1908 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS 



147 



It is high time that this Association 

 and the Congress of the United States 

 were considering these great prob- 

 lems. Are we to lose the use of our 

 great rivers in the East? In the 

 South? We are taking care of things 

 measurably well in the great West. I 

 do hope our representatives will very 

 carefully consider the wisdom of mak- 

 ing beginnings along the line of stop- 

 ping the cutting of the woods on the 



for the present generation, but you are 

 doing it for all future generations. 

 Forests are something that should go 

 on and on and become historic for 

 thousands of years. There is no rea- 

 son why they should not do so. The 

 hope of the future forests is in the 

 work of this Association ; and so I 

 say, keep up your courage, no matter 

 what difficulties you meet with. The 

 day will come when you will impress 



Private land within San Bernardino National Forest, lumbered and burned in 1903 



mountain tops, both in New England 

 and on the Southern Appalachian 

 range. 



Gentlemen, I have many duties to 

 perform, but I could not keep away 

 this morning. I had to come and bid 

 you welcome, bid you Godspeed. Go 

 on with your work. There is noth- 

 ing more noble than the rehabilitation 

 of the forests and the preservation of 

 the forests. You are not only doing it 



yourselves on the people of this great 

 republic, and the representatives of the 

 people will sooner or later take care 

 of the forests of the country and the 

 headwaters of the rivers. 



I thank you very much, and hope 

 you will all have a pleasant time. I 

 have asked Colonel Harvey to come 

 and take the chair, and permit me to 

 take care of some other duties. Good 

 morning, g'entlemen. 



