36 THE TREE PLANTERS OF AMERICA 



PUBLIC OPINION 



the college or university campus, the inspiration associated with 

 its background of deep green trees, glinting in the sun and bending 

 in the breeze? What splendid impulses rise from such surround- 

 ings. There is something in the heart which swells in response 

 to the soft rustle of the leaves of a noble tree, as its branches swing 

 gently in the wind response to a message directed to the deeper 

 and truer sources of being, where are generated the subtle philos- 

 ophies and resolves that make men clean and strong. 



Much is said to us about guardian angels, in our youth. A 

 good tree, with its rich fresh tones of green, its cooling shade and 

 its atmosphere of rest and solace, is a fairly good substitute for 

 a guardian angel, to the grown-up man, especially to the modern 

 city man, stifled by the heat and smoke of the town and seared by 

 its blight of brick and stone. 



Your reforestation movement will indeed mean much to the 

 future generations of Americans. 



Frederick Weyerhaeuser, St. Paul, Minnesota. 



Concerning the "Tree Planters of America," I fully endorse 

 the object of your proposition. 



While it is true that we are using up our timber resources 

 rapidly, as soon as there is. a sane system of taxation of timber 

 lands and adequate protection from fire, private timber owners 

 will begin to practice forestry, and eventually the consumption of 

 lumber will be in proportion to its growth. This will accompany 

 and be in proportion to the increase in the value of timber lands. 

 The history of European forestry is repeating itself in America. 

 Your plan is to be commended. 



Honorable John D. Works, United States Senator from Cali- 

 fornia, Washington, D. C. 



The question of reforestation is a very important one in our 

 state. Any active effort to create sentiment in its favor and to 

 make that sentiment practically effective by doing something as 

 well as talking about it, appeals to me very strongly. Your organ- 

 ization, "The Tree Planters of America," should, and, I have no 

 doubt, will, serve both these purposes. It will teach the youth 

 of the country to appreciate the importance of protecting the for- 

 ests we have and the growth of others, and make these young 

 people militant workers for reforestation. You have my earnest 

 sympathy in your efforts in this direction. 



