THE TREE PLANTERS OF AMERICA 13 



PUBLIC OPINION 



Bernard N. Baker, Chairman Executive Committee Moral Educa- 

 tion Board, Baltimore; formerly President of the National 

 Conservation Congress. 



It is a splendid idea. I congratulate you on the work you are 

 undertaking, wish you success, and assure you that I will assist all 

 I can. 



C. A. Green of R. G. Dun & Co., New York. 



I consider your idea the best I have ever seen for accomplish- 

 ing good results along this line. If the boys and young men can 

 be interested in such a movement success is absolutely assured in my 

 judgment. I sincerely trust that sufficient interest can be aroused to 

 carry the plan through. 



C. H. Plummer, President Merchants' and Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation, Los Angeles, California. 



Your plan, as outlined in the Chicago Evening Post of August 

 25th, to organize the boys of the farms of the United States as a 

 body of tree planters and foresters, appeals to me as one of the 

 truly great ideas which has been brought to my attention in many 

 years. I believe that this scheme, thoroughly elaborated, will prove 

 a solution of a problem, which today is one of paramount importance 

 to the American nation. I am convinced that every man, whoever 

 or whatever he may be, whether his position be exalted or lowly, 

 who is possessed of a sense of patriotism will bid you, as I do, God 

 speed in your labor of love. Be assured of any co-operation in my 

 power. 



Honorable Rollin S. Woodruff, formerly Governor of Connecticut, 



New Haven. 



The idea appeals to me and I believe that you have started a 

 very wise and productive plan, and I sincerely hope that the idea 

 may be carried to its fullest completion. I take great pleasure in 

 commending the whole proposition. 



William L. Brown, President Chicago Ship Building Company, 



Chicago. 



The movement is unquestionably a practical and patriotic one, 

 and, as outlined, will appeal favorably to every one having at heart 

 the tree growth of our country ; and the organization, as proposed, 

 will undoubtedly do much toward the better protection of our 

 forests. 



