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PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS 



'47 



It N high time that thi- \--ociation 

 ami the Congress of the I 'nitcd States 

 were considering the-c great prob- 

 \re we to lose the use of mir 

 great rivers in the Ka-t ': In the 

 South? \\'e are taking eare of thing- 

 mea-urably well in the great \\'est. I 

 do hope our representatives will very 

 carefully consider the wisdom of mak- 

 ing beginning- along the line of -top- 

 ping the cutting of the woods on the 



for the |>re-eiit generation, hut you are 

 doin- it for all futun ration-.. 



l ; ore-t- -'U'e -oinething that -hould ^ 

 on and on and heconie hi-torie 

 thou-and- < >\ years. There i- n. > 

 son why they >hould not do so. The 

 hope of the future forests i- in the 

 work of tin- \--ociation; and so I 

 say, kee] u]> your coiira-e. no matter 

 \\hat dit'ticultie- you meet with. The 

 day will come when you will impre-- 



Private land within San Bernardino National Forest, lumbered and burned in 1903 



mountain tops, both in Xew Kn^land 

 and on the Southern Appalachian 

 range. 



Gentlemen, T have many duties to 

 I could not keep away 

 I had to come and bid 

 you welcome, bid von God-pee. 1. 

 on with your work. There i- 

 111- more noble than the rehabilitation 

 of the forot- and the preservation of 

 the forests. You are not onlv doim-- jt 



perform, but 

 this morning. 



yourselve^ on the people of tin- ^ 

 republic, and the re])re>entative- of the 

 people will sooner or later take care 

 of the forests of the country and the 

 headwaters of the river-. 



I thank- \ on very much, and hope 

 you will all have a p!ea-ant time. T 

 have a-ked (,'oli.nel I larvc\ to come 

 and take the chair, and permit n 

 take care of 51 .me - 'tiler dutie-. ' 

 morning, gentlemen. 



