CONSERVATION 



rail that year cost nine and one-half times 

 as much as that handled by boat on the 

 Lakes. The prosperity of all that region trib- 

 utary to the Lakes has been developed be- 

 cause of these rates and depends upon them 

 for its continuance. 



There is before Congress the proposal to 

 adopt a policy for the improvement of all 

 the waterways of the country that offers un- 

 questioned possibilities, and a consequent car- 

 rying of the favorable freight rates of the 

 Great Lakes to many sections of the coun- 

 try. A joint commission has been appointed 

 by Congress and instructed to report how 

 this may be done. The report will be sub- 

 mitted to the next Congress and action on 

 the part of that body is expected to follow. 



The question that most worries the legis- 

 lative body is the matter of financing so 

 monstrous an undertaking; In an attempt to 

 solve this riddle the advocates of waterways 

 have come to the conclusion that there is 

 but one answer the issuance of bonds. They 

 cite the fact that the Panama Canal is being 

 actually built upon this basis and that all 

 private enterprise, such as railroad building, 

 is always accomplished in this way. In fact, 

 there is no other way of accomplishing so 

 great a task, and further, the benefit is chiefly 

 to posterity, and posterity should help pay for 

 it. These men are enthusiasts, and hold that 

 if the cheap rates offered by water trans- 

 portation are ever to be extended to the 

 people the work should be done now. Among 

 the people none are found who are not will- 

 ing to accept these low rates,. 



Mount Pocono Meeting of the Pennsylvania 

 Forestry Association 



The summer meeting of the Pennsylvania 

 Forestry Association was held as advertised 

 at the Pocono Manor,, near Mt. Pocono, 

 Monroe Co., Pa., July 7-9. Among the 

 features was an address by Dr. J. T. Roth- 

 rock on "Desolate Pennsylvania." 



Forest Conference in the White Mountains 



A forest conference will be held in the 

 White Mountains under the auspices of the 

 Society for the Protection of New Hamp- 

 shire Forests, at Mt. Pleasant House, Bretton 

 Woods, N. H., Tuesday evening, August 3, 

 and Wednesday, August 4. 



The following bodies will meet in connec- 

 tion with the conference: The directors of 

 the American Forestry Association, the state 

 foresters of the Northeastern States, and 

 the Ne" r Hampshire State Forestry Commis- 

 sion. 



Tht Society for the Protection of New 

 Hampshire Forests will hold its eighth an- 

 nual meeting at this time. 



Following is the program : 

 FIRST SESSION, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3 



Hon. FRANK W. ROLLINS, Presiding 

 8:15. Senate Pathetique, No. 8. . .Beethoven 



Miss Selma L. Stahl. 



8:30. "Forest Conditions in the Adirondack 

 and Catskill Reserves, with Special Ref- 

 erence to Reforestation" (illustrated 

 by lantern photographs), Mr. James S. 

 Whipple, State Forest Commissioner, 

 New York. 



SECOND SESSION, WEDNESDAY MORNING 

 9 130. The eighth annual meeting of the 

 Society for the Protection of New 

 Hampshire Forests. Report of the for- 

 ester; report of the treasurer; election 

 of officers. 



''The Forestry Work of the Women's 

 Clubs," Mrs. Joseph Stenifeld, Forestry 

 Chairman State Federation. 



10:30. Conference with the Directors of the 

 American Forestry Association, opened 

 by a discussion of "The Timber and 

 Stone Act, and the Appalachian Bill," 

 Mr. George H. Maxwell, of Chicago, 

 Executive Chairman of the National Ir- 

 rigation Association. (Of Mr. Max- 

 well's work in connection with the irri- 

 gation bill, Mr. Joseph Cannon said : 

 "We had to get out of the way of the 

 steam engine.") 



11:40. "The Grover Cleveland Memorial 

 Road in Tamworth, N. H.," Dr. John 

 H. Finley, President of the University 

 of the City of New York. (President 

 Cleveland established the first National 

 Forests.) 



THIRD SESSION, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 

 2:30. Conference with the State Foresters, 

 opened by a discussion of the New For- 

 estry Law in New Hampshire, by Mr. 

 Robert P. Bass, President of the State 

 Forestry Commission. 



Other topics : "Forest Fire Patrol and 

 the Mountain-top Observatories in 

 Maine;" "The Proper Scope of a State 

 Forest Service," the Forest Commis- 

 sioner of Maine, Mr. Edgar E. Ring: 

 the State Forester of Vermont, Mr. 

 Austin F. Hawes ; the Secretary of the 

 Massachusetts Forestry Association, 

 Mr. Edwin A. Start, and others, will 

 take part. 



FOURTH SESSION, WEDNESDAY EVENING 



"Forest Conditions in the White Mountains," 

 illustrated by lantern photographs; Mr. 

 Philip W. Ayres. 



Forestry Legislation in Pennsylvania 



Forest Leaves for June contains a two- 

 page resume of Pennsylvania's new forestry 

 legislation. 



H. R., 13, authorizes the department of 

 forestry to grow young trees and distribute 

 them to those who will plant and care for 

 them. 



