24 THE TREE PLANTERS OF AMERICA 



PUBLIC OPINION 



to this country of varieties of timber which we have destroyed by 

 careless and thoughtless waste. 



The plan of The National Business League to organize the 

 "Tree Planters of America" is an excellent one. In some of our 

 States, farmers' clubs and debating societies have been organized 

 with reference to the conservation of the soil. 



We should impress upon the farmers' boys, particularly, that 

 their assistance and co-operation is needed in preserving and replant- 

 ing our forests. The question is important enough also to be taken 

 up by the combined educational influences of our country. 



Henry F. Whitcomb, Milwaukee, Wis. 



The plan outlined seems to me to be wholly practicable, and 

 likely to bring good results if prosecuted vigorously and persistently. 



J. C. Van Riper, President American Trust Company, St. Louis. 



Concerning the "Tree Planters of America," I am greatly 

 pleased at the interest shown in the proposed organization. Any 

 plan of reforesting the country, I think, must be done on private 

 property, therefore the suggested organization of the "Tree Planters 

 of America" appeals to me as a practicable proposition. 



When the other side of the question is considered, the growing 

 of trees where waste places at present exist, and its effect on the 

 coming generation, I cannot believe but that men, generally, will 

 heartily and sincerely endorse your plan. 



William Spencer, President The First National Bank of Erie, 



Erie, Pa. 



Your tree-planting scheme is a most excellent one and I predict 

 a great success. It will be the first attempt to let the farmer boy feel 

 a real interest in the national uplift, and to realize he is a factor 

 in national affairs as well. It is high time the farmer boy was 

 recognized. 



Ezra J. Warner, Jr., Secretary Sprague, Warner & Company, 



Chicago. 



Concerning the plan to provide for the reforestation of this 

 country by means of an organization of farmer boys and youths, 

 to be known as the "Tree Planters of America," the writer cannot 

 see how anyone can well dissent from the opinion that here is an 

 excellent idea, and one, which, if worked out in the right way, will 

 go far toward solving one of the most serious problems confronting 

 this and coming generations. 



