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THE PRESS AND THE FORESTS 



New York Tribune. There is sound sense in the suggestion of 

 Mr. Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American Tree Associa- 

 tion, that " agreement instead of argument " is needed in the forestry 

 policy of the nation. . .There must be laws, there must be education, 

 there must be public agitation and exhortation, and all efforts must be 

 coordinated in one consistent and persistent forest policy, unless we 

 are to incur the distress of the prodigal through the squandering of 

 one of our most precious natural possessions. 



Springfield Republican. The planting and development of 

 forests is peculiarly a public function. It requires planning for 

 posterity and continuous expenditure for which immediate returns 

 are not possible. Private outlay in anticipation of benefits which the 

 person or persons making the outlay will not receive, belongs in the 

 domain of philanthropy rather than of ordinary business enterprise. 

 Commendable and to be encouraged, without doubt, but not a safe reli- 

 ance from the point of view of a continuing society. It is on this 

 familiar, but neglected basis, that Senator McNary of Oregon has 

 introduced a bill the purposes of which are enumerated as " to provide 

 for the protection of forest lands, for the reforestation of national 

 forests, and for other purposes, in order to promote the continuous 

 production of timber on lands chiefly suitable therefor.". . .It deserves 

 careful and early attention. 



Philadelphia North American. In all that has been said about 

 tree conservation these last few years, public attention has been 

 directed to the forest. Nothing is more vitally connected with man's 

 economic welfare, hence forest conservation should be preached and 

 published until its practice becomes a cardinal point in the creed of 

 good Americanism. At the same time we must not forget another 

 phase of the tree's value to man its gifts of beauty, health and com- 

 fort to the town. 



Oakland Tribune. Strengthened by a declaration in President 

 Coolidge's message, and by active participation of a score or more 

 of the important organizations of the country, the movement toward 

 reforestation is going forward, at last, as it should have gone forward 

 many years ago. 



