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PRESIDENT'S ADDR] 



'45 



reforestation f"r anyhud\'- 

 benefit, l)iit fur the benefit of the Amer- 

 ican people, ami particularly fur the 

 benefit uf the people who live neare-t 

 to the forests. \\ e have cuine tu the 

 time, gentlemen uf the Association, 

 and ladic-. when broad-minded men 

 with ^"reat heart- in them are taking 







(|tiiry will go "ii ami on ;:nd UD. to- 

 ward the development uf the -r 

 natural resources uf tin.- I'm'ted .- 

 uf America, until the Federal ' '.uvern- 

 ment and the State -uveniment- and 

 the individual-, all wurkm^ t< Aether, 

 will prepare tin- -Teat repulilic uf (l ur- 

 fur it- -Teat future and fuj- the -up- 



Digging white pine seedlings 



comprehensive views of the United 

 States of America. 



They arc not only thinking <>f the 

 furests, hut they are thinking of the 

 rivers. they are thinking uf the tm- 

 prudnctive lands, they are thinking of 

 the streams that (low idly to the 

 ocean-, they are thinking <>f the de- 

 structive cutting un the mountain tup-,. 

 where Xature's covering i- taken 

 awav ; and \b\< thuuidit and tin- in- 



port of the milliun- that will inhahit it. 



The State- are doini; a u 1 deal. 



The report uf the I Jinvtur-, that 

 will he read thi- murnin^. will shuw 

 you in detail what the -everal State- 

 are duiu-. It i- <|uite encuura^iiiL;-. 

 and it is time they were d ^111^ thin--. 

 1 ha])]'eiK-d f In- in I'm-hur^' la-t 

 year after they had ha<! :t tlood. 



The pcuplr in ritt-hnr- are very h-- 

 ]>itahle: they tuu]< me up their -Tiat 



