1908 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS 



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pushing reforestation for anybody's 

 benefit, but for the benefit of the Amer- 

 ican people, and particularly for the 

 benefit of the people who live nearest 

 to the forests. We have come to the 

 time, oentlemen of the Association, 

 and ladies, when broad-minded men 

 with great hearts in them are taking 



quiry will go on and on and on, to- 

 ward the development of the great 

 natural resources of the United States 

 of America, until the Federal Govern- 

 ment and the State governments and 

 the individuals, all working together, 

 will prepare this great republic of ours 

 for its great future and for the sup- 



Digging white pine seedlings 



comprehensive views of the United 

 States of America. 



They are not only thinking of the 

 forests, but they are thinking of the 

 rivers, they are thinking of the un- 

 productive lands, they are thinking of 

 the streams that fiow idly to the 

 oceans, they are thinking of the de- 

 structive cutting on the mountain tops, 

 where Nature's covering is taken 

 away; and this thought and this in- 



port of the millions that will inhabit it. 

 The States are doing a good deal. 

 The report of the Directors, that 

 will be read this morning, will show 

 you in detail what the several States 

 are doing. It is quite encouraging, 

 and it is time they were doing things. 

 I happened to be in Pittsburg last 

 year after they had had a great flood. 

 The people in Pittsburg are very hos- 

 pitable ; they took me up their great 



