Till-: STATE REVIEW. 



Michigan Forestry Association Annual Convention 



Tlir second annual convention of the Michi- 

 gan Fore-try Association met in (irand Rapids 

 November :iT for a two days' session. Meet 

 ing- were held in the Hoard of Trade building, 

 which had been kindly placed at the disposal 

 of the association. Hoard of trade officials 

 were prc-cnt and assisted materially in pro- 

 moting the interests of this body of earnest 

 men and women. 



1. arj><: specimens of Michigan lumber, in- 

 cluding sugar maple, black ash. black cherry, 

 arbor vitae. cherry birch, red oak. bass wood 

 and white, taken from the forestry exhibit at 

 the Kent Scientific Museum, were shown in 

 \e-tibulc of the building by H. E. Sargent, 

 curator of the local museum. 



Passing into the auditorium, where the ses- 

 -i in- were held, the eye was greeted with the 

 following gospel message.- of forestry on the 

 walls: 



"The forest protecis the sloping soil. Where 

 the earth is in danger from the waters, plant 

 a sapling." 



"Plant some wood in front of your field if 

 > on wish to shelter it from the wind." 



"\\e should never sacrifice the woods to the 

 wish to be at our wit's ends 

 upon the plains." 



the tree of the field is man's lit'e."- 

 Deut xx., 19. 



"The iler, the water makes 



meadows, the meadows the flocks, the 

 flocks the manure, the manure the grain." 



\ country without woods is a house with- 

 out a 



The Opening Session. 



The opening session began promptly at 10 

 o'clock. President John 11. Bissell, of Detroit, 

 presiding, and while the room was not filled 

 with people, nearly every section of the great 

 was rcprcseiiled, and the attendance was 

 really gratifying. 



The opening session, and those following, 



clean-cut and business-like in procedure, 



with no long papers or speeches, neither v ere 



the discus-ion- wandering and tedious. It was 



evident, even to the casual listener, hav- 



Vdge of the subject under treal 

 ment. that hen was a body of people in earn- 

 about something that was worth while, 

 who ith a difficulty that they 



wanted to get at the hear) of as soon as pos- 



It was fitting that the Rev. V. P. Arthur, 

 pa-tor of our of the (irand Rapids churches 

 for many years, should give the invocation. He 



-try ' than 

 r of the gospel ill 



Michigan, and love- intensely nature and out- 

 iiding his vacations with his fam- 

 ily every year in a seciion of the thin, cut- 



f northern Michigan. 



Mr. Arthur's words were apposite and in 

 ,,-crc pronounced with the mem- 

 "ivention standing. 



Introductory remarks of a plea-ing and im- 



nature were made by ( , \Vhit- 



of the (irand Rapid- Hoard 



Mr. \\hitworth is an officer of one 



of the leading furniture manufacturing con- 



rs of the city. Tin- -peaker -aid in part; 



Mr. Whitworth's Address. 



"It give- me great pleasure to welcome you 

 at this time. A year ago, when you met with 

 U-. you found a splendid spirit here, and we 

 expecl and hope that it will be found to con- 

 tinue here, only in intensified form. I trust 

 your meeting will be a great pleasure and 

 benefit to you. and that you will go away im- 

 pressed with the fact that Grand Rapids is 

 with you heartily in this great movement. A 

 song that I learned in my early childhod be- 

 gan. 'Woodman, spare that tree.' and I hope 

 that these verses will go on ringing and ring- 

 ing to the end of time. God's lir.st temples, the 

 trees, must be saved from destruction." 



Stanley Jackowski, the private secretary of 

 Mayor KHis. extended hearty welcome to the 

 members of the convention in the unavoidable 

 Absence of the citv's ch<<-f executive. 



C. S. UDELL, 



Vice=Presiient Michigan Forestry 

 Asscciation. 



Mr. Eissell's Response. 



In responding to the word-, oi 

 President John II. I'.isseil .of Detroit extended 

 the than!. iation t. > ,-d of 



Trade for having pro comfortable a 



of meeting and to ii and the 



mayor for their cordial gr lie con- 



tinued as folio 



"There are se\er..l reasons why v. 

 Grand Rapids as our pi. i the 



first place-. Mr. (iarlield lives here, and we all 

 of us recogni/i- in him one of the foremost 

 factors in the great Forestry movement in 

 Michigan. In speaking >ioneers in tos- 



eslry. 1 must n jack- 



son. F.diior E. \Y. Harhcr. and Dr. Heal, i 

 Michigan Agricultural Cob - three 



men looked over the heads of all of u- 



and their utterances were prophetic of 

 where Michigan would find her-elt if the rtith- 

 !e-- destruction of he: 



tinue. Xow we are beginning to gel our eyes 

 open to the truth. \\ e have a Hoard nf '. 

 merce in Detroit that is similar to your Hoard 



of Trade, and this body of men of strong busi- 

 ness sense and ability is extending its influence 

 throughout the commonwealth. Forestry is 

 one of the important matters that this body 

 has taken up, and it is expected that consid- 

 erable progress along legislative lines will be 

 proposed and urged during the coming year. 



What Is Meant By Forestry. 



"I think it well at the opening of this meet- 

 ing that we have a clear, distinct idea of what 

 is meant by Forestry. Forestry is not a mat- 

 ter of sentiment, merely a system of tree-plant- 

 ing along highways or in city parks, with Latin 

 and scientific names tagging the trees. That 

 is u-eful and educational, but is not Forestry. 

 Forestry is not a scheme for promoting the 

 sclhsh interests of any person or class; but is 

 a great questiqn of public concern to the entire 

 state. Through lack' of foresight our timber 

 is about all gone. Forestry means a reversal 

 of the hitherto pur-ued wasteful policy. It 

 means the pmiection of the remnants of forest, 

 and the new growth, from tire and trespass on 

 public and private lands; the reform of t; 

 lion to encourage private enterprise in F" 

 try; the utilisation of all lands, public and 

 private, not suitable for farming, in the growth 

 of timber; the general - mi- 



nd all its 



citi/ens of maintaining well- forested areas in 

 the agricultural counties, as well as on the 

 waste and cut-over lands; 



-Iministratjon of t! We 



look to Grand Rapids as beii d second, 



first, in pron rjortant v 



of ''I he Michi| 



Mr. Winchester's Joke. 



Fir.-l on the regular program iorn- 



:me a paper on "Japanc-e Forestry," pre- 

 pared by Walter C. Winch- Client 

 lumberman of (irand Rapids. Air. Winch' 

 has recently returned from a trip around the 

 world, lie is in sympathy with the forestry 

 Mient, but stoutly maintains that nothing 

 can be done until I he pr.---.-nt tax laws, which 

 in their present operation will soon confiscate 

 the remaining timber, are amended. The grim 

 humor of the closing sentence of Mr. Win- 

 as appreciated by 

 the convention. The letter 



Grand Rapids. Mich.. Nov. 24, ' 



Mr, J. II. Hi-sell. 



Pres. Mich. Forestry Assn., 



Detroit, Mich. 

 Dear Sir: 



I regret very much that circu 

 such that it will be impossible for me to be 

 with you at the first annual meeting of the. 



Michigan , Association on the ::rth 



and 2Sth I have prepared a short article on 

 "Japanc.-e Forestry" along the lines of pre- 

 serving the timber for future generation-; and 

 now ihe humorous part of it is, and ihe only 

 reason why I cannot be with >ou. is that I am 



-I t" make a trip to some of our lands 

 immediately in order to expedite the cutting 



nr timber, which is not going on fast 



h to -nit me 



x i ' mrs \ cry truly, 

 WALTER C. WINCHESTER. 



