THE TREE PLANTERS OF AMERICA 33 



PUBLIC OPINION 



R. W. Douglas, Secretary Washington Conservation Association; 

 Washington State Commission on Forest Legislation, Seattle, 



The plan as outlined for the "Tree Planters of America" is an 

 excellent one, and when carried out as it can be with a very mod- 

 erate expenditure of time and money will yield results vastly 

 benefiting the Nation, from an aesthetic as well as a practical 

 standpoint. 



Frederic W. Upham, Upham & Agler; President City Fuel Com- 

 pany, Chicago. 



The suggestion of an organization of farmer boys and youth, 

 to be known as the "Tree Planters of America," appeals to me as a 

 thoroughly practical plan for the restoration and conservation of 

 the forests of the United States. Every farmer should make his 

 woodland a profitable part of his farm. Millions of trees, large and 

 small, are rotting on the farms all over this country today. The 

 ravages of parasites also destroy much valuable timber. Here is a 

 field of patriotic effort and usefulness for the boys of America. The 

 movement has my cordial approval. 



Honorable Marion E. Hay, Governor of Washington, Olympia, 



Wash. 



Concerning the pamphlet issued by The National Business 

 League of America, which sets forth the purpose of that association 

 to interest the boys and young men of this country in an organization 

 to be known as the "Tree Planters of America," the idea seems 

 feasible, and if such an organization is perfected, it will prove a 

 long step forward in practical conservation. The plan should appeal 

 forcibly to every patriotic American, and I stand ready to lend what 

 aid I can to the movement in this State. 



Charles B. Boothe, President, The National Irrigation Association, 



Los Angeles, Cal. 



The Tree Planters' Association will exert a tremendous force 

 for good in the communities throughout the United States where 

 the organization may be established. 



Not only that the planting of trees is a desirable and useful 

 thing, but it will develop in every boy connected with the organ- 

 ization a greater patriotism and through the Association, all boys 

 working together for a common end, a greater sense of universal 

 brotherhood. 



