Evening star., 1913-11-20

or stumpage il would have taken NE,
too. long time to get accustomed to
the very effectuai system YOU gentlemen
seem to have set up of protecting the for
ests. and perhaps J. also. should not
have been satisfied with everything that
is done in Washington. And the more
see of Washington the less | wonder
about this attitude of the west.
"The greatest problem that statesmen
have is the problem of humanlzinS gov
ernrnent. of making men realize that these
things that are done arc not done will
fully but out of a desire to do good The
people of the west must be made TO real
iZe that they are not simply obeying per-
enptoly orders from a bureau in Wash
ington. but they are participating in con-
servation work which is for the benefit of
the whole country.
You gentlemen of the forestry pro-
fession have the same high purpose that
| trust I have, and that is to try to serve
the people of the United States as well
as possible Larger and larger grows the
talk of cooperation. W hat does IT mean?
1t means that we are appreciating the
lot in which the other man is cast. We
must see from the other mans standpoint
We must decentraize as far as possible
this government at Washington.
A Look Into the Future.
IF we can go abroad and spend $500
0a.ooo on ditch between two seas it
will not appear preposterous twenty
years from now If We find that we are
able to spend five times that amount on
some other great public work for the ben
efit of this country. A few years from
now. will venture to say, it will be pos
Sible to step on a car in Washington and
travel by means of electrical power.
without a stop-off or without change. to
r. .Trttn nr,E t11S-l 10
natural resources now.
And, above all. it must be the suprem-
est satisfaction, the supreme test of us a
men, that We are trying to prepare for
this future; trying to do this work now,
not for the mere shekels that are in it.
but from the sincere desire to make the
lot of the fellow who comes after bit
happier.
Clifford Pinchot also delivered a short
talk on forestry ideals. alluding briefly to
the big battle that had been fought dur
ing the day. and other addresses were
made by f. a. Sterling. J. +. Rhodes,
Capt. j. B. White of Kansas. City. r. ID.
Prettie.. f.. T. Allen. w. r. Brown. Henry
:. Graves chief United States forester,
and James White and Audrey White the
latter two Canadian conservationists con-
nected with the government of the De-
minon.
At the request of Capt. White, Toast
master Pack called on A. B. Farquhar of
York. Pa, who was present with Lin
coin fifty years ago yesterday when the
War President delivered the celebrated
Gettysburg address. and Mr.. Farquhar
created moment of emotion among
those at the dinner by repeating the ad-
dress. the sentiment of which he declared
suitable to the principles fought for by
the foresters and conservationists.
Present at the Banquet.
Among those present at the banquet
were the following: Charles Lathrop
Pack. DIR. III. S. Drinker. DR.. J. L. Roth
rock. j. f. Rhodes. DR.. B. E. Fernow.
W. r. Brown, Henry Solon Graves, Capt.
J. B. White Franklin n Lane, Walter
l.. Fisher. Clifford Pinchot. James White,
E. A. Stirling, E. T. Allen. Robert Down
man. Audrey White, r. D. Prettie.
Prof. r. c. Bryant, George W. Huttin,
Emanuel Fritz, Rodney Paine c. S.
Chapman. Prof. P. s. Lovejoy Alfred
Gaskill, William Smalley. DR.. Henry B.
Kummell. Elmer III. Smith.
r. F. Stallngs. F. F. Prentiss, /. c.
Williams, r. A. Harmon. DR.. William G.
Schauffier. ]. Lee Worsham. B. NJ. Hail.
w. II. Shippen. j. S. Carroll, DR.. b.
w Evermann.
w III. NJ Thomas. DIR. Henry NJ. Fish
er w Hoyt Weber. William p. Wheaton.
Clyde Leavitt Z. J. Zavitz, Charles NJ.
DietZ Warren F. Daniel
+. A. Richardson. W. d. Mann, James
H. Blodgett. Charles s. Bradley. Ernest
r. Bruncken. Charles III. Squres, A. w.
Suitor Charles r. Schmidt. George Her
bert Beaman. George n. Myers.
Chester W: Lyman. G. n ostrander,
Dr. George F. Kunz T. Nennard Thom-
son, Albert F. Potter William L. Hall,
Prof r. S. Conklin, Charles y. Chad
wick. Ferris J. Meigs. J. Randall Will
liams.
w L. Sykes. Leonard Bronson, George
S. Wood Boiling Arthur Johnson. w Z.
Barnes, ]. Linn Harris. G. Marshall
Taylor, y. p. Wheeler, Frank L. Harvey.
Edward G. Nj. Richards. A. J. Porter,