The cylmerican Forestry^ c^ssociation 



Washington, D. C. 



President 

 CHARLES LATHROl' PACK. 



Lakewood. N. J. 



ANDREW CARNEGIE, Nt:w York 

 WILLIAM E COLBY, California 



Secretary of The Sierra Club 

 COLEMAN DuPONT, Delaware 

 DR CHARLES W. ELIOT, Massachusetts 



President Emeritus Harvard University 

 DR B. E. FERNOW. Canada 



Dean of Forestry University of Toronto 



HENRY S GRAVES. District of Columbia 



Chief of the Forest Service 

 EVERITT G GRIGGS. Washington 



JOHN E. 



PERCIVAL 



E T. ALLEN, Oregon 



Forester, Western For and Conserv. Assn. 

 JOHN S AMES, Massachusetts 

 HON. ROBERT P. BASS. New Hampshire 



Ex-Governor of New Hampshire 

 W'M B. GREELEY. District of Columbia 



Assistant U. S Forester 

 W. R. BROWN, New Hampshire 



Prcs New Hamp. Forestry Commission 



Vice-Presidents 



HON. DAVID HOUSTON 

 Secretary of Agriculture 

 HON. FRANKLIN K. LANE. 



Secretary of the Interior 

 HON. ASBURY F LEVER, South Carolina 



United States Representative 

 HON. THO.MAS NELSON PAGE 



.\inbassadur to Italy 

 GIFFORD PINCIIOT. Pennsylvania 

 MRS. FRANCES F PRESTON, New Jersey 

 Fl LIBERT ROTH, Michigan 



Dean of Forestry. University of Michigan 

 DR. J. T ROTHROCK, Pennsylvania 

 Treasurer 

 JENKS, Editor, Army and Navy Register. Washin 

 Executive Secretary 

 SHELDON RIDSDALE, HIO H Street. N W.. \V 

 Directors 

 HERMAN H CHAP.MAN, Connecticut 



Professor of Forestry, Vale Forest School 

 DR HENRY S DRINKER, Pennsylvania 



President Lehigh University 

 ALFRED GASKILL 



State Forester. New Jersey 

 lOH.N E. JE.N'KS, District of Columbia 

 ' Editor, Army and Navy Register 

 CHESTER W. LYMAN. New York 

 \ice Pres International Paper lompaii> 



MRS. JOHN D SHER.MAN. Illinois 



Chairman, Conservation Dcparlinenl 



General Federation of Women's Clubs 

 HON WM H T.\FT, Connecticut 



Ex President United States 

 JOSEPH N. TEAL. Oregon 



Oiairman Oregon Conservation Commission 

 THEODORE N. VAIL. Vermont 



President, Am Tel & Tel. Co 

 HO.N. JOll.N WEEKS, Massachusetts 



United States Senator 

 DR R. S WOODWARD, Washington. D C. 



President Carnegie Institution 



D C. 



ashington. 1). C. 



CHARLES LATHROP PACK, New Jersey 

 Pres. Nat'l Emergency Food Garden Com 

 mission. 



CHARLES F. QUINCY, New York 



ERNEST A. STERLING, New York 

 Forest and Timber Engineer 



J B WHITE. Missouri 



Ex. -Pres.. National Conservation ConKres> 



Decla ration__of^rmci ples and PolicjT 

 gf We cylmerican Forestry^ c^ssociation 



IT IS A VOLUNTARY organization for the inculcation and spread of a forest 

 policy on a scale adequate tor our economic needs, and any person is eligible 

 for membership. 

 IT IS INDEPENDENT, has no official connection with any Federal or State de- 

 partment or policy, and is devoted to a public service conducive to national 

 prosperity. 

 IT ASSERTS THAT forestry means the propagation and care of forests for the 

 production of timber as a crop; protection of watersheds; utilization of non- 

 agricultural soil ; use of forests for public recreation. 

 IT DECLARES THAT FORESTRY is of immense importance to the people; that 

 the census of 1<J13 shows our forests annually supply over one ^"^i ^J''^^'^^ 

 billion dollars' ^orlh of products; employ 735.000 people; pay $.!U. 000.000 m 

 wanes- cover .550 000.000 acres unsuited for agriculture; regulate the distri- 

 bution'of water; prevent erosion of lands: and are essential to the beauty of 

 the country and the health of the nation 

 IT RECOGNIZES THAT forestry is an industry limited by economic conditions; 

 that private owners should be aided and encouraged by investigations, demon- 

 strations, and educational work, since they cannot be expected to practice for- 

 estrv at a financial loss ; that Federal and State governments should undertake 

 scientific forestry upon National and State forest reserves for the benefit of 

 the public 

 IT WILL DEVOTE its influence and educational facilities to the development of 

 public thought and knowledge along these practical lines. 



It Will Support These Policies 

 National and State Forests under Fed- 

 eral and Sl-te Ownership, administra- 

 tion and management respectively; 

 adequate apiiruiirialiiiiis fnr their care 

 and management; Federal coopera- 

 tion with the States, especially in 

 forest fire protection. 

 State Activity by acquirement of forest 

 lands; organization for lire protec- 

 tion; encouragement of forest plant- 

 ing by communal and private owners, 

 non-political deliarlmeiitally indepen- 

 dent forest organization, with liberal 

 apiiropriiilions for these purposes. 

 Forest Fire Protection by Federal, 

 State and fire protective agencies, 

 and its cncouragenieiU and extension, 

 iiidividually and by co-operation; 

 without adequate fire protection all 

 otiier measures for forest crop pro 

 .luclion uilt fail. 

 Forest Planting by Federal and State 

 govcn.menis and long-lived corpora 

 tions and acquirement of waste lands 

 for this purpose; and also planting by 

 private owners, where ]irohtable. and 

 encouragement of natural regenera 

 tion. 

 Forest Taxation Reforms removing un- 

 just burdens from owners of growing 

 timber. 

 Closer Utilization in logging and man^ 

 ufacturing without loss to owners; aid 

 t)u- hiiv.lir rniiiii in a'-tve\-iiie tins. 

 Cutting of M.iture Timber where aiid 

 a-, tiie ilomislic market demands it, 

 except on areas maintained for park 

 or scenic purposes, and compensation 

 of forest o-vners for loss sulTered 

 throiigh protection of watersheds, or 

 ,.i. h.-li.-ilf of any public interest 

 Equal Protection to the lumber indus- 

 irv anil to public interests in legisla- 

 tion atTecting private timberlaml op- 

 erations, recognizing that lumbering 

 is as legitimate and necessary as the 

 for. St V theiii-ielves. , , , u . 



Classification by experts of lands best 

 suited for farming and those best 

 suited for forestry; and liberal na- 

 tional and State appropriations for 

 this work. 



