The cAmerican Forestry cAssociation 



Washington, D. C. 



PretUcBt 



ANS&EW CAUfEGIE, Kev Yark. 



WILLIAM E. COLBY, CiUiferaU, 

 SceretaxT of Tha Sierra Qab. 



OOLZUAK doFONT, DeUwmr*. 



DK. CHASLES W. EUOT, Maataekwett*. 



Freiident Emuita* Haxrard UaiTcriity. 



DR. B. E. FEKKOW, Canada. 



Dean af Foreatrr UaiTertitr •< Taraata. 



HEMXY S. GKAVES, District a{ Calnmbia, 

 Oiief e{ tha Fareat Sarrica. 



SVESITT G. GKIGGS, Waahiagtaa. 



CHAPJes L^UkTHROP PACK, LakaVM«. H. I. 



Tlce-PreiMeata 



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HON. DAVID HOUSTON, 



Secre-.«ry ef Agricaltnre. 

 HON. TXANKLIN K. LANE, 



Secretary of the Interior. 

 HON. ASBURY F. LEVER, Sooth CaioUam. 



United Statea RepresentatiTe. 

 HON. THOMAS NELSON PAGE. 



Ambaiiador to Italy. 

 GIFFORD PINCHOT, PennaylTania. 

 MRS. FRANOS F. PRESTON, Naw Jaraoy. 

 FILIBERT ROTH. Michigan, 



Dean of Foreatry, Unireraity of Michigaa. 

 DR. J. T. ROTHROCK, PennayWanU. 



MRS. JOHN D. SHERICAH, lUfawte, 



Chairman, Conaerratiaa Departaaaat, 



General Federation af Waaaaa'a Clnba. 

 HON. WM. H. TAFT, CannaetlCTrt. 



Ez-Preaident United Stataa. 

 JOSEPH N. TEAL, Oregsa, 



Chairman Oregon ConaerratiaB Coaalaaioc 

 THEODORE N. VAIL, Vermont, 



Pretident, Am. Tel. ft Tal. Ca. 

 HON. JOHN W. WEEKS, Maaaachuaatta. 



United States Senator. 

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



Freaident Camegia Inatitatioa. 



Treasniei 



JOBOr ». JBHKS. Editor, Army and KavT Reei»t«t. W»ihlii«ton, D. C. 



ExecutlTe Secretaiy 



PBSCITAI, SHZLOOH RIDSDALE, 111* H. Street, F. W, Waihlngtoii, D. C 



Dliecton 



E. T. ALLEN, OragM, 



Foreater, Weatara Far. aad Conaerr. Aaaa. 



JOHN S. AMES, Maaaachnaetta. 



HON. ROBERT P. BASS, New Haaaydhira. 

 Ex-Governor af New Hamyahire. 



WM. B. GRESLEY, Diatrict oi Calnabia, 

 AaaiaUnt U. 8. Foreater. 



W. R. BROWN, Ne« Hampahira, 

 > Prea., New Haaqt. Faraatry Caaaiiaaiafi. 



HERMAN H. CHAPMAN, Connectient, 

 Frofeaaor af Foreatry, Yale Foreat School. 



DR. HENRY S. DRINKER, PennaylTania, 

 Preaident Lehigh DniTeraity. 



ALFRED GASEILL, Treaton, New Jeraey, 

 SUte Foreater 



JOHN E. JENKS, Diatrict of Calmabia. 

 Editor, Army and Navy Regiatcr. 



CHESTER W. LYMAH, Naw York, 



Vice-Prea. International Paper Caaapan?. 



CHARLES LATHROP PACK, Naw Jetraay. 

 Prea. Nat'l War Garden Commiaaioa. 



CHARLES F. QUINCY, New York. 



ERNEST A. STERUNG, New York, 

 Foreat and Timber Engiaacr. 



J. B. WHITE, Miaaoari, 



Ex-Prea., NatioosI Coaaarratiaa Caagraaa. 



Declaration of Principles and Policy" 

 gf l^e cylmerican Forestry" cAssociation 



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

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

 for membership. 



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

 department 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 a^ 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 1913 shows our forests annually supply over one and a 

 quarter billion dollars' worth of products ; employ 735,000 people ; pay 

 ^367,600,000 in wages; cover 550,000,000 acres nnsuited for agriculture; regti- 

 late the distribution 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 conditional 

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

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

 forestry at a financial loss ; that Federal and State governments should imder- 

 take 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 Theie Policies 



National and State Foreata under Fed- 

 eral and State Ownerahip, adminia- 

 tration and management reapectiTe- 

 ly; adequate appropriationa for their 

 care and management; Federal ao- 

 operation with the Statea, eapecially 

 in foreat fire protection. 



State Activity by acqairement ef foreat 

 landa; organization for fire protee- 

 tion; encouragement ef foreat plant- 

 ing by communal and private ewnera. 

 non-political departmentally indepen- 

 dent fareat organisation, with liberal 

 appropriationa for theaa purpoaea. 



Foreat Fire Protection by Federal, 

 State and fire protective agencies, 

 and its encouragement and extenaios. 

 individually and by co-operation, 

 without adequate fire protection all 

 other meaaurea for foreat crop pro- 

 duction will fail. 



Foreat Planting by Federal and SUta 

 govemmenta and long-lived corpora- 

 tiona and acquirement of waste landa 

 for thia purpoaei and alao planting by 

 private ownera. where profitable, and 

 encouragement of natural, regenera- 

 tion. 



Foreat Taxation Reforma removing un- 

 just burdena from ownera of growing 

 timber. 



Closer Utilization in logging and man- 

 ufacturing without loss to ownera; aid 

 the lumberman in achieving this. 



Cutting of Mature Timber where and 

 as the domestia market demands it. 

 except on areas maintained for park 

 or scenic purposes, and compensation 

 of forest owners for loss suffered 

 through protection of watersheds, or 

 on behalf of any public interest. 



Equal Protection to the lumber indus- 

 try and to public interests in legisla- 

 tion affecting private timberland op- 

 erations, recognizing that lumbering 

 ia aa legitimate and neceaaary aa tka 

 foreata themselvea. 



Claaaification by experta of landa beat 

 anited for farming and thoae beat 

 auited for forestry; and liberal na- 

 tional and State appropriationa for 

 thia work. 



