New-York tribune., 1908-10-18

American to come to him IN that way. Sir Detrich
at once accepted the responsibility for managing
my education. didn't ask him. He simply adopted
ms on the spot Nothing better could have nap
pened to me
You viii enter the Nancy Forest School in
France he said. I didn't tell him so. but had al
ready decided to go there
Then he took a railway time card from his desk
saying OF course. you will want the first train
He ran his finger down a column OF names and fig
ures FOR moment and exclaimed with undisglised
delight. You can get away Tomorrow morning al
o'clock
And tina. was the train I took Ny father. re-
oefving a cablegram from me. telegraphed back
that I could stay In Europe as long as pleased
entered the school at Nancy. and was given an op-
port,nitv TO study the forests OF France Later
oined Sir Dietrich, who travelled each year IN the
forests of Europe with the graduating class OK
Coopers High School. IN England. spent three
months with him IN Austria. Germany and Swttzer-
land Although he sixty-fye years oid 10
walked eight hours day. without rest or food ex-
planning to his students the management OF Forests
and teaching them many things they coudn learn
at school He was also eminent ootanist- Dur
ing his active administration in India he was In the
habit OF walking twelve hours day through trop-
teal forests leaving exhausted men behind IN heaps
and then taking new ones along ana wearing 'heIl
out At night. seemingly as fresh as ever ne "oulU
spend several hours in writing out long reports
with his own hand. I always proud to say that
Sir Dietrich Brands was my professional father
He helped to establish good forestry IN many couh-
tries throughout the world
''On m return from Europe" Mr. Pincnot aooeo,
II wrote al article concerning forest
bo5 soc, IN GArrnanv II came TO the notice OF
Frederick Law Olmsted the landscape archltecl'
who had charge of Mr. Vanderbfts estate lhcluu ~
ing ono hundred thousand acres OF tores~s. H
sent for me, and I agreed TO take up INC -t9
u,or,. for Mr. Vanderbilt. : spent three prohtaoe
years in walking and riding over western 'o'' III
Carolina"
Then you opened an Office in New York as
consulting engineer? .
YES Forestry was an entirely new ProIessiol
IN this country but had all could do Ny N
come was about $3.50 a year I directed Weai'n'
men in the care OF their forests and tod Iu1lOeI-
men where they could find available timber
.r7our first work for the government was III MOI
+ana vbere YOU travelled foot. a pack on your
hack suffered from hunger and killed bear
.sF.ron1 the thrill you attempt to put INTO soN'
question" Mr Pfnchot answered i Judge you a
looking for what you newspaper people 'eii
human interest side Of a story Dur lHe 94'
- which YOU refer lacked entirely In sensatlol1
Incident In 1886 Eoke Smith then oecFe'@iS
+ba I,+erfor requested the National Academy "a
Sciences 10 report a policy through a coliil' =
., Its members for the forest !ands OF Iil7 -
States President Harrison and Freslusii. -.
land had established d number OF n''Io.-'- 80
for their administration, anu 50 'i-
practically without care. =,
.rba Academy Of Sciences appointed me 10 " S .
,,.,nber Of the commission suggested oy -
smith The commission made an ihvestlsdlI'
recommended that all open public l2nas 1io'e -.
able for forests than for other pul lp7-=4i md
oo0d -arn,anentIy from private acqul7l'ioi-' a.
M, under management by the so'eLlli'i--' -it+
pars gone from June until October 1926 ana s-Sr,
Cd forests in Montana Idaho. Washng Ton
CsrfoTnia. Arizona and Colorado Inc
sion divided in order to expedite us w,F.,a and
s'o" 60 River country OF Montana anu
crossed the Sierra Nevada on foot ,,,.-d event
vii some substitute for wood be foun0
ually?" ,. ,ar-a only In
creased the consumption Of lumber l. -, nc -
- j. sbins Wood gave way 10 iron ou' No -. -.
50 III SIiI - ged because many more snlps are
-, bnilt IRON you understand greatly
| the shipping Industry. But there is a Woou
| cor,fng. and something will have to De ION
| copyright 1903, by James 3 MOT