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have reached a point when we must exercise economy in 

 the use of our forests and taste in adorning our towns. 

 To both these interests Gov. Morton has contributed 

 largely, and for both he is entitled to the gratitude of 

 hi.s country. 



Truly yours, 



GEO. B. LORING. 



FROM ADOLPH LEUE. 



CINCINNATI, April 5, 1888. 



DEAR SIR Please accept my sincere thanks for the 

 information contained in your favor of the 26th inst. 



In view of the great importance of forests to the pros- 

 perity of a country, and in consideration of the fact 

 that our forest area is constantly and rapidly diminished, 

 the necessity of due attention to the forestry question of 

 our country is obvious. The pressing need of the devel- 

 opment of a rational system of forestry is not sufficiently 

 felt and understood by the people of this country. Now, 

 in my mind, nothing is better calculated to create an inter- 

 est in forestry and to nourish such interest where it exists, 

 than the annual observance of Arbor Day. 



It is indeed not too much to say that the Nebraska 

 State Board of Agriculture never passed a more impor- 

 tant measure than that celebrated Arbor Day resolution 

 of Hon. J. Sterling Morton on January 14, 1872. 



