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KORKSTER. 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE 



DEVOTED TO ARBORICULTURE AND FORESTRY, THE CARE AND USE OF FORESTS 



AND FOREST TREES, AND RELATED SUBJECTS. 



THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 



The American forestry Association, 



President, Hon. JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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JOHN KEIM STAUFFER, EDITOR. 



It is with some considerable satisfaction and pride, pardonable we hope that THE FORESTER 

 points, in this issue, to the views of forestry of two representative Americans busy men-of-affairs, 

 and leaders of thought, whose words command attention wherever spoken Theodore Roosevelt 

 and Arthur T. Hadley. 



At the mere mention of their names a willing audience is assured, for it is not called to stand 

 before a sphinx. Their words on forestry, as given on a preceding page, carry conviction in 

 every sentence. They are the words of men who, having sought a complete understanding of the 

 subject as it exists to-day, can see the logical sequence of tomorrow before tomorrow comes and 

 has gone. ^ 



As the busy man is usually the man who finds time most readily for everything in its place, 

 so these men, in the multiplicity of 'detail of more pressing needs, have found time to call atten- 

 tion to the emphatic necessity of forestry, scientifically and ably directed, in America. The 

 "war spirit" is more easily aroused, but the civic spirit is as strongly invoked now as an equal 

 duty of patriotism " love of one's country." 



The American Forestry Association does not aim to be a " close corporation " but a patriotic 

 body, extending into every State of the Union and doing something by energy and cooperation. 

 The present year has opened auspiciously for forestry in every section of the country and affords 

 an unprecedented opportunity for a successful campaign for forest conservation. 



Realizing the importance of forestry to the entire mass of citizens, in one way or another, a 

 leading citizen of one of the Eastern States has offered to the American Forestry Association the 

 sum of one hundred dollars, provided that nine others will do likewise to aid in carrying its work 

 enthusiastically into new fields. 



THE FORESTER takes pleasure in announcing to the members of the Association this gener- 

 ous and unsolicited offer, and trusts that it may become operative by the assistance of other con- 

 tributors. A "campaign of education" is a necessity in every new enterprise. If those who 

 know about forestry will suggest the theme to those who do not, there will be a considerable re- 

 sponse without a doubt. If you cannot be one of the nine, won't you aid in securing one of the 

 nine to further the plan ? 



Forestry has become a subject of national importance. Is there is a single reader of THE 

 FORESTER who will scan Governor Roosevelt's and President Hadley's patriotic and urgent words 

 and say : "I am too busy to say a word for forestry now" ? 





