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should discuss this question from every conceivable angle ; but it should 

 by no means limit itself to discussion. It should propose a plan of 

 action representing the opinion of the professional foresters of the 

 country and should assist in making this plan effective. To aid in 

 bringing this problem to a focus, a committee, with Gifford Pinchot as 

 chairman, has been appointed. This committee will suggest a course 

 of action for consideration by the Society, and its program, along with 

 others proposed, will be placed before the members for approval by 

 letter ballot. Let me say here that there should be no difference of 

 opinion among foresters or lumbermen as to the ends at which we aim. 

 These ends are clear. There remain for discussion and decision simply 

 the means through which these ends may best be reached, and the 

 Society of American Foresters should be able to suggest a definite and 

 practicable course of action. 



A joint congressional committee is now engaged on a reclassification 

 of salaries, and action taken upon the recommendations of this com- 

 mittee will affect not only the salaries of foresters in the Government 

 service, but also, because of the fixing of certain standards, the salaries 

 of those in State, municipal, and other employ. This committee is 

 seeking advice from representatives of recognized scientific organiza- 

 tions, and the engineering societies have already sent delegates to Wash- 

 ington. Austin F. Hawes has been appointed as the representative of 

 the Society of American Foresters and has been accepted by the com- 

 mittee as adviser on Forest Service salaries. 



Other committees already at work or in process of formation are 

 those on Business Organization, including the circulation of the 

 Journal of Fore;stry ; Information, Publicity, Forest Insurance, 

 Forest Leases, Forest Loans, Forest Taxation, Proposed Union of 

 Scientific Workers, and Forestry Classification. 



Of particular interest, I think, is the improvement shown in the 

 Journal. During the past few years it has developed into a very live 

 and highly interesting publication, and in my mind its editors deserve 

 the greatest credit. The profession of forestry may be advanced in a 

 substantial way through a much wider circulation of the Journal, and 

 foresters should give it their utmost co-operation and encouragement. 



I have touched upon these matters simply to indicate that the So- 

 ciety is beginning to look not upon a somewhat broader horizon and is 

 attempting to make itself felt as an instrument of progress in forestry. 

 In this very connection I should like to urge the formation of a section 

 of the Society in New England, or in the Northeast. Let me say that on 



