THE TREE PLANTERS OF AMERICA 15 



PUBLIC OPINION 



William H. Parlin, President Parlin & Orendorff Company, Canton, 



Illinois. 



The plan suggested is a good one. I believe that if the young 

 people are taught to realize the importance of keeping up our 

 forestry it will be a move in the right direction. 



Hon. John Wanamaker, Philadelphia. 

 The scheme seems to be practical. 



Robert H. Harvey, President D. B. Fisk & Company, Chicago. 



We heartily endorse the work of the "Tree Planters of 

 America." 



M. E. Plain, Trask & Plain, Aurora, 111. 



I am heartily in accord with the movement for reforesting our 

 waste lands. 



Ward W. Willits, President The Adams- Westlake Company, 



Chicago. 



The plan of reforesting the country through an organization of 

 boys to be known as the "Tree Planters of America," appeals to me 

 as being practical and feasible, and if properly organized will show 

 results highly beneficial to the country. 



Honorable Clark E. Carr, formerly United States Minister Pleni- 

 potentiary to Denmark, Galesburg, 111. 



The suggestion of a plan to reforest the country through "The 

 Tree Planters of America" I most heartily approve. 



I lived for four years, from 1889 to 1893, with my family, at 

 Copenhagen. I learned there that the forests had been replanted 

 and that there was maintained a splendid system to keep them up. 

 Among other requirements, every one who cut down a tree was 

 obliged to replace it with a good thrifty tree, properly set out, the 

 same season. This requirement was enforced as to one's own land. 

 If it was neglected the State Forester would plant the tree, for which 

 he who cut its predecessor down would be required to pay, with 

 costs of proceedings. This regulation applied to the whole King- 

 dom of Denmark. 



Honorable Augustus E. Willson, Governor of Kentucky, Frankfort. 



It seems to me that it is a very admirable plan, and if we can 

 get our boys interested they will make a splendid army of tree 

 planters. 



