THE STATE REVIEW. 



11 



:'. Roth "The wood-lot question is im- 



'thern -Michigan ha-- -4.i' 

 .vood-lots and. according to tli 

 eminent rcporis. they are producing more 

 y in the state than all our fruit orchard?.. 

 The \vood-K.t i- good for a yield of $:; per acre 

 every year, and there are wood-lot.- near Ann 

 Arbor that the owners would not lease out on 



"While f am with the University [ realize 



that the Agricultural College i.- in clo-e-t touch 

 with the farmer-, and it -eem- to me that the 

 -.Id not spend the state money 

 than to turn over the wood-lot super- 

 vision to that school, keeping a competent man 

 there t when the farmers need him to 



advise with them as to best methods, telling 

 them where to get trees, how to plant, how 

 many tree- to leave per acre. etc. But we must 



ion first." 



Mr. Wilde "The farmers ;l s a whole do not 

 understand the reforestation plan. Some of 

 them think that it is a scheme on the part of 

 wealthy p have the state reforest the 



land, then they will turn round and cut tile 

 timber off." 



From a Consumer of Timber. 



il. L. \\ernicke. manager of The Maeey 

 'f the large v. ';-tiuitio;is 



of tilt city, was the next speaker, and he laid 

 emphasis on the importance of getting re-nit- 

 in thi- >' movement. "You mu-t 



the legi-lature and on getting there you will 

 find. . that almost everybody wants 



ihat body, but when you have 

 time-lit, as yon are now do- 

 extent that it becomes conspicuous, 

 will be no trouble in securing wh. 

 want. You mu-t also carry your i i 

 the farmer-, and explain to them carefully 

 and fully what you want. The farmcr- 

 with suspicion on whatever yon may do in con- 

 nr country ,-chool house is the 

 place to foster th< forestry sentiment. Start 

 i do not attempt t'- do too much at 

 once." 



Mrs. Schmidt's Address. 



Mrs. Schmidt, of Grand Rapids, then spoke 



"Mr. Chairman, and fellow member- of the 



-try A-soc:;ition: This is the e 

 Than! and we have many things to be 



thankful for. ^mong them i- that this 



m has been i nmded, and to who-e mem- 

 bership every man and woman of this state 

 should belong. We all need th> from 



which to build our homes, and also for the 

 maintenance of the wonderful equilibrium 

 which nature ' n- ii we do not (i 



in the lirea! winds, equal 



distribution of moisture and life-givintf oxygen 

 and. la-tly. as our protector in it.- products, 



umber, fuel and tanbark. 

 "Xow it beli 



what we still have 



left of our wonderful forests and to take 



ne of our 

 -est preserve-. I 

 -11 any of our valuable tor- 

 after this time for a price away he- 

 private owners (which is f- acre up). 



"\Ye should 'have a resolution pr. - 

 our legi-lature that no individual owner or cor- 

 poration -hall own or control more than 10,),- 

 This policy disinherits our future 

 generation- and bi face to face with 



the ii S problems of landlordism in the 



e of Michigan and cm 



future young men to leave for other states to 

 claim home- for themselves and families. 



"We should also revise our methods of tax- 

 ing the big mining companies of the northern 

 peninsula, as they make fabulous dividends 

 and pay comparatively small taxes. \\ e should 

 insist on having a certain rate on every car 

 of ore shipped, which would give us a just rev- 

 enue from this source wherewith we could re- 

 ; our waste lands." 



Mrs. King'c Report. 



i-etary Henry G. Stevens, of Detroit, read 

 the following rep< 

 "Mr President and Gentlemen of the Board: 



"The first year of such an undertaking as 

 your committee of membership and publicity 

 has had on its hands, is not likely to prove en- 

 couraging. In -pite. however, of numerous 

 discomfitures, we may and do report today 

 good results from the work which has already 

 been done. All last winter your committee 

 worked in the way of writing and distributing 

 literature: hundreds of letters were sent out. 

 and great quantities of printed matter, as well, 

 with the result that promises were obtained 

 from prominent men in ten out of the eighty 

 odd counties in the state, looking toward- the 

 formation of local auxiliary committees in 

 their respective counties. Towards spring, an- 

 swer- to letters sent out by your committee 

 began to fail. Xo response could be got. and 

 the work. I regret to say, languished during 

 the summer; we have been somewhat ham- 

 pered by those who at first promised their as- 

 -istance in organizing county committees and 

 who would inform us. after several months, 

 that they found themselves unable, after all. 

 to undertake the work. During the last month 

 -tablishment of local committees in three 

 new couir ' ;'--ured all n *'u- 



upper peninsula through the work of Mr. 

 1 uornton A. Green and the Help 01 Dr. Hu;>- 

 bard. ably supported by Mr. Thomas B. Wy- 

 man of Munising. and interest in the move- 

 ment is steadily gaining. 



"To sum up, the number of county commit- 

 either organized or being organized, last 

 spring was nine: at tlii the back- 



sliding of our friends in Wexford. Genesee and 

 Saginaw counties, it has dropped back to nine 

 again in spite of the fact that Alger. Mar- 

 quette and Dickinson counties have all been 

 added to the list. 



"1 have with me a map showing those conn- 

 ties in which a local auxiliary committee ex- 

 ists or is about to be organized. 



"Personally, I firmly believe all signs go to 



show that this subject i- about to get a real 



hold of public interest. The Women's clubs 



owing a strong desire to get information. 



and to increase the association's membership; 



ubs are to have from one to tlm 

 called 'Forestry days' on their programmes 

 this winter. With this in view. 1 beg tin- 

 board's permission to have published 

 copies of an adaptation of Dr. Roth's admira- 

 ble brochure. 'What is Forestry?' which I have 

 arranged in the form of a forestry catechism 

 for the use of women's clubs, which has al- 

 ready proved successful in Alma, and has been 

 in demand for use by other organizatio 

 women Respectfully submitted. 



"LOUISA Y. KIXG. 

 "Chairman Committee on Membership and 



Publicity 



Report of Mr. Mitchell. 



"In behalf of the Gratiot county committee 

 of the Michigan Forestry As-ociation, I beg 

 leave to submit the following report: 



"Last year we had ;!4 members in G: 

 count}-. They were secured, for the 

 part, by the enthusiastic aiv! k endeav- 



:' Mrs. Franci- Kr 



. eral meetings of the local committee 

 held, and one public meeting, in Alma, 

 addressed by Prof. Filibert Roth, of Ann Ar- 

 bor; Hon. Arthur Hill, of Saginaw. and Mr. 

 Charles \\". Garfield, of Grand Rapids. These 

 addresses were, of course, excellent (as the 

 names would indicate), and they did much to 

 create sentiment in favor of the forestry move- 

 ment. 



"The Woman's club, of Alma, had a 'For- 

 e-try day' last year, and they have already de- 

 voted one day to the study of the subject this 

 year. 



"The local order of the Maccabees, through 

 an address by Mrs. King, has been inter 

 and are taking up the study of forestry. 



"We are bringing the subject also to the 

 attention of Farmers' clubs, and this has re- 



suited in much discussion and in practical sug- 

 gestion on the preservation of wood-lots. 

 "We hope to interest the board of super- 

 5, and so have leading farmers in every 

 township wide awake on the subject. 



"At a recent meeting of the county commit- 

 tee the legislation, pertaining to forestry, rec- 

 ommended by the Detroit Board of Commerce, 

 was discussed and unanimously adopted. 



"Two big forestry meetings are being 

 planned for this winter, one in connection with 

 the Farmers' Institute in January, and the 

 other later. At these meetings a vigorous can- 

 vill be made for new members, and we 

 expect to at least double our number. 

 "Respectfully yours. 



"JAMES E. MITCHELL. 



"Secretary." 



Secretary Stevens, the new incumbent in of- 

 fice, was not in position to give a complete 

 record of that office. On assuming the duties 

 : he found things so mixed that it will be im- 

 'de to render a complete report until 

 ! later. Secretary Stevens had v. -'raise 



for the work of the auxiliary committee in 

 Gratiot county, through the efficiency of Mrs. 

 King, and he believed that by doing a little 

 systematic work in Wayne and in other coun- 

 ties that material good would r. 



present paid-up menibershi; 

 with :'.->5 expirations during the next month. 

 There have, been 112 renewals and 11 ri 



,ew. these being for the most part by per- 

 sons who have moved out The 

 question of the dollar membership fee is im- 



nt. and we should plan to place the 

 ciation in a little 51 



Ihe. report oi Tnn-urcr j. j. 1 h: 

 :hen pri -eiiled. 



The treusun that the expenditures 



State Review and the Ludinston Appe 

 , n^. 



X \ 

 Review to the members, he 1 the plan 



mem- 

 bership fee of the association f 1 ;.nd tlie paper 



H. X. Loud, chairman of the conimitu 



.tion submitted a verbal report as lol- 



"The only thing that the committee agreed 

 >n was this, that the association ask of the 

 com-.n? legislature ;'n appropriation of :?' 

 to be given to active reforestation work oil 

 the Agricultural College lands in losco and Al- 

 cona counties, this work to be done under di- 

 -ection of the Agricultural College and for its 

 benefit. 



"It seems to me wise that we should adopt 

 the taxation plan of Mr. Bissell. This , ll; . 

 should be pressed forward at the next legisla- 

 ture. There is no reason why Michigan should 

 not have the best laws on this subject. We 

 have no fault .vith the administration 



of the state land offce, but we want better 

 laws and the inauguration of a rational, busi- 

 ^ke policy. Intelligent i- -hould 



be the very corn- f the land offi 



The report of the committee on resolutions 

 ad by Mr. Wyman. and v .lows: 



THE RESOLUTIONS. 



THANKS TO EVERYBODY AND A DECLAR- 

 ATION FOR ACTIVITY. 



"The thanks of ilie Michigan Fore-try A 

 ciation are extended to the Grand Rapids 

 Board of Trade for the friendly reception and 

 the generous hospitality shown the association 

 in this meeting. 



"The heartv thanks of this association are 

 extended to the Hon. Chas. W. Garfield for 

 his indefatigable campaign in favor of forestry 

 and his efficient work in behalf of this con- 

 vention. 



"The thanks of the association are also ex- 

 pended to the florists of Grand Rapids for the 

 splendid display of flowers and for decorating 

 the hall of meeting. 



The thanks of the association are also ex- 



