Putnam patriot., 1908-04-17
Arhor nat. May flrsI.

and Bird Day, the date for this year being May lst. and De urges lhe people of Connecticut generally 10 plant tfeesf shrubs and ines on that day and says;
 ssThe economic and scenic alue oi We I cared for trees. ueaf homes ef in forpsts, N conceded. Bnt thought i> imperative t8 conserve those betae tiis.
 | recommend tO the teachers oi our schools that they insifHct tHe children under their charge to the value 6t trees and tha. they add thereto iss-on in kindness to oaf birds and anir;al-.
 Our government enaeis iags Tor the good of them they are intended 10 ai- feet, and 10 henef fit The entire nation. The National Government, the -tate government, and the abiest men in the land, are warning the country and the people that they must b@ aroused t0 the great danger impending bs tue rapid sweeping away of our forest tfees, and fl not checked at once, will so denude the timber lands that Tn twenty-five years we shall have no source af sup ply, and shall ie compelled te depend  That will make us competitors in for eign markets where the home supply is already scant. We can wei im- agine the enormous increase in price may not be aware, The most mafketa- hie lumber has doubled In price within the last ten years, and certain kinds cannot be procured al all Dn the score of p,iee alone, the people should take The matter seriously to heart and each be willing to do The little labor asked Of them, not only to furnish our own supply of lumber, but make the labor required to accomplish this valuable investment in course of time.
 But mol alone in the increase of prices does the country suffer ffon the de- Alruetion nf our forests. Hundreds of us,itieus VI dollars worth If property are destroyed every year bY Hoods lllal sre the result of drnudiug mountains and hills of theif trees Besides which immense tfHtlz Of fertile iaHAs afe made WnfthIrss by the fl8nds weeping Of the soil and carry iug | la tae ocean.
 Me afe aat arpfehensi2e that lhe past destruction Wi'l ga 4a. Ihe Amer. iean pebfle are too intelligent md t1o pateniie ta inflow the impending dam ger In come nrBh the country. af even Io permit my unnecessary waste to continue while thes haee tle power to prevent t. Althey demahd - to be enlightened. se as to understand what Is required of them that theA may @. operate with tine government in it's plans and purposes To protect the ma iions interests in regard le tls forests presefN ation and to maintain tts need ei supply.
 If fhls enlightenment and patriot ism has reached The citizens u Put nam and Vicinity, they have nbW an opportunity nf maniieslinR II, and not only from sentinent ef taees hai IL duty they owe to the Representative of the Stale, who calls upon them, as iody, to plant tn'es, shrubs aud Sines, for economic and scenic value, for their own and that of the general lasting good.
 \ gentleman who has been active in helping to have a Business Men $ Ban quei because, mainly perhaps, of is ul terior purpose -thal of organizing A "Business Men's Association i-sagges led that II would be good Idea, If an Association was organized soon enough lo have its first work that of keeping Arbof Day as suggested by the Cover nor, and thereby honor him and the authority he represents. The Aneri' cans are far from feeling their duty to honor their ralefs as representatives of the government as do the people of England and other European nations.
 Hut to voluntary do service for the general community requires aroused sentiment and the united feeling that incitcs and stimulates emulation and nnd all the nohler traits. Man k gre xafious from childhood up. And when ihe association k large, work becomes pleasure in the consciousness that It gives pleasure to each associate. It would be good thing, therefore, If the citizens could be united--lf only for an hour or two--in doing some public service on Arbor Day, in the iine stg' rested by ea, Governor On Tuesday New Britain held It's municipal election, and following the lead of Hartford made a clean hepab- lican sweep, and, like that city, cast the largest vote ever recorded. The New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad hs, secured the real estate al Lexington as senue and ihsd st., New York city, on which Ii Is to build terminal station In connection wtth the Pennsylvania road. The investigation of charges against the Electric Boat company which has already continued three weeks, is still bringing to light damaging testimony Congressman lilley has aroused still greater inlefes: in charging on the floor of Congress, that many of the navy wards, which receive generous yearly appropriations, are utterly useless for the purpose intended and that Con gres~nen know il. An inNestlgatiatli k imperative.
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