18 IOWA ACADEMl OF SCIENCES. 



white pine and other timbers so useful in the arts and industries. The 

 cutting of mature white pine should be permitted under restrictions laid 

 down by the Interior Department. We favor also the setting apart for similar 

 purposes of such other lands as Congress may control in the states of Wis- 

 consin, Minnesota and other states, to the end that the timber supply of 

 said states may be at least partially saved or restored, and that the forests 

 on such tracts may serve to conserve the moisture and to protect and pre- 

 serve wild game in said regions. That Congr ss take favorable action on 

 the recommendations of Secretary Hitchcock with reference to the transfer 

 of forestry work; since the concentration of forestry work is highly desirable 

 to give stability and permanence to the management of the forest reserves. 



''2. The purchase of land by the government for a southern Appala- 

 chian national park in the Rocky Mountain and Sierra Nevada regions. We 

 favor therefore, the passage of House bill No. 3128 introduced by H. Brown- 

 low. 



' '3. The withholding from the market by the government of public lands 

 covered with timber and making provisions for the sale of the mature tim- 

 ber thereon under the supervision of a technically trained forester. 



''4. The enactment of a law embodying the recommendation of Hon. 

 Binger Herman, commissioner of the general land office, in his last annual 

 report 'that all public lands which are more valuable for forest uses than for 

 other purposes shall be withdrawn from settlement, entry, sale or other dis- 

 position and be held for the protection and utilization of the timber thereon, 

 in accordance with the provisions of the forest reservation law.' 



''5. The adoption of the recommendation of the said commissioner of 

 the general land office that the president of the United States be vested with 

 the authority to reserve tracts of government lantl for national park purposes 

 without approval or further action of congress. 



^ ' Resolved, That the Iowa delegation in Congress is hereby respectfully 

 requested to urge the enactment of laws embodying the recommendations 

 herein contained." Signed, 



L. H. Pammel, Ames. 

 B. Shimek, Iowa City. 

 M. F. Arey, Cedar Falls. 



The committee on pure food laws, appointed a year ago, 

 was authorized to continue its work and the following 

 resolutions were passed by the Academy: 



Resolved, That it is sense of the Academy of Sciences: 



First. — That the committee on pure food laws be authorized to continue 

 its work. 



Second. — That the committee co-operate with committees from other 

 organizations in the enactment of pure food laws. 



Third. — That the attention of the legislature be called to the necessity 

 and value of pure food laws in this state. 



Iowa as a state should not be surpassed by other states in the enactment 

 of pure food laws. 



