28 THE TREE PLANTERS OF AMERICA 



PUBLIC OPINION 



J. A. Jeffrey, President The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, 

 Columbus, Ohio. 



I cordially endorse the suggestion of the "Tree Planters of 

 America." Such a movement would be worth a great deal to the 

 Nation in forest preservation and reforesting our country. The 

 great benefits which our boys and the coming men would receive 

 through such training and education would more than pay any 

 expense and efforts that may be put forth. I most heartily com- 

 mend the movement. 



H. R. Groff, Manager Childs-Groff Shoe Company, Cleveland, O. 



The "Tree Planters of America," well organized by men who 

 know and love boys and trees, cannot help but make its impress on 

 the next generation for the good of all the country and its people. 

 The idea is a fine one. 



N. E. Shaw, Department of Agriculture, Columbus, O. 



The plan suggested seems to me to be a good one. The hope 

 of accomplishing anything along this line depends upon interesting 

 the rising generation in this work. Although nearly all thinking 

 men realize the importance of tree planting and forest preservation, 

 it is difficult to induce them to undertake practical work, because 

 they do not expect to see definite results accomplished. It seems, 

 therefore, that your plan of interesting the boys of America in this 

 movement is a step in the right direction. 



Dr. Francis P. Venable, President University of North Carolina, 



Chapel Hill, N. C. 



I feel great interest in the "Tree Planters of America." I 

 realize how much it means to the people of the United States and 

 shall be glad to do anything in my power to aid in the movement. 



Honorable George W. Dixon, Vice-President Arthur Dixon 

 Transfer Company, Chicago. 



It must be evident to every man familiar with the vast inroads 

 on the forests of the United States that only a persistent and wide- 

 spread movement can restore that which, often with wasteful meth- 

 ods, is being rapidly consumed by the industries of the country. 



As a remedial proposition the suggestion of an organization 

 of farmer boys and youth, as the "Tree Planters of America," 

 appeals to me as clearly being the effective means of restoring our 

 forests, and at the same time becoming a powerful factor in con- 

 serving the rain-falls and water-powers of the Nation. 



