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THE FORESTER. 



September, 



the full and accurate accounts published 

 in the daily papers. The Denver papers 

 were most generous in devoting space to 

 publishing extracts from the many excel- 

 lent papers read. Also the telegraphic re- 

 ports to papers of other cities, both East 

 and West, contained very full accounts of 

 the Association's doings. 



In addition to the liberal notices in the 

 daily papers the leading lumber trade 

 journals of the country not only published 

 accounts of the meeting, but quoted from 

 a number of the papers read. 



This willingness of the press to give it 

 space is one of the surest indications that 

 news concerning forestry is read with in- 

 terest by a great many people. 



Of the meeting and the Association the 

 Baltimore American has the following to 

 say editorially : " The American Forestry 

 Association which has been in session at 

 Denver brought its meeting to a close yes- 

 terday. It is doing a good work, and a 

 work which sooner or later must be under- 

 taken by the entire people." An editorial 

 in the Providence (R. I.) Telegram says : 

 " The American Forestry Association has 

 done, and is doing, an incalculable amount 

 of good in its especial line." 



J* 

 Forestry in the Friends of forestry view 

 Philippines. with great satisfaction the 



thorough preparations 

 that are being made to establish an effective 

 forest service in the Philippines. The re- 

 port of the work done during the first 

 fiscal year by the Forestry Bureau at 

 Manila is most encouraging; and the an- 

 nouncement by its director that the work- 

 ing force is to be increased, and a definite 



forest policy inaugurated throughout the 

 archipelago at an early day, makes the out- 

 look for forestry in the Philippines most 

 promising. 



With practically all of the forest lands 

 in the islands under the management of 

 this bureau, judging from results already 

 accomplished, the exploitation of timber 

 promises to be one of the most interesting 

 economic problems in our far eastern pos- 

 sessions. With 50,000,000 acres of tim- 

 ber lands including nearly a thousand 

 species of trees many of which are of 

 great commercial value, it would seem that 

 the Forestry Bureau at Manila will play 

 an important part in the industrial develop- 

 ment of the archipelago. Demand for 

 timber at home will rapidly increase now 

 that the insurrection is at an end and 

 building; sroing' on in earnest. And home 

 markets satisfied Philippine timber will 

 find many other markets in the Orient, 

 especially in China. 



It is indeed fortunate for the proper ex- 

 ploitation of these timber lands that their 

 njanagement has been upon the basis of 

 scientific forestry from the beginning. 

 The appointment of Captain George P. 

 Ahern as director of the Forestry Bureau 

 at Manila was an excellent selection. 



Captain Ahem combines decided busi- 

 ness ability with enthusiasm for forestry, 

 and his effective handling of the Bureau 

 during its first year presages still greater 

 success in the future. 



The inauguration of a definite forest 

 policy on all woodlands in the Philippines 

 will be pushed forward rapidly, and the 

 work there will be watched with keen in- 

 terest on this side of the world. 



NEWS, NOTES, AND COMMENT. 



Tennessee In response to an invitation 



Forest sent out from Sewanee, 



Association. Tenn., a number of the 

 friends of forestry met at 

 that place on August 7th and proceeded to 

 organize the Tennessee Forest Association. 

 The meeting was held at the University 

 of the South, in Walsh Memorial Hall, 



and as a first step toward the formation of 

 the organization, Professor Charles A. 

 Keffer, of the University of Tennessee, 

 was chosen temporary chairman, and Mr. 

 Percy Brown, of Spring Hill, secretary. 

 Professor Keffer called the meeting to 

 order and spoke briefly of the forest re- 

 sources and possibilities of Tennessee ; of 



