MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS. 



are swamp lands anil lands^that arc not suit- 

 able lor farming. 



The report elicited considerable discussion 

 among the members present, and a compari- 

 son of the work with that which has been 

 done or projected in Minnesota and Wiscon- 

 sin, which was participated in by General An- 

 dre^, W. 15. Mershon, Professor Smith of the 

 Michigan Agricultural College, and others. 



COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. 



The next order of business was the presen- 

 tation of the report of the Committee on Reso- 

 lutions, which, in the absence of Professor 

 Roth, was presented by Professor Mulford of 

 the 'University of Michigan. After the read- 

 ing of the report a long discussion was had 

 relative to the merits of Sections 9 and 10. 

 Upon motion the report was laid over for 

 further consideration by the association at a 

 later hour. 



THE OFFICIAL ORGAN. 



Your committee to whom was referred the 

 matter of securing the publication of an offt- 

 cial organ, alsn securing- additional member- 

 ship and the collection of annual dues would 

 respectfully report as follows: 



\\ e h:ive carelully considered the suggestion 

 that the association request the Michigan For- 

 estry Commission to publish a monthly bulle- 

 tin and distribute it to the members of the 

 association. Your committee feels confident 

 that the association would greatly appreciate 

 any publications that the Forestry Commis- 

 sion might see lit to publish and distribute, 

 but that such bulletins could not be made to 

 answer the purpose of an official organ for 

 the association. < >r would they relieve the bur- 

 den of securing the annual membership and 

 collecting annual membership dues. \\ e 

 further realize that it would be placing a bur- 

 den upon the Michigan Forestry Commission 

 which ought to be borne by the association. 

 We have further considered the plan suggested 

 of uniting with the Michigan Good Roads 

 Association, and the publishers of the Michi- 

 gan Roads and Forests in a three-fold agree- 

 ment to employ an advocate and solicitor who 

 shall devote his entire time to the advocacy 

 of good roads and forestry and incidentally 

 soliciting subscriptions to the paper known a? 

 Michigan Roads and Forests: that such advo- 

 cate and solicitor shall be authorized to col- 

 lect the sum of $1 for each subscription <>n 

 such paper, which shall entitle the subscriber 

 to full membership in both associations fpr 

 one year: that he also be authorized to collect 

 the annual dues of $1. each from all annual 

 members of the association; that each party 

 to this agreement assume one-third of the 

 expense of its advocate and solicitor, not to 

 exceed a total of $'>.-400 per year, and that 

 all sums in excess of the actual salary and 

 expenses of such solicitor and collector, or 

 in excess of $M.(0() per year, shall he divided 

 equally between the three parties to this agree 

 ment. The merits of this plan are the securing 

 ot a live and active man working continually 

 in the interest of these associations, that tne 

 expense is divided between the two associa- 

 tions and the publishers of the paper; that 

 it furnish us an organ in which a reasonable 

 amount of forestry literature can be published 

 and sent to all its members, could also be 

 used for advertising the association and giving 

 notice of its meet ings from time to time. It 

 will also relieve the secretary of a large amount 

 of work in connection with membership fees 

 and annual membership dues. It will not in- 

 clude the moneys paid into the association 

 by sustaining membership. We would there- 

 tore recommend that our president and secre- 

 tary be authorized to enter into such an agree- 

 ment for the term of one year, to-be renewed 

 if satisfactory to all parties. 



Yours respectfully, 

 HFNRY G. STF.VEXS. 

 FILIBERT ROTH, 

 J. J. HUBBFLL. 



The report elicited considerable discussion, 

 after which it was moved that it be accepted 

 and adopted by the association, which was 

 carried. 



Professor Green: Mr. President and gentle- 

 men of the association This matter I present 

 is something we are all interested in. This 

 is a resolution prepared for the National 

 Grange. 



Whereas. \Ve appreciate the great import- 

 ance of forest wealth for best national develop- 

 ment, and the great need of education in for- 

 estry, and 



Whereas, The land-grant colleges and ex- 

 periment stations have been a great uplifting 

 force in the development of American agricul- 

 ture and have fully justified the expenditure 

 of national funds for their support, and 



Whereas, These institutions are admirably 

 adapted to teaching forestry and will do so if 

 provided with means, and 



Whereas, The incoriic from the National 

 Forest Reserves has reached the sum of $1.- 

 ".oii. COO per year, which is now paid into the 

 national treasury and is used for general ex- 

 penses of government, and 



Whereas, There is a certain fitness that ap- 

 peals to us in using a portion of the income 

 from the National Forest Reserves for teach- 

 ing forestry and thus aiding and perpetuating 

 our forest wealth, now therefore be it 



Resolved, That we recommend that a lib- 

 eral portion of the income from the National 

 Forest Reserves be appropriated by congress 

 to the several states and territories for instruc- 

 tion and experimentation in forestry in the 

 agricultural colleges and experiment stations 



After the resolution was read Mr. Hubbell 

 said: I move that we request a loan of that 

 resolution and accept it and adopt it. 



Carried. 



President Bissell: I find on looking over the 

 program this morning that we have disposed 

 of all the items of business but one. If we 

 are diligent and accelerate our work we can 

 finish the entire session of the association tms 

 morning. You will remember that we are in- 

 vited by the Business Men's Association to 

 lunch at 1 o'clock at the Saginaw Club. 



Mr. Mershon: I wish to say the ladies are 

 included in that invitation. 



The New Officers. 



The Committee on Nominations then made 

 the following report: 



For president, John H. Bissell, Detroit, 

 Mich. vice-president, R. Hansen, Grayling. 

 Mich. secretary, J. Fred Baker, Lansing. 



4. That the membership in this association 

 shall be considered as 'perpetual, and the an- 

 nual dues shall become due and payable OH 

 the first day of October of each year. 



It was moved and seconded that the reso- 

 lution be adopted. 



Seconded and carried. 



President Bissell: The first item of the pro-- 

 gram this morning is "Preservation of Water 

 Power in Wisconsin," by Prof. E. K. Griffith, 

 of Madison, Wis. 



The paper was read by Prof. Griffith a& 

 follows: 



WATER POWER PRESERVATION. 



treasurer. John J. Hubbell. Manistee. 

 executive board, Mrs. Francis King of 



Mich. 



Mich. 



Alma, Hon. Arthur Hill of Saginaw, Prof. 



Filibert Roth of Ann Arbor, Henry N. Loud 



:>l An Sable. Samuel Lemon of Grand Rapids. 



and T. B. Wyrnan of Munising. 



Upon motion the report was accepted, and 

 the secretary was authorized to cast a ballot 

 of the association for the names mentioned in 

 the report. 



Seconded and carried unanimously. 



Mr. Hubbell then presented the following 

 resolution : 



To the Michigan Forestry Association; 



Resolved, That the by-laws of this associa- 

 tion be amended, or added to, so as to pro- 

 vide as follows: 



1. That the official and fiscal year of this 

 association shall end on the thirtieth dav of 

 September of each year. 



2. That the annual meeting ..f the Boarii 

 of Directors of this association shall be held 

 on the second Tuesday of November each 

 year at such place as the president shall 

 appoint. 



3. That the rumual reports of the secretary 

 and treasurer shall be made to and audited by 

 the Hoard of Directors at their annual meet- 

 ing and reported to the association at its next 

 innual meeting. 



Prof. Griffiths Explains What Wisconsin Is 

 Doing Along This Line. 



As Wisconsin has no deposits of coal, every 

 one familiar with her water powers must con- 

 ,cede that they will be of untold value to the 

 state in the future, provided the headwaters 

 of the rivers are protected so that the stream 

 flow can be depended upon. 



There are two ways in which the headwaters, 

 can be protected and the stream How made 

 fairly uniform, one by the creation of forest 

 reserves under the control of the state, tin- 

 other by building reservoirs which will supple- 

 ment the forest reserves in holding the flood 

 water of the spring and giving it off during; 

 the dry months when it is most needed. With 

 over 1,400 lakes in the northern part of the 

 state, many of which are admirably adapted 

 for reservoirs, and the creation of adequate 

 forest reserves, Wisconsin should secure 

 nearly ideal conditions of stream flow, which 

 will mean that the water powers will be even, 

 hence of great value, and the state will forge 

 to the front as one of the most important 

 manufacturing centers of this country. 



The three chief reasons for forest reserves 

 in Wisconsin are to protect the headwaters 

 of the important streams, maintain a supply 

 of timber for the industries which are de- 

 pendent upon the forests for their raw ma- 

 terial, and provide a great pleasure -resort, 

 not only for the people of Wisconsin, but of 

 the whole Mississippi valley. 



Protecting the flow of our rivers comes first 

 in importance, and therefore the state board 

 of forestry has always appreciated the need 

 of creating reservoirs .to supplement the water 

 holding power of the forests. Wisconsin has 

 a constitutional provision- that the state shall 

 not carry on internal improvements, and there- 

 fore the work of building dams, buying the 

 land to be overflowed and maintaining reser- 

 voirs had to be done by private capital. 



Private Capital Interested. 



During the 1905 session of the legislature 

 a bill was introduced asking that a private 

 company be allowed to erect and maintain 

 reservoirs on the Wisconsin river or any of 

 its tributaries and to charge tolls' to the users 

 of water powers. It is almost needless to say 

 that the state refused to grant such a kingly 

 franchise. In the last session, 1907, a much 

 more reasonable bill was introduced, and, after 

 being amended over and over again, was 

 passed, and it is believed that this law is re- 

 markable in the amount of control which it 

 gives tn a stale over a private corporation. 



The state's supervision is divided between 

 two departments, the state forestry board hav- 

 ing control of all the field work of the com- 

 pany and the railroad commission controlling 

 all matters of finance, including capitalization, 

 tolls to be charged, dividends to be declared, 

 etc. As stated in the act, it is granted "for 

 :hc purpose of producing as nearly a uniform 

 How of water as practicable in the Wisconsin 

 mil Tomahawk rivers through all seasons, b\- 

 bolding back and storing up in said reservoirs 

 the surplus water in times of great supply and 

 discharging the same in times of drought and 

 scarcity of water, and thereby, and by other 

 neans, improving the navigation of said Wis- 



n and Ti.inahawk rivers throughout their 



