A Decennial Kecord 89 



FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY DECENNIAL 



CELEBRATION 



Introductory Speech 



H. F. Weiss, Chairman 



Friends of the Forest Products Laboratory : 



Ten years ago the state of Wisconsin, through its university, 

 entered into a cooperative agreement witli the Federal Government 

 through its Forest Service to estabhsh an institution for studying the 

 properties of one of our country's great natural resources, namely, 

 timber. 



We are assembled Iiere today to cele])rate the first ten years of 

 work of this institution, to take an inventory of what has been accom- 

 plished, and to interchange views in reference to developing plans foi- 

 a bigger and better future. I think in these days of high taxes, which 

 may go even higher, it is well for all of us to become much better ac- 

 quainted with our Government, to know M'hat our Government is 

 doing for us. 



The tendency of the time, I think, particularly on the part of 

 Government and industry, is for these two to work too much ajiart, 

 this being due largely to a lack of familiarity with eacli other. I be- 

 lieve it is particularly necessary for the Government and the indus- 

 tries to cooperate more whole-heartedly if our country is to play a 

 prominent part in the commerce of the world. In the Forest Products 

 Laboratory the Government has established an institution which is 

 doing much direct good for all of the wood-using industries and indi- 

 rectly is doing good for all of us, because all of us use wood in some 

 form or other. On behalf of the Celebration Committee I want to 

 thank each and everyone of you for coming here and for the splendid 

 and loyal support which you have given. Without your support this 

 celebration could not have been held. 



It now gives me great pleasure to present the man wlio stands at 

 the head of the great commonwealth of Wisconsin, which has done so 

 much to make this work in studying forest products a successful real- 

 ity — Governor Philipp. 



