Mr. Pack as a Philatelist 



MR. CHARLES LATHROP PACK, president of 

 the American Forestry Association, is not only 

 deeply interested in forestry and the general 

 conservation of natural resources, but he has besides 

 extensive many other interests a world-wide reputa- 

 tion as an expert philatelist, or collector of stamps. Hav- 

 ing taken up this work many years ago as a hobby, Mr. 

 Pack has acquired a collection of very considerable 

 value and his researches, his discoveries and his contri- 

 butions to philatelic knowledge have won him many 

 honors. 



He is a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society, of 

 London, of which King George, of England, was presi- 

 dent when he was Prince of Wales, and Mr. Pack has 

 personal letters from the King in regard to his collec- 

 tions. He is also an honorary member of the Sydney 

 Philatelic Club, the Philatelic Society of Xew Zealand, 

 the Philatelic Society of Victoria and the Philatelic So- 

 ciety of South Australia in addition to being a member 

 of various other philatelic societies in this country and 

 abroad. 



An evidence of Mr. Pack's world-wide reputation in 

 this respect is found in quotations from two journals 

 which have just come to hand : 



The Australian Philatelist of April 4, 1916, says: 

 "There are few men better known in the philatelic 

 world than Mr. Charles Lathrop Pack, one of the giant 

 collectors in the United States, and a good many of us 

 in Australia had the pleasure of seeing one of his fine 

 collections at the last Philatelic Exhibition held in Syd- 

 ney. But it is not as a stamp collector we have recently 

 come across him. A friend of ours sent us a copy of 

 American Forestry, the official organ of the American 

 Forestry Association, one of the leading if not the lead- 

 ing institutions of its kind in the world; and in its 

 pages we came across the announcement that Mr. C. L. 

 Pack, forester, conservationist, and financier, had been 

 elected president of the association. A full-page portrait 

 told us that it is the same Mr. Pack we know. 



"Although this journal is published in the interest of 

 philately only, we cannot but add our tribute to the re- 

 markable qualifications of Mr. Pack, in one of the grand- 

 est pursuits in life, such as forestry is. Having our- 

 selves had over 40 years' experience of all that pertains 

 to the cultivation of the soil and the production of stock, 

 and reading what Mr. Pack has done for forestry in the 

 United States and part of Canada, an unceasing work 

 starting from the 70's, we cannot but acknowledge that 

 his specialism in philately is thrown far into the back- 

 ground by his specialism in forestry. His address to the 

 annual conference, in reply to his being toasted as the 

 new president, shows what a remarkable grasp he has of 

 all that relates to forestry, and we feel confident that, if 

 not the whole, the main part of it will be reproduced in 



all countries where forestry has become a national ques- 

 tion. We offer Mr. Pack our hearty congratulations." 



The Australian Stamp Journal of April 10, 1916, com- 

 ments on Mr. Pack's election as follows: "We con- 

 gratulate Mr. Charles Lathrop Pack, of Lakewood, New 

 Jersey, U. S. A., on his election to the presidential chair 

 of the American Forestry Association. We gather from 

 the February number of American Forestry, just to 

 hand, that this association is a very important one, 

 amongst its vice-presidents being such people as Andrew 

 Carnegie ; Dr. Charles W. Eliot, President Emeritus of 

 Harvard University; Hon. David Houston, Secretary of 

 Agriculture ; Hon. T. N. Page, Ambassador to Italy ; 

 Hon. William H. Taft, Ex-President United States, and 

 other prominent American citizens. Although philately 

 and forestry have nothing in common, we feel that the ac- 

 tion of the association in electing Mr. Pack president re- 

 flects a certain amount of credit on philately, seeing 

 that that gentlemen is one of its most prominent 

 students." 



SOUTHERN FORESTRY CONGRESS 



A SOUTHERN Forestry Congress will be held at 

 Asheville, N. C, July 11 to 15, inclusive. The 

 work of the congress will be of a two-fold nature, 

 part of the time being devoted to the study and inspec- 

 tion of forests, forest plantations, methods of lumbering, 

 and means taken to prevent forest fires and results ac- 

 complished, and part to discussion of various problems 

 relating to forestry. On Tuesday, July 11, there will 

 be an excursion over the Biltmore estate for the inspec- 

 tion of the various forest plantations ; on the 15th a trip 

 in automobiles from Asheville to the top of Pisgah, 

 through the Pisgah National Forest, then on through the 

 Pink Beds and down Avery's Creek, to inspect the natural 

 regeneration of hard woods where fire has been kept out, 

 and also to inspect the cuttings that are being made under 

 forestry supervision. The other three days, July 12, 

 13 and 14, will be devoted to pertinent questions relating 

 to many forestry problems. These questions will be 

 discussed by foresters of national reputation, by lumber- 

 men and public men who are not professional foresters, 

 but are interested in the protection and conservation of 

 our forests, and members of women's clubs who are ex- 

 tremely interested in many of the problems relating to our 

 forests, and who, through the conservation departments 

 of their various clubs, are assisting in a very substantial 

 way the forestry work in this country. 



One clay will be given over to a general forest fire 

 conference. At this session methods of preventing for- 

 est fires and putting out fires will be discussed. The 

 general subject of reforestation will also be considered, 



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