/ICO JOUUNAI, Ol' I'OKl'.S'l'KV 



W'liifli Ix'^aii In show liiciiisclvcs, wfrc due to (lie |)C'rct'])tiou by foresters 

 (i| llicsc ((iiKlilidiis, ;iii(| ;i sense n\ piiMic duly, wliieli caused these 

 iiK'ii It) l:il<e a slaiid ai^ainsl (onditions llircateiiiiij^' to uiideriniiie the 

 Assoc-ialioii or to dcslrov its in<l(i)eiideiice. 



The I'residciil and Seerelaiy on several (iccasions ha\c stali'd ])uh- 

 h(l\' and in Idlers lo incnilicis that this anliKiaiic niii\c was lU'cessi- 

 l.ilcd Id prevent conlrdl of llii' ;\ss( Kiat inn l»y .^loups nf foresters, 

 f^rnnps nf lunihcnncn, cnmniert iai iiilcrests, nr nllici- interests nej^lect- 

 in^ to slate llial il was in fact iir(C\slltil('(l lo /'rrrciil coiilyol of the 

 .l.ssoi idlioii hv tlif f^iihlit- iiilcri'.sis, for ■:cliifli aloiir forcxicrs ivcre 

 "ivoi kni<j. 



Il was tn tliwarl the plan for seem-inj^- just such cnnlrnl, hy mi'U who 

 <lid not Kiiiesenl |.nhlie inleresis, that tiu'se ellmts were made hy 

 foresters. The (■liar}.;es made against fhe foresters aie twnfold that 

 tliey wislu'(l to enntrnl the Assoeialion, and llial they re])ri-senled a 

 special inleresl. I cale,L;nrie;dl\' deny Imlh chart's, which wen- put 

 fnrlh lor ihe purjiose n\ llirnwinn ihe hurden nf prnnf npnn those who 

 would no loii};er Inleralt' exislint; cnnchlinns. Al liie meeliiiL; in h'luu- 

 ary, l!l*i(), the j^'ri'atest pnssihle i-ouiiesv was shown to llii' nlTicers and 

 existing' direclnrs. and nn atlempl was made hy tlu' nppnsilinn In dis- 

 credit Mr. 1 'ack <.\v his adminisi i alion in fact not a word was said 

 excepi hv Ihe I'resideiil and hy Dr. II. S. I )rinker an.l 11. W. Ilelsey, 

 holh <d" Ihe latter speakinj^ in favor i)\ the I'lesidenl's slate while the 

 hallnis w<'re heiuj;- cast, Mr. Kelsey hein<; niie nf the Ii'llcrs appointed 

 to Kiunl the \()|e. Many nf Ihe mcnihei s weri' nnl salislied with this 

 pnlicv nf tolerance in the face of manifest evidences of carefully pre- 

 paied sleam rollei- methods einplnved hy the chair, such as ri'(|uirinjj 

 a vnle (d' llin^e piesent liefoie ])ermillin!; aiiv hnl the rresidenl's slate 

 to he placed ill iiniuiiial ion. Stmie ( d' those present desireil thai puhlic- 

 ilv in the press he j^dveii to ihcsr conditinus, hut in the inten'sls of the 

 ii'putatinii nf llu' .Assncialinii this ide.i was suppressed, and the foresters 

 aj^reed lo continue iheir id npeialioii with thi- .Associalinii, whicdi has 

 hecii fri'ely ^^iveii dniiiiL; IMV'I in ihe form id' articles, editorial--, and 

 nlhei slippn.t. 



Thai this dissalislaclioii was not conlmed to the loieslers present is 

 shown hv a Ictler from Mrs. Mary I,. W'ehster, of New \nvk, a nuMiiher 

 who .Uleiided this meet iiii;', and afterward sent in her resif.;natioii lo Mr. 

 K'idsdale. She writt's: "I'.eiiiL; an uninitiated onlooker, I was shocked 

 at ihe |)ei formance, and wrote a criticism, seudiujj;^ my resij.^iuitiou. It 

 sci'ined widiij; for even the most t-asual suhscriher to let such Ihiui^s 

 j^.. wiliioni a word." Mr. Kidsd.tle's reply lo Mrs. Wehsler s.iys : '•{ 

 am not surprised In learn that ynu wen- disappoiiUi-d in the annual 

 tneetinj.,^, where a iiumher of foresters, in order to secure control of 

 the Association from the administration whicli has huilt it up from 

 an absolute nonentity and \alueless orj.^anization to oiu> which is a pcnver 

 for forestry and financially sound, niono])olize(l, by their actions, the 



