VOLUME 25 



OCTOBER, 1919 



NUMBER 310 



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GETTING AN AUDIENCE 



THE EFFORT TO SECURE A NATIONAL FOREST POLICY 

 WILL BE GREATLY AIDED IF PEOPLE ARE FIRST 

 INTERESTED IN TREES. THEY WILL THEN LEND A 

 WILLING EAR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE CARE OF 

 TREES AND THE PLANTING OF TREES ON A WHOLE- 

 SALE SCALE. FOR THIS REASON THE AMERICAN FOR- 

 ESTRY ASSOCIATION HAS INTERESTED THOUSANDS IN 

 MEMORIAL TREE PLANTING. 



EDITORS OF THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN QUICK TO 

 SEE THE POINT AS IS EVIDENCED BY "THE GLOBE- 

 DEMOCRAT" OF ST. LOUIS, WHICH SAYS: "IF THIS 

 MEMORIAL TREE IDEA SERVES TO INCREASE THE 

 NUMBER OF LOVERS OF TREES, THE MOVEMENT TO 

 PRESERVE OUR FORESTS FOR THE FUTURE NEEDS OF 

 THE COUNTRY WILL MAKE MORE RAPID PROGRESS." 

 THAT EDITORIAL WAS BASED UPON THE SUGGESTION 

 OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR PLANTING TREES AT 

 LACLEDE, MO., IN HONOR OF GENERAL PERSHING. 



THE EDITOR OF THE HOUSTON "POST" TAKES UP THE 

 ASSOCIATION'S FIGURES ON THE TIMBER SHORT- 

 AGE AS THEY AFFECT THE PRICE OF LUMBER 

 FOR HOME BUILDING AND SAYS: "PUBLIC SENTIMENT 

 MUST BE AROUSED IN FAVOR OF A MORE ADEQUATE 

 AND DEFINITE POLICY BY THE GOVERNMENT IN 

 REGARDS TO FORESTS FOR THE BEARING IT HAS UPON 

 THE HOMES AND THE COST OF LIVING, IF FOR NO 

 OTHER REASON." 



HERE WE HAVE TWO FINE EXAMPLES OF ^'GETTING 

 AN AUDIENCE," FOR THE AUDIENCE UNDER- 

 STANDS ABOUT THE HIGH COST OF LIVING AND 

 ABOUT THE LOVE FOR A TREE. THROUGH THESE THEY 

 WILL BECOME INTERESTED IN A NATIONAL FOREST 

 POLICY. 



CHARLES LATHROP PACK, 

 President, American Forestry Association. 



