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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS 



This is a good plan for inducing general interest in the subject 

 of forest preservation and perpetuation. It is really an elaboration 

 of the Arbor Day which is observed by the children of the public 

 schools. It is a better plan, of course, for, if carried out as its 

 promoters suggest, every day would be Arbor Day, and the ultimate 

 results would be a future timber supply, which, by proper methods 

 of conservation, might be maintained indefinitely. 



There can be no enduring forestation movement without the 

 co-operation of the youth of the country. The boys of today are 

 to be the future directors of the destiny of the Nation. Unless they 

 and their succeeding generations can be induced to enlist in the work 

 of conservation that work is certain to fail. The suggestion of The 

 National Business League of America is sensible and practical. By 

 all means let the League proceed with the organization of its 

 Tree Planters. 



THE PRESS, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. 



If the nation is to be saved from a timber famine years hence, 

 it must be by reforestation and a general effort such as this should 

 prove extremely valuable. It is an extension of the Arbor Day 

 idea, but differs in that it aims to teach children the proper care, 

 as well as the planting, of trees. As the entire movement of con- 

 servation and reforestation is for the benefit of posterity it is proper 

 that those who will reap the rewards be associated with the work. 



The project, however, is broad and practical enough to enlist 

 the attention of adults. In Michigan, for instance, men with small 

 capital and desirous of a safe method of investment hardly could 

 do better than buy waste land at the prevailing reasonable prices 

 and reforest it. The outlay required is small and in twenty years 

 or less they could begin to realize. The reforestation suggestion 

 is particularly applicable to this State, where thousands of acres 

 of denuded pine lands are to be had for small sums. 



THE DEMOCRAT, JOHNSTOWN. PA. 

 The Tree Planters 



The plan is to enroll the boys 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 will go far towards saving the land from 

 denudation. There is no reason why the idea should be confined to 

 the farms, though it must find its greatest opportunities there. In 

 the villages and suburbs of the cities there is plenty of room for its 



