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that we can have a forestry journal equal to any in quality and volume. 

 The Forestry Journal is worth not merely the price paid; it is a 

 journal without which no forester can expect to keep in touch with 

 forestry matters in this country. And surely of all countries in the 

 world and of all times ever, our country and our times call for men 

 who read and keep posted. 



If any man will read the Journal, and in addition will make use of 

 his membership in calling on his fellow-forester, he will have no trouble 

 in seeing what the Society is good for. 



But the Society and the Journal are yours ; it is your interest, your 

 action; your willingness to help the Society in moral and mental sup- 

 port and in paying your dues ; your help to the Journal in contribu- 

 tions and criticisms ; your help to every forester who calls for it, which 

 must make the Society the excellent means of binding together the 

 foresters of our country. 



This has been a year of stress and strain. Many of the most active 

 members are in military service, many of them abroad. As a result, 

 little in way of suggestions and recommendations has come up. 



The permanent secretaryship is still a pious wish and calls for more 

 money, which in turn reminds us that the dues ought to be five dollars 

 in place of four; the Journal four dollars instead of three. 



Recent controversy has brought out the fact that a committee ought 

 to look into the matter of honorary membership and submit report to 

 the Society, with recommendations. 



In closing, permit me to remind all foresters and their friends that 

 the American Forestry Association is gathering a fund to help the for- 

 esters in the war; to help make them more comfortable and to relieve 

 them of some of their worries regarding the people left at home. Let 

 us all stand by our boys. 



