IO 



THE FORESTER. 



January, 



The association therefore urges upon Con- 

 gress the consolidation of this service 

 under one administrative head. 



The cordial thanks of the American For- 

 estry Association are extended to the Fed- 

 eration of Women's Clubs for their interest 

 in the forest movement and their active 

 support of forest legislation. 



The Association endorses the proposi- 

 tion that a Forest School be established at 

 the University of California and that a 



suitable demonstration area be reserved for 

 use in connection therewith. 



The Association expresses its apprecia- 

 tion of the work of the American Park and 

 Outdoor Art Association in educating the 

 public to a proper use of our native forests. 



The Association hereby expresses its 

 gratification at the prospect o the estab- 

 lishment of National Parks and Forest 

 Reservations in Minnesota and along the 

 crest of the southern Alleghenies. 



The Treasurer's Report. 



George P. Whittlesey, Treasurer, in account with the American Forestry Association. 



DR. 



To balance, Dec. i, 1898 $ 640.46 



To annual dues 1622.30 



To Life Membership fees (3).. 150.00 



To donations 333.02 



To sale of Proceedings 16.07 



To subscriptions to THE FOR- 

 ESTER.... 1 14.87 



To interest on bonds and on 



bank deposits 1 12.39 



To loan from Washington Loan 



& Trust Co.. 1000.00 



$3989.11 



CR. 



By printing 12 numbers of THE 



FORESTER $1620.91 



By salaries of editors 1225.00 



By clerk for FORESTER office, 



13 weeks 52.00 



By cuts for THE FORESTER... 87.46 



By sundry expenses of FORES- 

 TER office (stationery, postage, 

 printing, rent, etc.) 184.52 



By expenses of corresponding 



Secretary and Treasurer 191.92 



By expenses of annual meeting, 



1898 11-25 



By balance on hand, Dec. i, '99 616.05 



$3989.11 



December i, 1899. 



RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED. 



The Scientific Basis. 



When George P. Morris begged the 

 woodman to spare the tree, to refrain 

 from touching as much as "a single 

 bough " of it, he was not, the poem 

 proves, animated so much by love of trees 

 in general as by his sentimental attach- 

 ment to that particular tree which in youth 

 had sheltered him. But to-day all over 

 the United States the woodman is being 

 reasoned with by a large and steadily in- 

 creasing number of people whose remon- 

 strances have a scientific rather than a 



sentimental basis. They have been edu- 

 cated to realize that the reckless cutting 

 down of trees is a serious menace of the 

 country's property. Frank S. Black will 

 always be held in grateful remembrance by 

 his fellow citizens of New York because 

 of the valuable services which he rendered 

 the Aclironclacks while he was Governor. 

 He was largely instrumental in procuring 

 the passage of measures which protect the 

 trees of those splendid forests from the axe 

 of the vandals who hold that the best use 

 a tree can be put to is to cut it down. 

 TV. T, ]\lail and Express, 



