14 THE TREE PLANTERS OF AMERICA 



PUBLIC OPINION 



Elliott Durand, The Northern Assurance Company, Chicago. 



I have carefully read, from beginning to end, the pamphlet, 

 "The Tree Planters of America," and do not hesitate to say that 

 nothing has come to me which so appeals to me as this happy solu- 

 tion of continuing our forests. 



Reared in the country, and loving trees as I do animals, I 

 believe the possibilities are unlimited. There are so many tracts on 

 nearly every farm, east and west, where waste places may be made 

 glad, that the early fruition of our hopes may be realized, with 

 almost no expense. I heartily endorse the plan. 



Honorable J. Frank Hanly, formerly Governor of Indiana, Indian- 

 apolis. 



The plan seems practical and worthy of commendation. 



Walter Fitch, of Walter Fitch & Company, formerly President 

 Board of Trade, Chicago. 



I think the idea a most excellent one, and trust it will be pushed 

 aggressively. 



Francis Beidler, Lumber Interests, Chicago. 

 All this tends in the direction of accomplishing a very laudable 

 and worthy object, which the men of this generation will be sin- 

 cerely thanked for by the thinking men of the generations to come, 

 if they succeed in accomplishing something at least in the direction 

 of this purpose. 



Professor Emory R. Johnson, University of Pennsylvania, Phila- 

 delphia. 



The future supply of forests in the'United States must be main- 

 tained mainly by forestry upon private lands. National and State 

 forestry can only very partially meet the situation. It would seem 

 that your plan of organizing the boys of the country as "The Tree 

 Planters of America" might awaken an interest in wood lots and 

 forests that will do much to insure a future supply of timber in the 

 United States. 



Walter C. Gillett, President, Chicago Paper Company, Chicago. 



I feel certain that it is a very important subject, and it looks to 

 me as though the situation lay in just about such a scheme as out- 

 lined. I fully realize the importance of the devastation of our tim- 

 bers and the necessity of replacing them, and would be in harmony 

 with any action taken to improve our present condition. 



