34 THE TREE PLANTERS OF AMERICA 



PUBLIC OPINION 



Honorable Raymond A. Pearson, Commissioner, Department of 

 Agriculture, State of New York, Albany. 



I believe all citizens should be interested in the reforestation 

 of the United States, and of course, particularly so relative to the 

 important subject in the State of New York. The idea of interest- 

 ing boys of this generation in such subjects appeals to me. We 

 must depend upon the education of the young along the lines of 

 improved agriculture and tree planting to restore to the next 

 generation better conditions than existed during our time. 



Charles E. Thorne, Director, Ohio Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Wooster, Ohio. 



The plan proposed seems to me to possess much merit. It will 

 certainly be well worth trying through the rural schools of the 

 country. 



Honorable Champ Clark, Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

 Washington, D. C. 



I think it is an admirable idea to have an organization or asso- 

 ciation of farmer boys known as the Tree Planters of America. 



Edwin A. Start, Secretary, The American Forestry Association, 

 Washington, D. C. 



I can assure you of the cordial interest of the American For- 

 estry Association in your splendid project and its willingness to do 

 anything it can to promote its success. 



Edmund S. Hoch, Secretary-Manager, The Automatic Recording 

 Safe Company, Chicago. 



Again, the National Business League is earning the congratu- 

 lations of the American public and placing the country under fur- 

 ther obligations to its good service. 



Of the great national movements that the League has inaugu- 

 rated, not excluding the organization of our National Department 

 of Commerce and Labor, "The Tree Planters of America" will 

 appeal to many as the most important. 



The character of the organization of this proposed great na- 

 tional body and its plan of procedure give it special interest and 



