CONSERVATION AT THE PAN-AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS 119 



noniical utilization of the forests and failure to conserve 

 and renew them. Aside from loss of present and future 

 timber resources, the destruction or depletion of moun- 

 tain forests vitally affects the flow of streams and other 

 physical conditions bearing directly upon the general 

 economic welfare. As the investigation of forest con- 

 ditions progresses, therefore, it is important for the coun- 

 tries of the Pan-American Union to consider to what ex- 

 tent public ownership of their forest resources may be 

 necessary to utilize and conserve them effectivly. 



"3. Forest Education. — The vast extent and enormous 

 value of the tropical forests in the countries comprising 

 the Pan-American Union make it imperative that a 

 school of tropical forestry for instruction in the scientific 

 treatment and exploitation of such timberlands be es- 

 tablished, preferably in a central or South American 

 country. 



"4. Trade Specifications. — To bring about better utili- 

 zation of the forests of the Pan-American countries and 

 to establish and extend their trade in forest products, 

 it is recommended that uniform grades and specifica- 

 tions for such products, based upon the commercial 

 qualities and uses of the various woods concerned, be 

 mutually adopted." 



NEW YORK STATE MEETING 



THE Fourth Annual Meeting of the New York 

 State Forestry Association was held in Syracuse, 

 N. Y., on January 21. President James S. Whip- 

 ple, former Conservation Commissioner, presided ; Walter 

 R. Stone, Mayor of Syracuse, delivered the address of 

 welcome. President Whipple replied, and made his 

 annual address, in which he laid especial emphasis on the 

 need of greater numbers and of a paid secretary who 

 would devote his entire time to the interests of the 

 Association. The report of the common resolutions 

 included these articles: The Association advocates a 

 State-wide fire law; the Association endorses the work 

 of the National Park Board; the broadening of the 

 activities of the Association to include all phases of forest 

 influence; the continuation of State-wide survey of 

 forest conditions ; recommendation of the Federal appro- 

 priation for $50,000 to combat the Blister Rust ; the an- 

 nual appropriation of specific amounts for boundary 

 surveys in the Adirondacks and Catskill mountains ; and 

 the establishment of a State constabulary, separate from 

 the rangers and fish and game wardens. 



The following officers were elected: President, Dr. 

 James S. Whipple ; Executive Secretary, Prof. Franklin 

 F. Moon ; Treasurer, N. B. Woodworth ; Vice-Presidents, 

 Hon. Elihu Root, Hon. Morgan J. O'Brien, Mr. Frank 

 L. Moore, Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dr. A. S. Down- 

 ing, Mrs. E. G. Whitmeyer, Dr. C. M. Dow, Hon. Rush 

 Rhees, Hon. John R. Clancy, Mr. John G. Agar, Mr. E. 

 F. Perry, Mr. Eugene S. Bruce, Hon. E. H. Smith, Mr. 

 K. W. Goldthwaite, Dr. George G. Atwood, Hon. George 

 D. Pratt, Mr. Frank A. Cutting, Mr. Jacob Hassacher, 

 Mr. F. Ambrose Clark, Mr. John B. Burnham ; Executive 

 Committee, Dr. E. H. Hall, 3 years; Dr. Hugh P. Baker, 



2 years; Prof. R. S. Hosmer, 3 years; Mr. George N. 

 Ostrander, 3 years ; Mr. O. H. Van Norden, 3 years ; 

 Mr. C. R. Pettis, 2 years; Auditors, Prof. Samuel N. 

 Spring, Mr. W. G. Howard; Trustees Permanent Fund, 

 Hon. Charles W. Dow, Mr. Frank E. Kendall, Mr. Wal- 

 ter C. Witherbee. 



The Association has passed the crucial period of its 

 life and now contains 600 enthusiastic members, publishes 

 a magazine quarterly, and by enlarging its scope will 

 appeal to an increasing number of citizens of the Empire 

 State who love the trees and woods. 



MID-WEST FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



A NUMBER of foresters, meeting at Columbus 

 recently, organized the Mid-West Forestry Asso- 

 ■^ ciation, the constitution of which provides that the 

 general objects of the Association are to be propaganda 

 to advance the cause of forestry, particularly in the Mid- 

 dle West, and also, as far as possible, the study of tech- 

 nical forestry questions in the Great Plains region. 



The officers elected are : President, Prof. Frederick 

 Dunlap, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. ; Vice- 

 President, Prof. Charles A. Scott, State Forester of Kan- 

 sas, Manhattan, Kans. ; Secretary-Treasurer, Prof. Fred. 

 W. Smith, State Forester of North Dakota, Bottineau, 

 N. Dak. Executive Committee: J. H. Foster, State For- 

 ester of Texas ; Prof. G. B. MacDonald, Iowa State Col- 

 lege, and Dorr Skeels, Dean of Forestry, University of 

 Montana. 



PINE BLISTER RUST ORGANIZATION 



AN organization, the title of which. Interstate Com- 

 /-\ mittee for the Suppression of the Pine Blister Rust, 

 explains itself, has recently been organized. It will 

 endeavor to get Congress to appropriate $50,000 for the 

 use of the Department of Agriculture in investigating 

 the disease. The main committee comprises Wilfred 

 Wheeler, of Massachusetts, chairman ; F. W. Besley, 

 Maryland; B. A. Chandler, Vermont; Robt. S. Conklin, 

 Pennsylvania; W. T. Cox, Minnesota; Austin W. 

 Hawes, Vermont; E. C. Hirst, New Hampshire; E. H. 

 Jenkins, Connecticut; Frank E. Mace, Maine; Jesse B. 

 Mowry, Rhode Island ; C. R. Pettis, New York ; Harris 

 A. Reynolds, Massachusetts ; Francis Windle, Pennsyl- 

 vania; William P. Wharton, Massachusetts. 



CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OFFICERS 



THE following officers of the Canadian Forestry 

 Association were elected at the annual meeting on 

 January 20: President, Lieut. Col. J. B. Miller; 

 Vice-President, Hon. Sydney Fisher; Secretary, Robson 

 Black; Treasurer, Miss M. Robinson; Territorial Vice- 

 Presidents, Ontario, Hon. G. H. Ferguson ; Quebec, Hon. 

 Jules Allard; New Brunswick, Hon. George J. Clarke; 

 Nova Scotia, Hon. O. T. Daniels ; Prince Edward Island, 

 Hon. J. A. Matheson ; Alberta, Hon. A. L. Sifton ; British 

 Columbia, Hon. W. R. Ross ; Yukon, George Black ; Dis- 

 trict of Patricia, Sir C. Cameron ; Ungava, Mgr. Bruchesi, 

 of Montreal. 



