300 Forestry Quarterly. 



That tht Society of American Foresters shall investigate scientific 

 problems through its own membership and resources, or in collaboration 

 with other agencies. 



That the results of such investigations shall be placed before the entire 

 membership of the Society by publication in its Proceedings, or other- 

 wise; and a ballot obtained thereon when advisable in the judgment of the 

 officers or committees in charge of the investigations. 



That the results of investigations may be published for general distri- 

 bution, in the discretion of the officers or committees in charge of them, 

 either as the conclusions of the members or committees conducting the 

 investigations, or with a statement of the vote of the Society thereon 

 when deemed advisable. 



That the Society shall not officially endorse conclusions as to scientific 

 facts ; but may, with the concurrence of two-thirds of the members bal- 

 loting, take an official position upon matters of policy. 



The policy of holding at least one meeting annually outside of 

 Washington was endorsed. 



Efiforts shall be made to organize local sections and to affiliate 

 local organizations with the Society. 



Committees shall be appointed to take up questions of nomen- 

 clature and terminology, the standardization of scientific methods, 

 and the bringing together of information regarding investigative 

 projects. 



Among the speakers at the open meeting Mr. Gaskill outlined 

 the effort which should be made in the next decade in State For- 

 estry in the East; Prof. Roth presented his views on the outlook 

 in State Forestry in the West ; and Dr. Fernow, as President of 

 the Society, developed his views on the needs of the Society. The 

 most notable contribution in the program of the preceding day 

 was the address of Mr. Greeley on National Forestry. 



At the forest products exposition in Chicago and New York 

 the Forest Service exhibited two models to show proper methods 

 of logging. The models were supplemented by a graphic chart, 

 which shows the increase of timber sales on the national forests 

 from 1905 to 191 3, inclusive. In 1905, the timber sold from the 

 national forests aggregated 96,000,000 board feet, which brought 

 the government not more than $85,000. Three years later the 

 amount of timber sold increased to nearly 390,000,000 board feet, 

 and the money received rose to $735,000. In 191 1, 830,000,000 

 board feet sold for more than $2,000,000, and in 1913 more than 

 2,000,000,000 feet brought in contracts amounting to $4,500,000 

 Not all this money was received in any one year, because na- 



