SECOND SOUTHERN FORESTRY CONGRESS 



THE Second Southern Forestry Congress, held at 

 New Orleans, on January 28, 29 and 30, was a 

 fitting successor to the first Southern Forestry 

 Congress, convened at Asheville, North Carolina, in 

 1916. While the first congress was admittedly "South- 

 ern in name only," a glance at the registered attendance 

 at the second congress shows at once that it was indeed 

 a Southern congress. Out of some 114 odd registered 

 delegates there were 54 from Louisiana, 7 from Alabama, 

 6 from Virginia and from one to four from each of the 

 following states: North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 

 Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Vir- 

 ginia, with a few from other sections of the country 

 than the South. The full program is, of course, too 

 long to present to the readers of American Forestry, 

 but it may be said that the chief topic for discussion 

 was the National Forest Policy of Colonel Graves, and 

 that the outstanding feature of the meeting was the large 

 number of interests represented. In addition to a goodly 

 number of lumbermen, and representatives of the lum- 

 bermen's associations and the lumber trade papers, there 

 were present and active at the meeting representatives of 

 the turpentine and naval stores industry, paper and pulp 

 industry, the furniture manufacturers, and the wood- 

 using industries in general. The Southern Pine Asso- 

 ciation, the North Carolina Pine Association, the Nation- 

 al Council of Furniture Associations, the Turpentine and 

 Rosin Association, the American Hardwood and Manu- 

 facturers' Association, and the Southern Cypress Asso- 

 ciation were all represented at the meeting. In addition 

 the railroads had sent six or more delegates, and the 

 National Research Council, one. The Federated Wom- 

 en's Clubs of Louisiana were out in force and their active 

 participation was one of the most significant features 

 of the meeting. Members of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, the forestry organizations of four 

 states, the United States Forest Service, and professional 

 foresters and forest conservationists made up the balance 

 of the attendance. 



Wednesday, January 29, was devoted chiefly to a 

 review of the progress already made in forestry in the 

 South, and to Colonel Graves' presentation of his pro- 

 gram for a national forestry policy. Governor-elect 

 John M. Parker, of Louisiana, made a short address 

 endorsing the objects of the meeting. Colonel Graves' 

 program was first discussed from the point of view of 

 the lumbermen, during which discussion Secretary 

 Rhodes, of the Southern Pine Association, announced 

 that he felt very hopeful that at its annual meeting in 

 March, the Association would endorse the movement for 

 a National Forest Policy. At that time a special forestry 

 committee, which had been in conference with Colonel 

 Graves, would submit a report on the latter's very prac- 

 tical program. The wood-using industries, represented 

 by the furniture manufacturers and the sash, door, and 



millwork manufacturers, were next called upon for com- 

 ment on a national forest policy, which they promptly 

 endorsed. 



Seventy-five delegates attended the banquet Wednesday 

 evening, at which they were the guests of the Louisiana 

 lumbermen, through the Louisiana Forestry Association. 

 Further discussion of a national forest policy from the 

 points of view of the naval stores industry and the pulp 

 industry marked the next day's sessions, after the secre- 

 tary's report had been read and endorsed. It was voted 

 by the Congress to continue the effort to raise funds for 

 the erection of a suitable monument to George Washing- 

 ton Vanderbilt, one of the pioneers in the forestry move- 

 ment in the United States. Among the valuable papers 

 at these sessions were those by the secretary of the 

 Tuqjentine Association and the Supervisor of the Florida 

 National Forest. Two very interesting and important 

 papers presented were a discussion by McGarvey Cline, 

 of the Consolidated Naval Stores Company, of Jackson- 

 ville, Florida, of the Southern Pulp Industry, and a 

 presentation of the forestry projects of the National Re- 

 search Council, by Dr. H. E. Howe, of the Council. Con- 

 siderable discussion also took place of the possibilities 

 of combining stock-growing and reforestation on the 

 same land, Professor S. M. Tracy, of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, being the first speaker. Two 

 lumbermen, Mr. Henry E. Hardtner, of Louisiana, and 

 Mr. R. M. Hogue, of Mississippi, described the success 

 which had attended their own efforts at a judicious com- 

 bination of these two valuable uses of the soil. 



On the final day the Louisiana Forestry Association 

 met jointly with the congress. After preliminary re- 

 marks by Ex-Governor Jared Y. Sanders, of Louisiana, 

 and the Hon. Fred J. Grace, who was introduced as 

 having been the first state forester of Louisiana, the 

 subject of land classification was taken up under the 

 leadership of Mr. Austin Cary, of the Forest Service, 

 followed by consideration of the place of state forestry 

 associations in advancing the cause of forestry. A 

 very interesting paper on the turpentine industry of 

 France was presented by Colonel T. S. Woolsey, Jr., of 

 the Twentieth Engineers. The secretaries of the South- 

 ern Pine Association and the American Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Association reviewed the economic situation in 

 their industries, and demonstrated the interest which is 

 being taken by the lumbermen's associations in the ques- 

 tion of forest conservation. The concluding subject was 

 fire protection, with particular emphasis on the part 

 played by the private owner and the railroads. State 

 Forester R. C. Jones, of Virginia, was the chief speaker. 

 Before adjournment the congress passed a number of 

 significant resolutions, the most important of which was 

 that endorsing a national forest policy. Because of its 

 importance this resolution is given in full as follows : 

 Whereas, The supplies of softwood and hardwood 



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