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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



January 



THE LUMBERING INDUSTRY AND THE 

 FORESTS. 



This session, which was called to or- 

 der at 10 a. m. on Tuesday, January 

 4, was devoted entirely to the forego- 

 ing subject. Mr. N. W. McLeod, 

 president of the National Lumber 

 Manufacturers' Association, was in 

 the chair. After an exceedingly inter- 

 esting talk from Mr. McLeod, he in- 

 troduced Mr. J. E. Defebaugh, Editor 

 of the American Lumberman, who ad- 

 dressed the Congress on the subject 

 of the "Changed Attitude of Lumber- 

 men on Forestry." 



He was followed by Mr. M. 

 C. Moore, secretary of the Nation- 

 al Slack Cooperage Manufacturers' 

 Association, on "The Importance of 

 Forestry to the Woodworking Indus- 

 try." A paper was then presented by 

 Mr. John L. Kaul, president of the 

 Kaul Lumber Company of Alabama, 

 on the question "Is Forestry Practic- 

 able on Long-leaf Pine Lands ?" Col- 

 onel George P. Emerson, vice-presi- 

 dent of the Northwestern Lumber 

 Company of Washington, addressed 

 the Congress on "Our Pacific Coast 

 Forests, and Lumbering as Differing 

 From Other Forests." Mr. George K. 

 Smith, secretary of the National Lum- 

 bermen Manufacturers' Association, 

 then spoke on "The Importance of 

 Lumbering Statistics." "Opportuni- 

 ties for Lumbering in the Philippines" 

 was the subject of a talk by Captain 

 George P. Ahern, chief of the Philip- 

 pine Forestry Bureau. Owing to ill- 

 ness, Dr. Albert Shaw, Editor of the 

 Revieiv of Reviews, was unable to be 

 present to deliver his address on "The 

 Relation of the Forests to the Publish- 

 ing Business." 



The next speaker was Mr. George 

 W. Hotchkiss, secretary of the Illinois 

 Lumber Dealers' Association, who 

 spoke on "The Lumber Dealers' In- 

 terest in Forest Preservation." He 

 was followed by Mr. John A. McCann, 

 editor National Coopers' Journal, on 

 "Cooperage and Its Relation to For- 

 estry." 



THE GRAZING SESSION. 



Mr. F. J. Hagenbarth, president of 

 the National Live Stock Association, 



presided over the meeting on the af- 

 ternoon of January 4, which was call- 

 ed to order at 2 p. m. The first speak- 

 er was Mr. W. B. Candland, of the 

 Utah Wool Growers' Association. 

 Mr. A. F. Potter, grazing expert, of 

 the Bureau of Forestry, then delivered 

 an address on the subject of "Practi- 

 cal Results of the Regulation of Graz- 

 ing on the Forest Reserves," illustra- 

 ted by examples, and with the subject 

 clearly expounded. "The Protection 

 of Home Builders in the Regulation 

 of Grazing on the Forest Reserves" 

 was the topic discussed by Mr. E. S. 

 Gosney, president of the Arizona 

 Wool Growers' Association. An in- 

 teresting address was contributed on 

 the subject of "Sheep Grazing in the 

 Reserves, From a Layman's Stand- 

 point," by Prof. L. H. Pammel, of the 

 Iowa State College. General Fitz- 

 hugh Lee was introduced, and extend- 

 ed an invitation to the members, of the 

 Congress to visit the Jamsetown Ex- 

 position in 1907. The open discussion 

 which followed was participated in by 

 Mr. Jackson ; Mr. Campbell, secretary 

 of the Canadian Forestry Association ; 

 Mr. G. O. Shields, of New York, pres- 

 ident of the League of American 

 Sportsmen; Mr. Lynn, of Idaho, and 

 Mr. Little, of Oklahoma. 



RECEPTION BY MR. PINCHOT. 



On Wednesday evening, January 4, 

 the more serious part of the program 

 was laid aside, and the delegates and 

 their friends attended a delightful re- 

 ception given in their honor by Mr. 

 and Mrs. James W. Pinchot and their 

 son, Mr. Gifford Pinchot, forester of 

 the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture. Mrs. Pinchot, who welcomed 

 the guests, was assisted in receiving 

 by the Secretary of Agriculture and 

 Mr. Gifford Pinchot. The other mem- 

 bers of the receiving party were Mrs. 

 Taft, wife of the Secretary of War; 

 Mrs. Hitchcock, wife of the Secretary 

 of the Interior; Mrs. Chaffee, wife of 

 the Lieutenant-General of the United 

 States Army; Mrs. Walcott, wife of 

 the director of the United States Geo- 

 logical Survey; Mrs. Newell, wife of 

 the chief engineer of the Reclamation 

 Service; Mrs. Hobson, Mrs. J. B. 



