The olmerican Forestry" c/lssociation 



Washington, D. C. 



WLLIAK E. COLBY, C«lifornI«, 

 StcrctMT of The Sierrm Cluh. 



COLEMAN iuPONT, Del»w»re. 



DH CHARLES W. ELIOT. UatMchtssett*. 



President Emeritus, Harvard nnlversity. 



DH. B. E. FERNOW, Canida, 

 Bean of Forestry Emeritus, University of 

 Toronto. 



EENRY S. GRAVES, IHttrict of Colnabi*. 

 Chief of the Forcit Scrrice. 



EVIITTT G. GRIGGS, W*«hin(««i. 



PrasUut 



CHARLES LATHROP PACE, Laketrood, N. J. 



TiM-Pnaldaati 



HON. DAVID HOUSTON, 



Secretary of AgricnltnTe. 

 HON. FRANKUN K. LANE, 



Secretary of the Interior. 

 HON. ASEITRY F. LEVER, South Caralliui, 



Member Federal Land Board. 

 HON. THOMAS NELSON PAGE. 



Former United States Ambassador to Italy. 

 GIFFORD PINCHOT, Pennjjlyanla. 

 MRS. FKANaS F. PRESTON, New j«My. 

 FILIBERT ROTH, Miebican. 



Deaa of Foreatry, University of Miehlfoa. 

 DR. J. T. ROTHROCK, Peonaylvasia. 



MRS. JOHN D. SHERMAN, IlUnoia. 



Chairman, Coniervation Departtnent. 



General Federation of Wsmen'i Clubt. 

 HON. WM. H. TAFT, Connecticut, 



Ex-Pre«ideBt United Statea. 

 JOSEPH N. TEAL, Oregon, 



Chairman Oregon Cooaervatinn Conunlsalcs 

 THEODORE N. VAIL, Vermont, 



Preaident, Am. Tel. 4 Tel. Co. 



HON. JOHN W. WEEKS, Maasachnsctta, 

 Former United States Senator. 



DR. R. S. WOODWARD, Washington, D. C, 

 Preaident Carnegie Institution. 



' TtMcorer 

 JOHN E. JKNES, Ealitar, Amy and Navy Segiater, WashlsgtiM, D. C. 

 Kmatdra 8*enUaj 

 PERaVAL SHELDON KIDSDALE, Ult H. Street, N. W., WadUngtao, D. C 



Dlnetafa 



5. T. ALLEN, Oregon, 



Foreiter, Western For. and Coascry. Assn. 

 JOHN 3. AMES. Uassachnsetts. 

 HON. ROBERT P. BASS, New Hampshire, 



Et-Gotctoot sf New Hampshire. 

 STAHDISH CHARD, New York. 

 WM. B. GREELEY, District of ColambU, 



Assistant U. S. Forester. 

 W. R. BROWN, New Hampshire, 



Pres., New Hamp. Forestry Comailssion, 



HERMAN H. CHAPMAN, Connecticnt, 

 Professor of Forestry, Yale Forest Stdiool. 



DR. HENRY S. DRINKER. PennsylyanU, 

 President, Lehigh University. 



ALFRED GASKILL, Trenton, New JerMy, 

 State Forester. 



JOHN E. JENKS, District of Colambia, 

 Editor, Army sad Navy Register. 



CHESTER W. LYMAN, New York, 

 Vice-Pres. International Paper Company. 



CHARLES LATHROP PACK, New Jerser 



President American Forestry Association. 



CHARLES F. QUINCY, New York. 



ERNEST A. STERLING, New York, 

 Forest and Timber Engineer. 



J. B. WHITE, Missouri, 

 £x-Prcs , National Conservation Coograss 



Declaration of Principles and Policy" 

 sf 7^ cAmerican Forestr}^ ^Association 



IT IS A VOLUNTARY organization for the inculcation and spread •£ a f*re»t 

 policy on a scale adequate for our economic needi, and any perioa is eligible 

 for membership. 



IT IS INDEPENDENT, has no official connection with any Federal or Sute 

 department or policy, and is devoted to a pnblic service condocive to natieaai 

 prosperity. 



IT ASSERTS THAT forestry means the propagation and care of forcsU fer (ke 

 production of timber as a crop; protection of watershed; titilizatioa of n«n' 

 agricultural soil; use of forests for public recreation. 



IT DECLARES THAT FORESTRY is of immense importance to the people! 

 that the census of 1913 shows our forests aunttally supply over •ae and a 

 quarter billion dollars' worth of products; employ TSB.OOO people; pay 

 ^7,000,000 in wage;!; cover 550,000,000 acres nnsnited for agriculture; regn- 

 late the distribution of water; prevent erosion of lands; and are essential te 

 the beauty of the cotmtry and the health of the nation. 



IT RECOGNIZES THAT forestry is an industry limited by economic conditi<»u| 

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

 strations, and educational work, since they cannot be expected to practic« 

 forestry at a financial loss; that Federal and State govenunents should under- 

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

 of the public. 



IT WILL DEVOTE its influence and educational facilities t« the devclopatent of 

 public thought and knowledge along these practical lines. 



It Will Support These PoUciei 



National and State Forests under Fed- 

 eral and State Ownership, adminis- 

 tration and maoagemeat respective- 

 ly; adequate apprapriations for their 

 care and mananeaent; Federal co- 

 operation with the State, especiallT 

 in forest fire protection. 



State Activity by acquirement of forest 

 lands; organization for fire protec- 

 tion; encouragement of forest plant 

 ifig by communal and private ownsrr, 

 non-poljticai departmentally indepas 

 dent forest organication, with liberat 

 appropriations for these purposes. 



Forest Fire Protection by Federal, 

 State and fire protective agenciss, 

 and its encouragement and extension, 

 individually and by co-operation, 

 without adequate fire protection all 

 other measures for forest crop pro- 

 duction will fail. 



Forest Planting by Federal and Stat^ 

 governments and long-lived corpora 

 tions and acquirement of waste lands 

 for this purpose; and also plsntins 

 by private owners, where profitable 

 and encouragement of natoral, regsn 

 eratioa. 



Forest Taxation Reforms removing on- 

 just burdens from owners af growing 

 timber. 



Closer Utilization in lagging and man- 

 ufaoturing without loss to owners; aid 

 tbe lumberman in achieving this. 



Cutting of Mature Timber where and 

 as the domestic market demands it, 

 except on areas maintained for park 

 or scenic purposes, and compensation 

 of forest owners for loss suffered 

 throQgfa protection of watersheds, or 

 on behalf of any pnblic interest. 



Equal Protection te the lumber indus- 

 try and to public interests in legisla 

 tion affecting private timberland op 

 erations, recognizing that lumbering 

 is as legitimate and necessary as the 

 forests themselves. 



Classification by experts of lands best 

 suited for farming and those best 

 suited for foreitry; and liberal na- 

 tional and State appropriations for 

 this work. 



