THE TREE PLANTERS OF AMERICA 27 



PUBLIC OPINION 



Alexander H. Revell, President Alexander H. Revell & Company, 



Chicago. 



The more attention we pay now to preserving the forests of 

 the Nation and to the planting of trees, the less attention we shall 

 have to pay to other successes which we are anticipating in the 

 coming fifty to a hundred years. Not that these other anticipated 

 values in upbuilding shall be neglected. Perish the thought. 



We should care for the forests and plant the trees, not only 

 for the money value, but also for the valuable sentimental side. 

 Each of these values can easily be estimated at hundreds, perhaps 

 thousands of millions of dollars, as the years go by. 



Wesley Webb, Corresponding Secretary The State Board of 



Agriculture, Dover, Del. 



I most heartily and cordially approve the plan to reforest the 

 country through an organization of farmer boys and youth, to be 

 known as the "Tree Planters of America." 



Honorable George C. Pardee, formerly Governor of California, 



Oakland, Cal. 



If the farmers' boys and youths can be interested in the matter 

 of reforestation, the thing is done. It is, I am sure, a good way to 

 get at the matter, which is of so much importance, not only to the 

 farmers, but also to every other American citizen. I sincerely hope 

 your plan will be effective. 



Arthur H. Devers, Closset & Devers, Portland, Oregon. 

 The plan suggested is an excellent one, and with careful work 

 on the part of the League, should be productive of wonderfully 

 good results. 



George R. Brown, Secretary Board of Trade, Little Rock, Ark. 



There is ample work to do in this State in tree planting. Trees 

 should be planted along the country roads; old fields should be 

 protected by forests; the mountain section of the State should be 

 prevented from washing ; gullies can be prevented, streets improved, 

 etc. Our river bottoms could be made prolific with the cultivation 

 of pecans, while a great industry in basket-making could be built up 

 by securing willows. 



William P. Ketcham, Seattle, Wash. 



I have been in perfect accord with the progress and work in this 

 very important channel of reforestation, and I find that it is hailed 

 among practical people with whom I have talked since I reached the 

 coast, as the most business-like and simple project of reforestation 

 that has been offered up to this time. 



