INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY CONFERENCE AND ANNUAL 

 MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION 



INDICATIONS are that the Thirty-seventh Annual 

 Meeting of the American Forestry Association and the 

 International Forestry Conference to be held at the 

 New Willard Hotel, Washington, D. C, January 18th 

 and 19th will be one of the best attended forestry gather- 

 ings ever held in this country. 



Governors of almost all the states, and officials of 

 affiliated and cooperating organizations have appointed 

 delegates to attend the conferences and many members 



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The addresses on public playgrounds on the National 

 Forests, and public uses of the National Parks and the 

 conservation of game in the National Forests and National 

 Parks are all of unusual interest and will attract a large 

 number who are specially interested in these subjects while 

 the information which they give will be of particular service 

 to the members of the Association and to the general public. 



A third subject affecting the whole nation is the dis- 

 cussion of the advisabilit}- of prohibiting the importation 



of all tree and plant stock 



ciation have signified their | 

 intention of being present. | 



The conferences will be | 

 busy ones. The subjects to | 

 be discussed are of nation- j 

 wide importance. Almost | 

 every state in the Union has | 

 a direct interest in the pro- | 

 ceedings, while the Associa- | 

 tion has grown to such a size | 

 that its deliberations and its | 

 actions are of great impor- | 

 tance in public opinion. | 



President Charles Lathrop | 

 Pack has emphasized the im- | 

 portance of the meeting in his | 

 statements regarding the pine | 

 blister disease and the danger j 

 which it threatens and the 

 members of the Association | 

 are very much alive to the ne- | 

 cessity for prompt action in re- | 

 gard to efforts to stamp it out | 

 where it has appeared and to | 

 prevent it spreading to sec- 

 tions adjoining those infected. 



Governor Whitman, of 

 New York, at a conference 

 of governors in Washington, 

 D. C, in the latter part of 

 December, called the atten- 

 tion of the state executives to 

 the conference planned by 

 the American Forestry Asso- 

 ciation, spoke of the need 

 of a vigorous fight against 



THE PROGRAM 



JANUAKY 18lh. 10 a. in. 



Annual Mcctinj; American Forestry Association. 



Address of the President Charles Latiirop Pack 



Report of the Secretary .Percival S. Ridsdale 



Address — "Economic Justice for 



Lumber and Forests". .E. A. Sterling. Director American 

 Forestry Association. 

 Election of Ofhcers and General Business. 



JANUARY 18th. 2 p. m. 



Recreational Uses of National Forests and National Parks. 



Address — " National Parks as Na- 

 tional Playgrounds" ..Stephen T. Mather. Assistant to 



the Secretary of the Interior. 

 Recreational Uses of the 



National Forests" ....H. S. Graves, U.S. Forester. 

 Conservation of Game 

 in National Forests and 



National Parks" E. W. Nelson. Chief, U. S. Dept. 



of Biology. 

 ' National Forests At- 

 tractions " C.J. Blanchard 



Address — " 

 Address — " 



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JANUARY 18ih. 8 p. m. 

 Meetings : 

 Board of Directors of the American Forestry Association. 

 Committee for Suppression of Pine Blister Disease. 

 Society of American Foresters. 



Address- 



= Addrcss- 



JANUARY 19th, 9.30 a. ni. 



i The White Pine Blister Disease. 



= Address — " What is the White Pine 



= Blister Disease ?"... .Dr. Perley Spaulding 



= /In New England W. P. Wharton 



= Address — "The Present J Hudson to Mississippi. .E. A. Sterling 



= Situation" j Pacific Coast E.T.Allen 



= I In Canada Clyde Leavitt 



What Shall We Do 



About the Disease?". .S. B. Detwiler, U. S, Forest 

 Pathologist. 

 Address— "Shall We Plant White 



Pine?" C. R. Pettis, Supt. of Forests of 



N. Y. State. 

 The Problem as a 



Whole" Dr. Haven Metcalf, Chief of the 



U. S. Office of Forest Pathology. 

 Discussions and Resolutions. 



= JANl'ARY 19th. 2 p. m. 



i Stopping Importation of Tree and I'hint Pcsls. 



= Address — "Losses Caused l:>y Im- 



= ported Tree and Plant 



E Pests " C. L. Marlatt, Chairman Federal 



= Horticultural Board. 



= Address — "The Independence of 



= American Nurseries ".. David T. Fairciiild, Agricultural 



= Explorer in charge of Office of For- 



= eign Seed and Plant Introduction, 



= Address — " The Necessity fora Fed- 



= eral Quarantine Against 



= all Trees and Plants". .J. G. Sanders, Economic Zoologist 



of Pennsylvania 



I from other continents, except 

 I such as is permitted to enter 

 j for special purposes by the 

 I Department of Agriculture. 

 I Most of the tree and plant 

 I pests which have cost, and 

 I arc costing, this country hun- 

 I dreds of irdllions of damage 

 I annually, were brought into 

 I this country on imported 

 I stock. There is every likeli- 

 I hood that such pests will con- 

 I tinue to come into this country 

 j unless pre\-cntcd by strin- 

 I gent quarantine regulations. 

 I The conference is to discuss 

 j the advisability of such reg- 

 I ulations. It is a debatable 

 I subject. Can imported stock 

 I be so cleansed that the danger 

 I of these pests is removed? 

 I Can examination of stock for 

 I im]3ortation be so regulated 

 j that nothing suspected of 

 I being dangerous shall be per- 

 I mitted to enter this country ? 

 I These are questions to be 

 I discussed. It is a big subject, 

 I an important subject. 

 I There will meet at the 

 I Forestry Conference the So- 

 j ciety of American Forestersfor 

 I their annual business session ; 

 I the Society of Eastern For- 

 i esters; and the Committee for 

 the Suppression of the Pine 



the pine blister and urged the executives to send state dele- 

 gations to take part in the discussion of ways and means 

 for stamping out the disease and enlisted the assistance of 

 the governors in the campaign being waged against it. 



This subject will be discussed by some of the leading 

 experts, men who have made a close study of the dis- 

 ease, and of the measures which should be taken to 

 prevent its spread. 

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= Discussions. 



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Blister Disease of North America which will have repre- 

 sentatives from each state where the infection has appeared 

 or is likely to appear. 



The meetings will be held on the tenth floor of the 

 New Willard Hotel, and delegates when they arrive will 

 be requested to register there early on the morning of 

 January 18. Detailed information may be had at the 

 offices of the Association, 1410 H Street, Washington, D.C. 



