Rut If the state takes
it up the forests would become national
investments. and therefore undylng IN
yestments. because the ssate Sdn 1,r;tb; nc
few years as they would be within a hun
dred years
DIR. Hale then illustrated his theme by
giving as example the revenues enjoyed
by Bavaria, Prussia. Wuttenberg and other
European states, whose national income,
respectively. is wonderfully increased by
the proper investments of the state in
forests. Then DR.. Hale took the negative
side He declared that in Syria everything
shows state of most abject poverty be-
cause the land is deforested. The speaker
explaincd that a tract of ground without
trees is worthless So he tried to impress
upon those present the value of being
economical with our forests.
IA A E fIsis so voi HE 81 aa ta,iAS was
prof H. S Graves of the Yale Forest
School read an address of general inter
est upon f9restry. ne was le!t .S" 81, ny
Ehps So q zor.srv ASSOCIATION George
X smith secretary of the National Lum-
ber Manufacturers Association, addressed
the meeting and was followed by j. 3.