THE TREE PLANTERS OF AMERICA 26 



PUBLIC OPINION 



M. C. Rankin, Commissioner of Agriculture, Frankfort, Ky. 



The principle of your plan to reforest the country is a good 

 one. It will take a long and active campaign of education to have 

 it universally adopted. Cordial best wishes for success. 



E. P. Bacon, President E. P. Bacon Company, Milwaukee, Wis. 



I have perused, with much interest, the pamphlet entitled, "The 

 Tree Planters of America." The project of the formation of an 

 organization of American boys for the purpose of promoting the 

 reforestation of the country from year to year seems to me a 

 thoroughly practical one, and I believe it will prove a most important 

 instrumentality of accomplishing the purpose. I have seen some 

 allusions to it in the daily press previously, and it seems to me it 

 will contribute more largely towards the accomplishment of the 

 desired result than any other single instrumentality that has come 

 within my observation. I wish to congratulate you heartily on the 

 initiation of the plan, the progress of which I shall observe with 

 interest, and I sincerely hope it may be carried into effective opera- 

 tion throughout our entire country at an early period. 



H. M. Kinney, General Manager Winona Wagon Company, 

 Winona, Minn. 



I want to congratulate you upon devising a plan for reforesta- 

 tion that seems to me will do great things. If you stir up the 

 ambition and pride of the farmers' boys of this country you will 

 set in motion a force that in time will accomplish wonders. 



Charles S. Burton, Cashier The State Bank of Utah, Salt Lake City. 



I regard the suggestion as a most excellent one, and the proper 

 solution of one of the most important problems the Nation has to 

 solve. 



L. H. Kittredge, President The Peerless Motor Car Company, 



Cleveland, Ohio. 



I have carefully read the pamphlet and approve most heartily 

 of this movement. 



J. G. Battelle, President The Columbus Iron and Steel Company, 



Columbus, Ohio. 



The plan for the organization of the "Tree Planters of 

 America" seems to me practical, and if so, it certainly would prove 

 immensely valuable for the permanent betterment of all the people. 



