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speaking of the relation between the federal government and 

 the state governments and the bearing of this on the conserva- 

 tion of natural resources, and added a few words, in a humorous 

 vein, regarding the relations of Canada and the United States 

 and their ultimate union. 



State Forest Commissioner J. S. Whipple, of New York State, 

 gave an address that was one of the features of the morning 

 session. He emphasized the enormous destruction of the forest 

 and the need for reproduction. "In twenty years, at the rate 

 we are going, not one sawing stick will stand in the State of 

 New York, and we are even now getting eighty-eight per cent, 

 of our pulpwood from Canada." He insisted on the need of 

 planting as a remedy for this state of affairs. His advice to the 

 governors was "Go home and establish a Commission . . . . 

 and put a Pinchot at the head of it. Then furnish it money and 

 don't . . . implore the National Government to set aside 

 some state land as a National Forest ; do it ^^ourself." Coniferous 

 trees had to be planted, though hardwood trees wovild attend to 

 their own reproduction. Millions of pine trees should be planted 

 every year. A vigorous propaganda was the next essential; 

 in New York it had taken them twenty years to do the pre- 

 liminary work, and only within the last three years had they 

 got the people of the state roused. Mr. Whipple spoke of the 

 people of the City of New York expending $150,000,000 to build 

 a reservoir in order to ensure a water supply for the city; but 

 that expenditure would be useless unless they protected the 

 forests of the Catskills, whence the water came. The Commis- 

 sioner then spoke of the necessity of forests for water, and hence 

 for agriculture, especially in the East. In New York they were 

 spending $500,000 to $1,000,000 per year in buying land for 

 their forest reserves, and that expenditure they intended to keep 

 up. The speaker concluded by strongly exhorting the repre- 

 sentatives of other states to have their states make forest 

 reserves and start planting them up. 



At the conclusion of Mr. Whipple's address Governor John- 

 son, of Minnesota, rose and asked Mr. Whipple to give some 

 practical scheme, and an interesting discussion took place 

 between the two. 



Other speakers during the session were Mr. Lathrop, repre- 

 senting the Alabama State Conservation Commission; Dr. Geo. 

 C. Pardee, formerly Governor of California; President Evans, of 

 the American Automobile Association, who is a member of the 

 Pennsylvania State Conservation Commission; Governor Blan- 

 chard, of Louisiana, and Prof. Rane, of the Massachusetts State 

 Conservation Commission. 



The Public Meeting. 

 The Conference was opened by a great mass meeting at 



