i9o8 ANNUAL REPORT OF DIRECTORS i59 



Again, evidence of increased inter- The older organizations of the 



est in tree planting and forest conser- Eastern States have continued their 



vation on the part of cities, business activity. The newer Michigan For- 



concerns, and individuals daily multi- estry Association is especially inter- 



plies. ested in reforestation and rational tax- 



A 1.-^ J X u • .o ^^^o^;^^ ation of growing timber. Its meeting 



A multitude of busmess organiza- ^ o • • tr u i 



. ■ • ^ i. ^^ o^^ ^ofj^m-ii at Sagmaw m November was one of 



tions, municipal, state, and national, ^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ 



are putting themselves on record m ^^^ ^^^^ p^^ ^^^ p^^_ 



favor of the general forestry move- ^ A.^oriation held its seventh an- 



ment, and especially the Appalachian ^^try Association held its seventh an 



Bill. The Carriage Builders' National nu^l meeting on December lo-ii at 



Association, the National Lumber ^Z. .^l^' , „ , , ^ 



Manufacturers' Association, the Na- The Nebraska Park and Forest As- 



tional Association of Manufacturers, sociation is agitating for the trans- 



the American Mutual Newspaper As- formation of the Wet Mountain Val- 



sociation, the Convention for the Ex- ley Reserve into a park to constitute 



tension of Foreign Commerce, the Na- a retreat for Kansas, Nebraska, Mis- 



tional Box Manufacturers' Associa- souri, and Iowa. 



tion, the Slack Cooperage Manufac- The Appalachian-White Mountain 

 turers' Association, the National Bill has been actively promoted by the 

 Board of Trade, the American Cotton Massachusetts Forestry Association, 

 Manufacturers' Association, and many the Society for the Protection of New 

 others have emphatically declared for Hampshire Forests, the Appalachian 

 the preservation of the forests and Mountain Club, and the newly or- 

 streams of the Appalachian and White ganized National Forest Association, 

 Mountains. Boards of Trade and with headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. 

 Chambers of Commerce, South and The work of the latter has been ma- 

 West, extended a cordial welcome to terially aided by the American Insti- 

 the Association's secretary during his tute of Electrical Engineers and the 

 Appalachian campaign, assumed the Georgia Federation of Women's 

 responsibility for many of his meet- Clubs. The American Civic Associa- 

 ings, and unanimously passed Appala- tion, the American Association for 

 chian resolutions. The National Irri- the Advancement of Science, and the 

 gation Congress at Sacramento took Association of State University Pres- 

 strong ground in favor of the forestry idents have also aided. The Society 

 movement, and earnest words were of American Foresters meets monthly 

 spoken for forestry at the Rivers and in Washington in the winter season. 

 Harbors Congress in Washington, and and continues its scientific work ; 

 at the Drainage Convention in Balti- while the splendid educational and 

 more. The sportsmen's shows in Bos- propaganda work of the General Fed- 

 ton and New York gave good space eration of Women's Clubs is worthy 

 for forestry exhibits. of the highest commendation. 



The year has witnessed the organ- The advancement in educational 



ization of the Tri-Counties Reforesta- work in forestry is most encouraging, 



tion Committee (on January 9), rep- I" the University of Maine the class 



resenting San Bernardino, Orange ^ forestry studied forest conditions 



and Riverside Counties, for the pur- on a tract of over 24,000 acres of 



pose of carrying on reforestation work State land, and secured data for a 



in the San Bernardino National For- map and estimates of stand of lum- 



est ; of the Georgia Forestry Associa- ber, together with other important 



tion, on March 11; of the Maine material. 



Forestry Association, March 14-15; In Massachusetts, forestry instruc- 



and of the Paducah (Ky.) Forest As- tion is given in both Harvard Univer- 



sociation, inaugurated October 17. sity and the State Agricultural Col- 



