THE TREE PLANTERS OF AMERICA 31 



PUBLIC OPINION 



A. B. Farquhar, President A. B. Farquhar Company, Limited, 



York, Pa. 



The plan of interesting the youth of the country in forest culture 

 and preservation is certainly an admirable one. Since trees planted 

 will only be of value to the next generation, they must certainly see 

 that our action is altruistic all for their benefit. The plan unques- 

 tionably appeals to me as practical, and is entitled to all possible 

 encouragement and assistance. I believe it will succeed. 



Professor John H. Gray, Department of Economics and Political 



Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 

 I am delighted with the proposition for the "Tree Planters of 

 America," and am glad to know that the League is taking this 

 matter up. It seems to me that this is one more strong element 

 back of the movement for conservation, as well as for education. 

 The two seem to me vitally connected. 



La Verne W. Noyes, President Aermotor Company, Chicago. 



It seems a very practical way of accomplishing the purposes of 

 beautifying and benefiting our country and utilizing its waste 

 places. I hope the plan will succeed and will do anything I can, 

 personally, to forward the movement. 



Herman A. Hertel, Pasadena, Cal. 



I am heartily in favor of forming an organization to be known 

 as the 'Tree Planters of America." The benefit to future genera- 

 tions, if the idea is carried out, can hardly be overestimated. 



James W. Nye, Manager Chicago Laboratory, Chicago. 



From rather frequent visits to the semi-arid portions of the 

 United States, and also to the semi-arid portions of Mexico, I can 

 appreciate the absolute necessity for reforestation in many localities. 



It appears to me that the "Tree Planters of America" afford 

 a very possible solution of the necessities of sections with either a 

 scant or an irregular rainfall. If the active support of the boys in 

 the United States is secured they can do the necessary work, thus 

 adding many millions to the value of the lands now practically 

 useless. 



R. H. Downman, President Bowie, Des Allemands, and other 



Lumber Companies, New Orleans. 



Relative to the proposed organization of an association to be 

 known as the "Tree Planters of America." I have read the pros- 

 pectus of this work with a great deal of gratification, as I feel that 

 it is, unquestionably, a step in the right direction, and every one 

 who is at least interested in the future of America should lend 

 every possible aid to the development of this good work. 



