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September 



all who spoke, including Dr. Schenck; 

 Dr. Folwell, of the University of Minne- 

 sota; George K. Smith, of St. Louis, 

 Secretary of the Southern Lumber Man- 

 ufacturers' Association, and R. L. Mc- 

 Cormick, opposed the whole idea of tim- 

 ber taxation as at present administered. 

 Then followed the paper of B. F. Nel- 

 son on "A Lumberman's Idea of Refor- 

 estation," and after that T. B. Walker, 

 of Minneapolis, addressed the meet- 

 ing on ' ' Our Past and Future Forest 

 Policy." As both of these latter ad- 

 dresses were by practical lumbermen, 

 the Wednesday morning session was 

 notable as being given up entirely to 

 the lumber interests in their relation to 

 the forest movement. 



The Wednesday afternoon session 

 was marked by several important papers, 

 starting with one by Prof. Filibert Roth, 

 director of the School of Forestry of 

 the University of Michigan, on the 

 ' Possibilities of Reforestation in the 

 White Pine Belt." This was followed 

 by an address on ' ' The Future of Our 



National Forest Reserves," by Hon. 

 Edward A. Bowers, Secretary of the 

 association. He spoke of the better 

 understanding among the people gen- 

 erally as to the purpose of the forest 

 reserves, particularly in the West, where 

 their situation at the headwaters of im- 

 portant streams gave them value on ac- 

 count of the needs of irrigation. Prof. 

 C. W. Hall, of the University of Min- 

 nesota, spoke on the "Geographical 

 Features of Water Control in the Upper 

 Mississippi Valley. " Prof. L. H. Pam- 

 mell, of the department of botany of 

 the Iowa State Agricultural and Me- 

 chanical College, discussed "Some 

 Forest Conditions in Western Wiscon- 

 sin," and he was followed by Dr. B. E. 

 Fernow r , whose address on ' ' Needs of 

 the Hour ' : closed the sessions. He 

 said that the principal needs were the 

 realization by legislatures and officials of 

 the immediate seriousness of the forest 

 situation, the establishment of well or- 

 ganized forestry bureaus in all States, 

 and, above all, an efficient fire police. 



GENERAL C. C, ANDREWS. 



SKETCHES MADE AT AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION MEETING. FROM MINNEAPOLIS 



" JOURNAL." 



