LUMBERMEN AND FORESTERS CO-OPERATE 



CoMMiTTKics 01* Experts to Investi- 

 gate Matters oe Vital Impor- 

 tance TO ALE Forest and Timp.er 

 Interests in the Endeavor to 

 Secure Practical Results. 



nUIM]5ERMEN, timbcrland own- 

 ers, representatives of lire protee- 

 tion associations, State foresters 

 and delegates of the American Forestry 

 Association held meetings during the 

 Fourth Conservation Congress at In- 

 dianapolis on Oct. 1, 2, 3 and 4, which 

 resulted in developments of the utmost 

 importance to all concerned and the 

 interests which they represented. The 

 outcome of the conferences will be, 

 it is expected, the reduction, to a prac- 

 tical working basis, of various theories, 

 plans, experiences and proposals, re- 

 garding matters of vital concern to 

 cutters, owners and preservers of the 

 forests of the United States. 



It was decided, following two or 

 three sessions each day, at which the 

 subject was discussed from all stand- 

 points, that committees are to be ap- 

 pointed to make a thorough investiga- 

 tion of questions such as the timberland 

 taxation problem, top lopping, replant- 

 ing, reforestation, fire protection pub- 

 licity, etc., as the main committee may 

 select. 



These investigating committees, com- 

 posed of the most able experts upon 

 the matters about which inquiries are 

 to be made, will, by the time the next 

 Conservation Congress is held in 1913, 

 be able to report as their finding, it is 

 hoped, definite conclusions which will 

 be reported and discussed, according to 

 present plans, at one whole day's session 

 of the Congress devoted to that pur- 

 pose. 



In the meantime American Forestry 

 is to keep all who are interested in- 

 formed of the progress the committees 

 are able to report from time to time. 



It has for some time been evident 

 that the handling of forestry and lum- 

 bering matters in a practical construc- 



tive way by the real workers, and the 

 crystallization of loose agitation into 

 sound and definite policies would be of 

 the greatest ])ossible benefit to all who 

 are interested in the proper cutting and 

 the conservation of the forests, and it 

 was with this object in view that the 

 sessions, for the discussion of ways and 

 means to bring it about, were held. 



The American Forestry Association, 

 as the national organization for the con- 

 servation of the forests, is to take gen- 

 eral charge of the work. A committee 

 consisting of Capt. J. B. White, the 

 retiring president of the Fourth Con- 

 servation Congress, and one of the lead- 

 ing lumbermen of the United States, 

 E. T. Allen, forester for the Western 

 Forestry and Conservation Association, 

 and one of the foremost workers for 

 forest conservation in the country, and 

 Chief forester Henry S. Graves of the 

 Forest Service, are to confer with the 

 executive committee of the American 

 Forestry Association in the selection of 

 the committees and the questions to be 

 investigated. This is to be done within 

 a very short time and the important 

 work will be well under way, it is 

 anticipated, before the new year. 



Mr. E. T. Allen presided at the con- 

 ferences, and at the outset spoke of the 

 necessity of getting together for prac- 

 tical work. There followed several ses- 

 sions at which plans were discussed, 

 and at the same time many of those 

 present gave their views on the taxation 

 question, various plans for the protec- 

 tion of the forests from fire, methods 

 of fire protection, publicity as an aid 

 to this protection, and for increasing 

 the strength of forestry organizations, 

 and much that was of practical value 

 was learned. Among the speakers were 

 E. T. Allen, Everett G. Griggs, I. C. 

 W'illiams, John M. Woods, F. W. Rane, 

 N. P. Wheeler, R. D. Swales, Wm. 

 Irvine, Geo. E. Watson, T. B. Wyman, 

 H. P. Baker, F. W. Besley, F. A. Elliott, 

 George K. Smith, Henry E. Ilardtner, 

 Leonard Bronson, J. L. Scott, D. P. 



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