Forestry and Irrigation. 



VOL. XI. 



OCTOBER, 1905. 



No. 10 



NEWS AND NOTES 



President's In the course of his re- 

 Notabie cent address at Raleigh, 



North Carolina, Presi- 

 dent Roosevelt made a notable refer- 

 ence to the importance of conservative 

 treatment of our remaining forests. 

 His statement that "If the Eastern 

 States are wise, then from the Bay 

 of Fundy to the Gulf we will see, 

 within the next few years, a policy set 

 on foot similar to that so fortunately 

 carried out in the high Sierras of the 

 west by the national government," 

 should give impetus to the movement 

 for national forest reserves in the east. 

 It is a direct argument for the creation 

 of a national forest reserve in the 

 White Mountains and the Southern 

 Appalachians projects that are now 

 enlisting the hearty co-operation of 

 all friends of conservative forest man- 

 agement. 



That section of President Roose- 

 velt's Raleigh address devoted to for- 

 estry is printed in full elsewhere in 

 this number, and deserves the careful 

 reading of everyone. New England 

 is becoming thoroughly aroused to the 

 great need of preserving the forests 

 of the White Mountains, and always 

 public-spirited, it can be relied upon 

 to support such measures in Congress 

 as promise good to the country at 

 large. 



The South has not yet shown the 

 measure of interest that this matter 

 deserves, but with the progress of the 

 present campaign for conservative for- 

 est management, and the awakening 

 of southern business interests to the 

 vital way in which they are affected 

 by the forests of their region, is bound 

 to bring support to the movement. It 



will certainly be quickened by the 

 President's strikingly practical utter- 

 ance. 



The Southern Appalachian and 

 White Mountain Forest Reserves are 

 projects that affect the national pros- 

 perity, and therefore should command 

 the support of every patriotic citizen, 

 regardless of section. President Roose- 

 velt has wisely pointed the way, and 

 early action should be the result. 



The For some time a crowd 



Minnesota Q f town _ s i te speculators 



Rt serve , , , . , , . 



have been doing their ut- 

 most to have the Morris law, which 

 created the Minnesota National Forest 

 Reserve, repealed. In answer to this 

 attack and for the impartial informa- 

 tion of Minnesota people in general 

 FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION prints in 

 this issue a series of authoritative ar- 

 ticles which should satisfy any fair- 

 minded person that the Morris law 

 should stand. Mr. Eugene S. Bruce 

 has been in charge of the govermmnt 

 forest work since the reserve was cre- 

 ated, and his article sums up very 

 clearly the purpose of the Morris law 

 and the attitude of the Forest Service 

 in administering it. He has had many 

 years of experience as a practical lum- 

 berman, and having been on this re- 

 serve from its inception attaches un- 

 usual importance to his article. 



Professor Samuel B. Green, widely 

 known through his work in agricul- 

 ture, and especially as head of the 

 Experiment Station at St. Anthony 

 Park, writes after a recent trip through 

 the reserve, Mr. Chapman, from an 

 intimate knowledge gained in Minne- 

 sota agricultural work, and as a mem- 

 ber of the Forest Service, discusses 



