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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



of public interest in which no State escapes the example 

 or influence of others. 1 need only mention the Weeks 

 law, familiar to all of you interested in forest protec- 

 tion. Originating with the purchase of National For- 

 ests in the Atlantic States, it provides funds for needed 

 State and Federal cooperation everywhere. This work 

 is of great importance, and this legislation as valuable to 

 you in the West as it is to us in the East, calls for sup- 

 port and extension, and it should have your influence 

 and support with your representatives in Congress this 

 winter. 



Tax reform is another matter in which uniformity of 

 effort to a certain extent, yet with recognition of differ- 

 ing conditions, demands both active and concerted atten- 

 tion. It is one in which distance little affects the benefit 

 or danger of precedent. Neither section should ignore 

 the other in its activities. 



The education of the public in wood and its uses is 

 another exceedingly broad subject. Just as the West has 

 much to gain from the permanent establishment of wood 

 as a desirable material for Eastern consumers, so has the 

 East to gain from public knowledge that the West can 

 keep up the supply indefinitely, and that lumber will not 

 become so- scarce or expensive in the near future that the 

 study of substitutes is imperative. Eastern forestry or- 

 ganizations can do more to spread these facts where 



they should be spread than you can, but to do so effec- 

 tively they need your support and your information. 



In the great conventions and congresses throughout 

 the country, and in smaller ones too, where public senti- 

 ment is influenced, there is great need that the forestry 

 viewpoint be presented always intelligently and con- 

 certedly for our common good, and nowhere is there 

 more conflict of influence due to lack of knowledge by 

 each section of the problems affecting other sections. 



My plea is for closer relations between us. Great and 

 successful as you are in your work out here, and high 

 as is the standing it has given you from ocean to ocean, 

 I cannot believe you are quite beyond the need of our 

 help. It has been and will be freely yours. The maga- 

 zine of the American Forestry Association is glad to 

 tell the story of what you have and what you want. Our 

 councils and our voice welcome your suggestions. And 

 we need your help. We have proved our sincerity by 

 sending our representatives to make this long journey 

 merely to be here and to hear your problems discussed, 

 and to exchange views with you. We are amply repaid 

 and shall be still more so if from this meeting shall come 

 a more intimate and systematic mutual support in the 

 work we are doing together for the welfare of American 

 forest industry. 



A Trip on the Apache National Forest 



By a. p. W. 



RASTUS has gone," cried the Supervisor, as we 

 were trying to get an early start on a pack trip. 

 "Picanniny," the other mule, was having the 

 grain loaded on him preparatory to finishing with a dia- 

 mond hitch when Rastus lifted the turnstile and out into 

 the garden ! 'Mid much cussing, the tramping down 

 of my pet mint bed (used in making juleps), he was 

 roped. 

 Off we started to make 30 miles that day, "Sandy," 



the Airedale, and "Jock," the collie, barking and cavort- 

 ing at every step. 



With us was a tenderfoot, an office man. He bumped 

 along, his constant questions being, "How far did you 

 say it was?" "How many miles have we gone?" 



I wonder if you know about the timber on the Apache 

 National Forest. First juniper and cedar groves start- 

 ing at an altitude of 7,000 feet, fragrant, the sun oozing 

 out the odors and filling the air with perfume. A little 



THE IIUKROS 



The Deputy Supervisor's wife and the pack train 

 which carries "chuck" to the fire guards at 

 lookout points. 



ON THE ROADLOADED 



A portal near Fish Creek on the Apache 

 National Forest which covers 1,276,400 

 acres. 



THE BURROS 



Rastus and Pickaninny in the foreground 

 loaded with the packs for the fire guards. 



