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1920, an effort which was unsuccessful. Following this attempt, those 

 then in control of the Association decided to prevent all possibility of 

 its repetition by providing a self-perpetuating board of fifteen directors, 

 which, under protest, was modified to seven, with eight elected by the 

 members. This proposition was put through at the last meeting. 



The developments of these last four years are incomprehensible 

 without a knowledge of the other elements which entered into the 

 internal situation of the Association. The foresters abandoned or 

 condemned it for just one thing, a total breakdown of the policy of 

 the Association, which rendered it useless for the purposes for which 

 it was founded, and the evident fact that under the reorganization, 

 this condition would become permanent. The Association could no 

 longer be relied on to put up a fight for any public measure in which 

 the public interest might be opposed to private interests. How did this 

 come about? The answer is found in the working out of the three other 

 factors, namely, the organization of the Association, its magazine, and 

 its finances. 



PART II. — THE ORGANIZATION AND MAGAZINE 



The Association was founded as a voluntary organization for the 

 inculcation and spread of a forest policy adequate for our economic 

 needs as a nation ; and any person was eligible for membership. Annual 

 meetings were held at which a President, Treasurer, and directors 

 were elected, the number of directors being finally fixed at fifteen. 

 These officers were nominated by a committee, usually of five men 

 selected by the presiding officer, from those present. James Wilson, 

 Secretary of Agriculture, was President from 1899 to 1908, inclusive, 

 at which time Gov. Curtis Guild. Jr., of Massachusetts, was elected and 

 served till his death in 191 L In 1912 Gov. Robert Bass, of New 

 Hampshire, served for one year, to be succeeded by Henry S. Drinker 

 in 1913 and by Charles Lathrop Pack in 1916 to date. 



The executive officer of the Association is a Secretary appointed by 

 the Board to serve at its discretion. Upon him devolves in a large 

 measure the success of the Association and its reputation. For a time 

 previous to 1907 the management of the magazine was conducted as 

 a separate private business venture under an editor, but since 1907 the 

 Secretary has been the editor as well as the financial manager of the 

 Association. Management and magazine cannot be separated in tracing 

 the conditions as they now exist. * 



