44 THE TREE PLANTERS OF AMERICA 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS 



demonstration. And, besides being a factor in the reforestation of 

 the country, it ought to be a factor in the upbuilding of good men. 

 When boys and trees are good comrades, little is to be feared for 

 either of them. 



THE TRANSCRIPT, BOSTON, MASS. 



Arbor Day was instituted a number of years ago with an ex- 

 cellent practical purpose in view. It was suggested by the rapid 

 exhaustion of our forests and the apparent indifference of the 

 public to the conservation of tree life. Its observance has doubt- 

 less been productive of some benefit. It may be credited to some 

 extent to the more responsible feeling with respect to the preserva- 

 tion or reproduction of our forests and the more individual trees 

 which furnish shade and contribute to the beauty of the landscape. 

 But in too many cases the tree planting which Arbor Day pro- 

 clamations exhort us to promote is more honored in the breach 

 than the observance, or else it is a mere ceremonial that is satisfied 

 with sticking a sapling into the ground and leaving it, with no care 

 except such as nature provides thereafter. 



THE SENTINEL, KNOXVILLE, TENN. 

 Tree Planters of America 



There is an organization with its home office at Chicago, called 

 the National Business League of America. It commends itself 

 through its board of directors and other officers and committees. 

 Among the vice-presidents is Col. Robert J. Lowry, of Atlanta, 

 Ga. This League is trying to create sentiment in favor of tree- 

 planting. One of its suggestions is the organization of the boys of 

 the land as the Tree Planters of America. Arbor Day has been 

 an established institution in many states for many years. It is a 

 good thing except that it seems to inculcate the notion that there 

 is one day for planting trees. The Tree Planters of America are to 

 plant trees every day. The idea is a good one. There are only 

 965,000 acres of reforested land in the whole country, and there 

 are more than 56,000,000 acres of land that would surely bring a 

 higher return if planted in trees than in anything else. 



THE REVIEW, ALLIANCE, OHIO. 

 Planting of Forests 



Idea Gaining that Farmers should Grow Trees, the 

 Same as Any Other Crop 



The matter of tree forestry is now having considerable atten- 

 tion among agricultural people, the idea looking toward the re- 

 foresting of a certain portion of our lands with timber for the 

 future generation. 



