The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-09
TO PRESERVE
 THE FORESTS Alabama Commission Meets and Organizes. GOV. coMER MUCH INTERESTED Alabama Has Only Forestry Law
 in South. Cemmittee To Prepare Aaares. To Pee- pie of ssste--Teresss withouf Game. But No Came with-
 out Forests.
GOV. cOMER MUCH INTERESTED

In pursuance to the call of the Gov ernor, the members of the Alabama Forestry Commission met at noon yes terday in the Governors office. The fol- lowing composed the Commissions:
 Governor B. B. Conner. Commissioners of Agriculture and Industries J. A. Wilkinson, State Game and Fish lcom- missioner John H. Wallace, Jr., State Tax Commissioner J. B. Powell. R. S. Mcintosh of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn. N. E. Carter of the National Forest Service and John Raul, of Birmingham, a practical lumber man. All of the members of the Com mission were present except MT. Raul who was unavoidably detained at Btr. mingham.
 The law requiring that the Com mission elect Secretary from among it's number, John H. Wallace. Jr., was unanimously chosen for that place. MT Carter favored the Commission with soms excellent and appropriate re- marks regarding forest preservation and timber culture. He stated that the virgin forests must inevitably be cut away and that the great problem now before the/ country Is the case Of second growth timber.
 MT. Powell stated that millions Of collars have been wasted by reckless destruction of the forests of the State but that by encouraging the people to protect and preserve what we now have that the time will come when each com munity can supply the local demand for lumber with it's own saw-mtll.
 MT. Wiikerson stated that in holding farmers institutes every occasion will be taken to have lecture deliv~ cred on forestry and that he will pub fish in his agricultural bulletin edu- cational data bearing on forestry3
 MT. Wallace observed that the Com mission should immediately have the forestry laws printed so asNto place them in the hands of the people, and should issue at frequent intervals edu- cational propaganda directing the at. tention of the people to the imperas tive importance of caring for their woodlands and preventing them from being swept by fires which he said de- stroyed every prospective tree to the age of four years. He stated that his department was specially interested in the proposed work of the Forestry Commission for i've may have forests without game, but we can have no game without forests"
 Governor Conner was particularly in- terested in the proposed iabors of the Commission. He said that the people had ruthlessly destroyed the forests of this country without Q thought of the economic value of the trees they were cutting down. He especially em- phasized his desire to see a campaign of education vigorously conducted in the State and especially impressed on the people that each member should take every occasion to converse with the people regarding the value of for est preservation and of timber culture
 On motion of Mir. Wilkerson. the Governor appointed committee con- sisting of Messrs. Wilkerson, Powell and Wallace to prepare an address to the people of Alabama bearing on the proposed policy of the commission. There being no further business at this time, the Commission then adjourned subject to the call of the Governor M
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