'We 1 have 'with *us today some very able and distinguished gentlemen, 

 men who are authority along different lines, so we know that much good 

 should come out of this convention and that we should work out some plan 

 which will bring about better forestry development. We had arranged 

 today for your chairman, a man who had been foremost in forestry, who 

 is President of the American Forestry Association, Mr. Charles Lathrop 

 Pack but who was taken seriously sick and sent this telegram last night: 

 "Mr. Richard Lieber, Indianapolis : I am disappointed not to be able to 

 be in Indianapolis tomorrow. I am confined to my room with a hard 

 cold in my throat. My doctor forbids my going out of doors. Wish the 

 conference every success and send best greetings. Charles Lathrop Pack." 



Indianapolis always has been ready to take the place if one falls out 

 and we have invited one of our leading citizens who is the head of one of 

 our largest financial houses, whose name stands out for honesty, integrity 

 and ability and who was the fuel director of the State during the war. 

 It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you Mr. Evans Woollen of this 

 city. (Applause) 



MR. EVANS WOOLLEN: I have protested to Senator Guthrie that 

 there is no appropriateness in his invitation. Perhaps an excuse for it 

 and for my acceptance of it may be found in the fact that during my 

 service as Federal Fuel Administrator for Indiana, I came to some 

 measure of appreciation of the importance of the conservation of fuel sup- 

 plies and this realization was confirmed later during a meeting in Wash- 

 ington of the coal dealers when they were talking of substituting wood 

 for coal. However, whether appropriately here or inappropriately, I am 

 glad to have the privilege of greeting you and presenting to you Hon. 

 James P. Goodrich, Governor of Indiana. (Applause) 



HON. JAMES P. GOODRICH: Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the 

 conference, I am glad to add a word of welcome to you and to thank you 

 for coming here today. 



Conservation is looked upon with a sort of mild tolerance. It was 

 just about ten years ago that we started to think about it at all. We are 

 just beginning to realize how prodigal had been our waste of the 

 basic resources of our country. We are just beginning to awaken to the 

 fact that we have wasted them in an almost criminal way. I have lived 

 my whole life in Indiana. I was born at a time when the forest land far 

 exceeded the clear land and I have seen millions of feet of walnut and 

 poplar and the best white oak that ever grew out of the ground wasted 

 in this State. We are now having to get our supply from the south and 

 southwest to keep our factories going. It is a tremendous difficulty, because 

 with the increasing freight rate, it becomes more and more difficult to 

 get it. 



And so we need to look out for the waste lands of these three States 

 and begin to regrow the forests that we have wasted to undo the mistakes 

 of the past as nearly as we possibly can. We have hundreds of thous- 

 ands of acres of land in Indiana that can't be devoted to agriculture 

 that could be used to raise timber. We must remember that we are not 

 engaging in this work for the immediate future, it is more for the far 

 distant future. The trees that we plant today will not come into com- 



