The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-09-16
ASKS
BOYS TO TAKE:
Up FORESTRY
Former U. 5. Forester Outlines OPP.
poriuniiies Of Life in
Woods
Arr clatod Press Dispatch.

AgE clated Press Dispatch.
New York, Sept. rs Clifford
Pinchot, formerly United states
Forecaster. outlines in the Sep
temhee issue of the Boy Scouts
Magazine the opportunities in the
profession OF forestry He appeals
to the boy scouts 10 take up the
work, pointing out how the life in
the woods involves great RESPONSE
biljties, develops character and
matcg good citizens,
I'VE are still in the process of
building this nation" he writes,
and the boy scouts are going to have
large share in making the United
states what it ought to be The
great problem before us Is the prob
lem OF nation building.
when | was In the Forest Scr
vice, was fortunate enough to come
in contact with great many young
Non. and to give them heavy re-
sponsibility in carrying out the
work of the Service In that way
have come to have an idea as to
how a boy or a man may become
more efficient, rot only for himself.
| but also for the Nation Of which
| he is part One very important
means to that end IS TO learn all You
can about this Nation Of ours. the
land and the people as we'll A Scout
will do that easily and naturally.
! Many chances will come to you in
tho future to get better acquainted
with these great states OF ours, and
| to understand the tremendous sweep
Of their future, When we come to
think OF what this country may be.
one, if it il wisely ard property
managed from now on. If we stop
| waste and bring about planned
and orderly development of ont nat
5ral resources for the good Of the
| whole Nation, il Is enough to MAKE
Hs th#nkfui we are Americans
Il hope that many Boy Scout,
Sill take up the profession OF TO-
stry Forestry offers, as see it, q
emarkable opportunity for young
ren 10 get into positions Of heavy
possibility carly in life There Is
| nothing that gives him SO quickly
| the capacity to make himself usefu
and valuable to himself and his fell
lows. A young man who takes
lup forest work and gets into
| the Government Forest service
and is put in charge Of one
lof the great Western forests
must bring himself into touch will
The things that concern the life o.
The community in which he lives il
the most intimate way and aIonf
many lines
In order to understand that yot
must know that a mountain forest
especially in the arid country, Is til,
source from which the whole pros
ncrity e the region flows, II SUP
plies not only he timber, but out o
the mountains comes the watel
which makes the country fertile; al
the cattle and sheep Craze In the for
est in the summer; mines are locat
ed there; and hundreds Of other in
dustries find their location or source
OF prosperity in the forests. so tina
the communities which lie oatsid
the forests depend almost ah5olutel,
fOr their prosperity aud welfare on
the forests: and therefore on tn
: way the forests are handled depend
their prosperity and welfare. Whel
you touch the forest, you touch wha
is TO my mind the central resourc
J and key to the whole situation
, While this is an age of steel, Withou
wood we are absolutely helpless Il
this stage of our civilization
Forestry IL not IN easy profes
sion. 1t will take every bit of brai
land sincw you have II Is one Of tn
Flew professions which makes a
much demand en- a mans bhysica
endurance as it does on his mint
ypu viii not get rich going int
forestry. Men do not get rich &C
ing into the ministry but they do sc
their rewards out of their work.
Imam who does not mind hardship,
Iwilling to put up with hard Twins
Twill find. | think. great rewards /
Forest Service In the way Of respor
sjbility,--.in the way of being
Itouch with what the nation Is doini
In the forest service we have ha
Imany times to put men less tina
thirty years old in charge OF area
larger tllan some of the Easter
states, where they had to hold the
Town against older ard more expe
Iienced men representing great II
forcsts. | have been both surprise
and daughter over the characte
!, gtoadiuess and ability the youn
men have shown"