The cAmerican Forestrjr cAssociation 



Washington, D. C. 



OFFICERS FOR 1915 



President 



DR. HENRY STURGIS DRINKER. President. Lehigh University. South Bethlehem. Pa. 



JOSHU.A. L. B.MLY. Pennsylvania 



THEODORE L. BRISTOL. Connecticut 



Ex-President Connecticut Forestry Association 



ANDREW CARNEGIE, New York 



MRS. EMMONS CROCKER, Massachusetts 



DR. CH.-\RLES W. ELIOT. Massachusetts 

 President Emeritus Harvard University 



DR. B. E. FERNOW, Canada 



Dean of Forestry, University of Toronto 



HON. WALTER L. FISHER. ChicuBO, 111. 

 Ex-Secretary of the Interior 



Vice-Presidents 



HENRY S. GRAVES, District of Columbia 



Chief of the Forest Service 

 EVERITT G. GRIGGS. Washington 

 HON. DAVID HOUSTON' 



Secretary of Agriculture 

 HON. FRANKLIN K. LANE 



Secretary of the Interior 

 HON. .-^SBURY F. LEVER. South Carolina 



L'nited States Representative 

 HON. THOMAS NELSON PAGE 



Ambassador to Italy 

 HON. GEO. PARDEE, California 



Ex-Governor of California 



GIFFORD PINCHOT. Pennsylvania 



FILIBERT ROTH. Michisan 



Dean of Forestry, University of Michigan 



DR. J. T. ROTH ROCK. Pennsylvania 



HON. WM. H. TAFT. Connecticut 

 Ex-President United States 



JOSEPH N. TEAL. Oregon 



Chairman Oregon Conservation Commission 



HON. JOHN WEEKS, Massachusetts 

 United States Senator 



DR. ROBERT S. WOODW-VRD, Washington. D. C. 

 President, Carnegie Institution. 



Treasurer 



JOH.N E. JENKS, Editor. Army and Navy Register. Washington, D. C. 



Executive Secretary 



p. S. RIDSDALE, 1410 II Street. N. W.. Washington. D. C. 



E. T. ALLEN, Oregon 



Forester, Western For. and Conservation .\sso. 

 HON. ROBERT P. B.\SS. New Hampshire 



Ex-Governor of New Hampshire 

 WM. B. GREELEY, District of Columbia 



.-Assistant U. S. Forester 

 «'. R. BROWN. New Hampshire 



Pres., New Hamp. Forestry Commission 

 HERMAN II. CHAPMAN. Connecticut 



Professor of Forestry, Yale Forest School 



Directors 



DR. HENRY S. DRINKER. Pennsylvania 



President. Lehigh University 

 .\LFRED CASKILL 



State Forester, New Jersey 

 JOHN E. JENKS. District of Columbia 



Editor, Army and Navy Register 

 CHESTER W. LVM.A.N, New York 



International Paper Company 

 CHARLES LATHROP PACK, New Jersey 



Pres. F'ifth National Conservation Congress 



CHARLES F. QUINCY, New York 



J. E. RHODES. Illinois 



Secretary Southern Pine .\ssociation 



ERNEST A. STERLING. Pennsylvania 

 Forest and Timber Engineer 



JOHN L. WE.WER. District of Columbia 

 Real Estate Broker 



J. B. WHITE, Missouri 



Ex-President, National Conservation Congress 



Declaration of Principles and Polic)^ 

 of "^ C/4merican Forestr)^ cylssociation 



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

 a scale adequate for our econoniic needs, and an>' person is eligible for membership. 



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

 nient or policy, and is devoted to a ]>ul)lic service conducive to national prosperit)'. 



IT ASSERTS THAT fftrestry means the jimpagation and eare of forests for the prod ur- 

 lion of timber as a crop; j)rotection of watersheds; utilization of non-agricultural 

 soil; use of forests for pul)lic recreation. 



IT DECLARES THAT FORESTRY is of immense importance to the people; that the 

 census of I1JI3 shows our forests ammally supply over one and a quarter billion 

 dollars' worth of i)roducts; employ 735,000 pec^ple; pay $367,000,000 in wattes; cow r 

 550,000,000 acres unsuited for agriculture; regulate the distributiou of water; jirr- 

 vent erosion of lands; and are essential to the beauty of the countr>' and the health 

 of the natli_>n. 



IT RECOGNIZES THAT forestry is an Indu-^lr)- limited Ity economir <-onditions; that 

 I)ri\.ae owners siiould be ai(K'd and eneonraged by investigations, demonstration^, 

 and educational work, since llie>' ( annot be f.xpecled to practice forestry at a 

 financial loss; that Federal and State goNernnient-. should undertake scientifu 

 forestr>' upon national and Slate forest reser\es lor the benefit of the public. 



IT WILL DEVOTE ils inlluenre and educational facilities tu the develoi)ment of 

 public thought and knowledge along these jira< tii a! lines. 



It Will Support These Policies 



iM'flcral Adiniiiistralioii and Man- 



aKcmcnt of national forests; adequate 

 ,il'i'i"priations for tlieir care and man- 

 aKtrnit-nt; Federal cooperation with the 

 States, especially in forest fire protec- 

 tion. 



State Activity by acquirement of forest 

 kinds; organization for fire protection; 

 encoinauonient of forest planting 1)\ 

 communal and private owners; non- 

 political departmentaliy independent 

 forest orcanization. with liberal appro- 

 priations for these purposes- 



Forest Fire Protection by Federal. 

 State and fire [irotective agencies, ami 

 its encouragement and extension, in- 

 dividually and by cooperation; without 

 adequate fire protection all other 

 measures for forest crop production 

 will fail. 



Forest Planting by Federal and State 

 f^overnnients and long-lived corporji- 

 tions and acquirement of waste land-^ 

 for tills purpose; and also planting b>- 

 private owners, where profitable, and 

 encouragement of natural regeneration. 



Forest Taxation Reforms removing un- 

 just burdens from owners of growing 

 timber. 



Closer lUilization in logging and man- 

 utarturing without loss to owners; aid 

 to liimfjermcn in achieving this. 



Cutting of Mature Timber where ami 

 as the domestic market demands it. ex- 

 cept on areas maintained for park or 

 scenic purposes, and compensation of 

 forest owners for loss suffered through 

 [)rotection of watersheds, or on behalf 

 of any public interest. 



Kqual Protection to tiie lumber in- 

 dustry and to public interests in legi-- 

 lation affecting private tiniberlancl 

 operations, recognizing that luniherinL; 

 is as legitimate and necessary as tiir 

 forests themselves. 



Classification by experts of lands best 

 suited for farming and those best suited 

 for forestry; and liberal national anil 

 State appropriations fnr this work. 



