THE TREE PLANTERS OF AMERICA 



PUBLIC OPINION 



vated by the state, and not classed as forestation, but belonging to 

 the road department. These trees yield in revenue, by actual sales 

 of the fruit, twenty cents per tree, or nearly $100,000 a year, which 

 is applied to the maintenance of the roads. 



To one sharing knowledge of these beauties and economic ad- 

 vantages to a people, the "Tree Planters of America" naturally ap- 

 peals in the strongest sense. The National Business League of 

 America has gone to the very fountain head of public sentiment, 

 and no one who loves his country and is interested in its future 

 can but wish the League the greatest success. 



The forests of a land are indeed almost, if not actually, the 

 father of its waters, which places them in first relationship to 

 its life. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS 



THE CHICAGO RECORD-HERALD 



There is a plan on foot to bring the boys and young men of the 

 country districts into a comprehensive organization of "tree plant- 

 ers," whose energies shall go to replacing in some measure the for- 

 ests that fire and the ax are laying low. The working out of the 

 idea ought to be good for the boys and good for the country. 



THE TROY (N.Y.) RECORD 



The plan is to enroll the lads in the rural regions in an army 

 whose desire will be to plant the waste places with proper trees; 

 line ravines with timber; put out ornamental shrubs on the lawns, 

 and replace timber which is cut with young growth. In this way it 

 is believed a custom will be started, which will become a fixed part 

 of the farmer's life and which will save the land from denudation. 



This is a splendid idea and deserves success. It should spread 

 beyond the farm to the suburbs of cities and even to the cities them- 

 selves. A sapling is easily planted and in a few years becomes a 

 sturdy tree, valuable, ornamental and useful. If such a national 

 association be organized, it will have accomplished as much for the 

 future generations as any of the agencies now engaged in conserv- 

 ing the natural resources of the country. 



