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CONSERVATION 



Arboretum for Cornell University 



THROUGH the generosity of an 

 alumnus, Mr. Henry Hicks, of 

 \Yestbury, L. I., a member of the class 

 of '92, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., 

 is to have an extensive and compre- 

 hensive arboretum. The site has al- 

 ready been chosen, and the arboretum 

 will be located in what is known as 

 Cascadilla Ravine, near the university 

 grounds. About twenty acres will be 

 devoted to trees, which will be fur- 

 nished by Mr. Hicks, and the collection, 

 it is announced, will embrace specimens 

 of practically the entire forest growth 

 of the temperate zone. Mr. Hicks will 

 include in the collection a large num- 

 ber of trees native to Japan and Man- 

 churia, and the arboretum will, there- 

 fore, be somewhat in the nature of a 

 testing ground for forest specimens 

 that are comparatively little known in 

 this country. It is announced that 

 planting will be started early next 

 spring. 



Resolutions by Carriage Builders' Association 



THE following resolution was adopt- 

 ed by The Carriage Builders' Na- 

 tional Association of the United States 

 at its Thirty-sixth Annual Meeting at 

 Chicago, October 13-15, 1908. 



"The progressive failure of our tim- 

 ber supply, intensified by recent forest 

 conflagrations, the intimate connection 

 between forests on the one hand, and 

 flood prevention, soil conservation, in- 

 land waterway and water-power devel- 

 opment, with irrigation of arid and 

 drainage and swamp lands on the other, 

 make the question of forest conserva- 

 tion an issue of gravest national import. 

 Success in administration of our na- 

 tional forests contracts in striking man- 

 ner with failure in the administration of 

 most of our private forests. Experi- 

 ence, home and foreign, proves that in- 

 telligent expenditure on forestry is a 

 remunerative investment. The Gov- 

 ernors' Conference, the unanimity of 

 the press and the rising tide of approv- 

 ing public sentiment bear increasing tes- 



timony to the popular demand for for- 

 est conservation. The Appalachian- 

 White Mountain Bill, again passed by 

 the United States Senate at its last ses- 

 sion, represents the next step in prac- 

 tical forestry. The Carriage BuildeiV 

 Xational Association of the United 

 States, in its Thirty-sixth Annual 

 Meeting assembled, therefore earnestly 

 urges the House of Representatives of 

 the United States certainly and speedily 

 to enact this measure into law at the 

 -e-sinn of Congress." 



State Revenue from National Forest Increased 



IN ADDITION to the benefits se- 

 1 cured by fire protection and by regu- 

 lations which control the use of timber- 

 land and range so as to insure perma- 

 nent >upplies for local wants, the state- 

 having Xational Forests now receive. 

 iimler the new Agricultural Appropria- 

 tion Bill, twenty-live per cent, of the 

 gross proceeds derived from the sale 

 of National Forest resources. This 

 amount, according to law, goes to off- 

 -ct any losses to the states through 

 withdrawal >f forest areas from taxa- 

 tion, and is devoted to public road- 

 and school-. 



Several years ago complaints were 

 made that the withdrawal of timber- 

 lands for forest purposes reduced the 

 taxable areas of the states in which 

 withdrawals were made. The Forest 

 Service, quick to see the justice of 

 these complaints, recommended at first 

 that ten per cent, and later that twenty- 

 five per cent, of the gross proceed- 

 from the National Forests should be 

 paid to the states As a result, the 

 states are assured of school and road 

 funds, doubtless more certainly than 

 they otherwise could have been, since 

 the permanence of the Forest re- 

 sources is now secured by conservative 

 management. Had the Forests never 

 been established, their resources would 

 undoubtedly have been exhausted by 

 hasty and improvident methods of ex- 

 ploitation, leaving the land wasted am' 

 unproductive. 



