To the Members: 



Your Board of Directors conclude 

 their last annual report with the fol- 

 lowing : 



"Inland navigation, deeper waterways, water powers, and eco- 

 nomical manufacturing therewith, floods, soils, irrigation, drain- 

 age and the public health, as shown in detail by one of our fold- 

 ers, are all fundamentally dependent upon and related to 

 Forestry. This larger field of conservation and utilization of all 

 our natural resources plainly places upon our Association duties 

 which should be heartily assumed, and diligently discharged. 



In closing, it should be said that, in comparison with the work 

 remaining to be done, the work already accomplished by all the 

 forestry forces combined is slight. Destruction of resources pro- 

 ceeds without abatement. Sentiment now developing should be 

 intensified, and focused upon local, state and national govern- 

 ments, that legislation and administration may accomplish the 

 ends without which all our efiforts are vain. 



The American Forestry Association is a leading agency for 

 general propaganda in this field. Its efforts are strictly limited 

 by its means. Where it receives hundreds, it should receive 

 thousands of dollars for the prosecution of the great work be- 

 fore it. For this arm of power it looks to its members. Their 

 dues are practically its only resource. Each member may, how- 

 ever, enlist other members, and by so doing, render to his coun- 

 try a patriotic economic service of great value." 



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