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you do various business interests concerned in construc- 

 tion, such as lumber dealers, carpenters, masons, and 

 supply houses, would, it is estimated, benefit to the ex- 

 tent of more than $400,000,000 annually. Bankers and 

 real estate dealers would also profit by the sale of lands 

 and loans on homes to the extent of an additional $300,- 

 000,000. Take that thought home with you and present 

 it to your banker and the real estate man. 



"Therefore in welcoming you to this meeting, I want to 

 urge that we present a united front on this fortieth anni- 

 versary for forestry. Let us get something done. Let us 

 demand constructive forestry legislation from our nation- 

 al and state legislative bodies. The American Forestry As- 

 sociation can do a greater public service than any organi- 

 zation in the country in 1922. That service is continuing 

 its educational campaign on the need of constructive for- 

 estry legislation with greater vigor and force as it expects 

 to do." 



Senator Irvine I. Lenroot of Wisconsin in an address 

 on "Our National Forest Problem"emphasized the steady 

 decrease in forest producing area and discussed features 

 of the Snell and Capper bills. He earnestly advocated 

 the speedy adoption of a forest policy. 



Col. Henry S. Graves spoke on "The Objectives of 

 a National Policy of Forestry" pointing out first the need 

 of a well defined program of forestry and outlining the 

 benefit to the country which will follow the adoption 

 of a policy which will adequately provide not only for 

 our needs in forest products but for recreational require- 

 ments as well. 



Dr. Henry S. Drinker, who presided during part of the 

 meeting, told how the business men of the country have 

 come to a realization of the importance of forestry and 

 are now deeply interested in the relationship of a forest 

 policy and business conditions. 



The proposed amended by-laws as published in the 

 January issue of American Forestry, were explained 

 by Col. W. B. Greeley who, with Col. Henry S. Graves, 

 urged their adoption and they were unanimously adopted. 



The Board of Directors announced the appointment of 

 a committee on elections composed of Dr. Henry S. 

 Drinker, chairman ; Prof. Filibert Roth and R. S. Kellogg 

 with Dr. J. T. Rothrock and Philip W. Ayres as alter- 

 nates. 



In the evening a smoker was given with Dr. Filibert 

 Roth presiding. Addresses were made by Col. W. B. 

 Greeley, E. T. Allen, Dr. Hermann von Schrenk, E. A. 

 Sterling, Arthur Newton Pack, O. M. Butler, Axel 

 Oxholm, Prof. Roth and others. 



At the afternoon session the Committee on Resolu- 

 tions, composed of Col. Henry S. Graves, C.>F. Quincy, 

 Dr. J. T. Rothrock and Prof. Filibert Roth, presented the 

 following resolutions, which were adopted : 



NATIONAL FOREST POLICY 



Whereas, the forests of our country are being depleted with 

 great rapidity, with wholly inadequate measures for replacement, 

 and 



Whereas the right handling of our forests is essential to 

 every consumer of wood products, to many thousands of manu- 

 facturing industries, and to the welfare of the communities in 

 the forest regions, and 



Whereas our national and local needs will be met only by the 

 practice of forestry upon private as well as public lands, and 



Whereas the character of the forestry problem is such that 

 it will not be solved except by the participation of the public 

 in connection with private as well as public forests, be it 



Resolved : That The American Forestry Association urge upon 

 Congress the adoption of a sound national policy of forestry 

 which will lead to the rapid extension of forestry in private 

 forests, and be it further . 



Resolved: That this policy should aim both toward the lessen- 

 ing of the difficulties in the way of private forestry, such as 

 the present fire risk, unwise systems of taxation, lack of infor- 

 mation regarding methods of practice, etc., and at the same time 

 toward the establishment of. such feasible requirements by the 

 public in regard to private lands as may be essential to secure 

 effective results and as will justify the public expenditures in 

 co-operation with the states and private owners in fire protection, 

 reforestation, research and experimentation and other measures 

 of assistance. 



ACQUISITION OF FOREST LANDS 



Whereas our public forests constitute an essential feature 

 of a national policy of forestry, as a factor in timber production, 

 in conserving water resources, in building up local communities 

 and in demonstrating methods of forest practice, and 



Whereas the National Forests established by recent purchases 

 in the eastern mountains are rendering a great public service, and 



Whereas the lands already acquired comprise only a portion 

 of the forest lands that should be owned by the public in these 

 regions, be it 



Resolved: That The American Forestry Association urge 

 upon Congress the appropriation of adequate funds for the con- 

 tinuance of the purchase of forest lands under the Weeks Law. 



FORESTS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN 



Whereas there are large areas of forest lands chiefly in the 

 west owned or controlled by the United States, which today 

 are without adequate protection and management, be it 



Resolved: That The American Forestry Association urge 

 upon Congress that appropriate legislation be enacted for the 

 incorporation of such areas in the system of National Forests. 



SUPPORT OF RESEARCH 



Whereas the establishment of an effective practice of forestry 

 in this country depends upon a basic knowledge of the life and 

 growth of our trees and the characteristics of their products, and 



Whereas there are required for the acquirement of this know- 

 ledge both scientific research in the laboratory and field experi- 

 mentation and demonstration, be it 



Resolved : That The American Forestry Association urge upon 

 Congress the necessity to provide increased financial support 

 for the research work conducted by the Forest Service at the 

 various Forest Experiment Stations and at the Forest Products 

 Laboratory at Madison, Wisconsin. 



TRANSFER OF FOREST SERVICE 



Whereas the success of the federal work in forestry, in the 

 administration of the National Forests, in building up the basis 

 of practice of forestry on private lands throughout the country, 

 and in research in forestry and forest utilization, would have 

 been impossible without the centralization of all the work in a 

 single technical bureau, and 



Whereas the interests of forestry are inseparable from those 

 of agriculture because more than 60 per cent of the forests in the 

 long run will be in small ownership either attached to farms or 

 interspersed among farms and because in a large part of the 



