AMERICAN FORESTRY CONGRESS. 



ANNUAL MEETING HELD IN DENVER, COLORADO, COMMENCING TUES- 

 DAY, SEPT. 14, 1886. 



OFFICERS. 



President — G. W. Minier, Illinois. 



Vice Presidents — H. G. Joly, Quebec, Martin Allen, Kansas, G. H. Parsons, 

 Colorado, R. H. Warder, Ohio, Abbott Kenney, California. 

 Recording Secretary — E. T. Ensign, Colorado. 

 Corresponding Secretary — B. E. Fernow, Washington, D. O. 

 Treasurer — Leo Weltz, Wilmington, Ohio. 



The opening session of the congress was held Tuesday evening, September 

 14, at the Chamber of Commerce in Denver, Colorado. The hall was well 

 filled, many of those present being ladies. 



The meeting was called to order shortly after 8 o'clock by Mr. J. T. Corn- 

 forth. Besides Mr. Cornforth on the platform were seated George H. Parsons, 

 of Colorado Springs, president of the State society, and Mr. B. E. Fernow, of 

 New York city, the corresponding secretary of the Congress. 



Mr. Cornforth apologized for the absence of Governor Eaton and President 

 Woodbury of the Chamber of Commerce, and said that he found himself com- 

 pelled to act for them. Mr. Woodbury, he said, was in New York, and the 

 Governor was detaiued by sickness in his family. 



He then delivered the following 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 



The members of the Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade extend to 

 you, gentlemen of the American Forestry Congress, a hearty welcome, and feel 

 highly honored by your presence in our city. We feel certain that your delib- 

 erations within this chamber will be a source of information to our citizens as 

 well as to the country at large, and will also result in great good to our people. 



Washington said, " Promote as an object of primary importance institutions 

 for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a 

 government gives force to public opinion it should be enlightened." 



