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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



vast importance of the subject, and with a 

 full recognition of the fact that forests are 

 National safeguards and defenses against 

 National destruction by the forces of nature, 

 just as forts and navies are National de- 

 fenses against foreign invasion. 



Resolved, that the protection of the water- 

 sheds of the country by forest growth, where- 

 by an equable flow of springs and streams is 

 secured, is co-equal in importance with the 

 production of absolutely necessary forest 

 products, and the theory that little or no 

 beneficial effects are shown in the flow of 

 springs and streams from the presence of 

 forest growth is opposed to well known facts 

 throughout the world. The error of such a 

 claim would, if carried to its logical conclu- 

 sion, lead not only to the total destruction of 

 present forests, but would prevent the pro- 

 duction of future forests, and regions now 

 covered with forest growth would be reduced 

 to barren wastes as are many portions of the 

 Old World. 



Resolved, that the American Forestry As- 

 sociation welcomes the cooperation of the 

 General Federation of Women's Clubs. Such 

 cooperation of earnest, patriotic women will 

 be of inestimable value in bringing home to 

 the people of our land, to the children in 

 our schools, the principles for the spread 

 of which our association exists. It is a 

 cause that will appeal to the patriotic senti- 

 ment of the women of the United States, 

 and that their aid should have been tendered 

 in the gracious presentation of the subject 

 today by Mrs. F. W. Gerard is a matter for 

 hearty congratulation and encouragement to 

 all interested in forestry. 



Resolved, that this Association endorses 

 the project of a Southern Appalachian and 

 White Mountain National forest as a matter 

 of great importance to the industrial, agri- 

 cultural and river navigation interests of the 

 Southern, Middle and New England States. 

 Such reserves would extend to the states 

 concerned the same measure of aid and pro- 

 tection that has been so bountifully extended 

 to the West, and would be of the greatest 

 value and importance to our National in- 

 terests. 



The Committee on Nominations re- 

 ported the following list of officers for 

 the coming year and they were duly 

 elected : 



President, Curtis Guild, Jr.. of Mass- 

 achusetts ; vice presidents, Joshua L. 

 Bailey, Pennsylvania ; Andrew Car- 

 negie, New York ; Charles W. Eliot, 

 Massachusetts ; B. E. Fernow, Canada ; 

 W. W. Finley, Washington, D. C. ; 



David R. Francis, Missouri ; Rutherford 

 B. Hayes, North Carolina; George 

 Foster Peabody, New York; J. E. 

 Ransdell, Louisiana ; J. T. Rothrock, 

 Pennsylvania; Albert Shaw, New 

 York; C. R. Van Hise, Wisconsin; 

 treasurer, Otto Luebkert, of Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



Directors : Philip W. Ayres, New 

 Hampshire ; Robert P. Bass, New 

 Hampshire; Curtis Guild, Jr., Massa- 

 chusetts ; William S. Harvey, Pennsyl- 

 vania; John E. A. Hussey, Massachu- 

 setts ; Otto Leubkert, Washington, D. 

 C. ; G. D. Markham, Missouri ; George 

 H. Maxwell, Illinois ; Charles F. Nes- 

 bit, Washington, D. C. ; Charles Lath- 

 rop Pack, New Jersey ; M. V. Richards, 

 Washington, D. C. ; Cuno H. Rudolph, 

 Washington, D. C. ; Fred S. Underbill, 

 Pennsylvania ; J. S. Whipple, New 

 York, and George P. Whittlesey, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



Auditors : Charles S. Bradley, Wil- 

 liam L. Hall, both of Washington, D. C. 



Mr. Harvey occupied the chair during 

 the afternoon, President Guild having 

 been one of a delegation to the Capitol. 

 The President returned before the an- 

 nouncement of the election of officers, 

 and upon resuming the chair, said: 



As your delegates to see certain persons 

 at the Capitol, the delegation composed of 

 Mr. Maxwell and myself report progress 

 with encouraging prospects. I cannot go 

 further than that at this time. I thank you 

 very much indeed for the honor that you 

 have so kindly bestowed upon me ; and as 

 we say on the stump in Massachusetts, 

 "Judge a man not by his promises, but bv 

 his record." 



The meeting then adjourned. 



By invitation of the Society of Amer- 

 ican Foresters several of the members 

 of the Association attended a meeting 

 of that society at Mr. Pinchot's resi- 

 dence, 1615 Rhode Island Avenue, N. 

 W., in the evening and heard an inter- 

 esting lecture on the growing of 

 eucalyptus by Mr. F. G. Plummer, of 

 the Forest Service. 



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