CONNECTICUT FORESTRY 

 MEETINGS 



AN INSPIRING series of forestry 

 / \ addresses were presented on the 

 \ eighth and ninth of March at 

 Middlebury and Waterbury, 

 Connecticut, under the auspices of the 

 American Forestry Association, in coop- 

 eration with the Forestry Associations 

 of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massa- 

 chusetts and New Hampshire. 



A most forcible address was presented 

 by Dr. J. T. Rothrock, the first Com- 

 missioner of Forestry in Pennsylvania, 

 and for many years an active member 

 of Pennsylvania's Forest Reservation 

 Commission, who with a striking series 

 of lantern pictures, showed the desolate 

 condition on the hills of Pennsylvania 

 outside of the one million acres of 

 forest reserve that that State has 

 purchased. The force with which this 

 address brings home the approaching 

 scarcity of timber in this country may 

 be inferred from the fact that Mr. 

 Herbert Welsh, of Philadelphia, who had 

 previously heard this address in Wither- 

 spoon Hall in that city, has had 10,000 

 copies printed, fully and attractively 

 illustrated. It; may be had by sending 

 5 cents postage to Mr. Herbert Welsh, 

 995 Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mr. S. B. Elliot, of Pennsylvania, read 

 a very able article on "Our Forest Con- 

 ditions and Needs." Mr. Elliot's deep 

 interest in forestry, his long experience 

 as an active member of the Pennsylvania 

 Forestry Reservation Commission, and 

 his wonderful vigor and power of 

 thought and expression in the evening of 

 a life devoted to forest interests, gave 

 to his address a personal touch and force 

 that was very impressive. 



Another strong address was that of 

 Professor J. W. Tourney, Director of 

 the Yale Forest School, upon State and 

 Town Forests. He pointed out that 

 it is unwise in this country to depend 

 upon private individuals for a future 

 timber supply. This matter of saving 

 the remnants of our forests must be 



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taken up through State enterprise, and 

 it is even now too late to grow a new 

 crop of trees before the scarcity will be 

 upon us. State planting on a large scale 

 should begin without further delay. 



Able addresses from other parts of 

 New England, by Mr. Harris A. 

 Reynolds, Secretary of the Massa- 

 chusetts Forestry Association, and Mr. 

 Philip W. Ayres, Forester of the 

 Society for Protection of New Hamp- 

 shire Forests, showed the same general 

 conditions in New England that Dr. 

 Rothrock pointed out in Pennsylvania. 

 Mr. Ayres' address was illustrated with 

 pictures thrown on the screen showing 

 scenes from the National Forests in the 

 White Mountains, the Southern Appala- 

 chians and on the Pacific coast. 



It was the concensus of opinion of all 

 present that larger and more important 

 efforts to conserve the remnant of 

 forests that remains in this country, and 

 to replant on a large scale, must be 

 taken immediately by the Towns, State 

 and Federal Governments. 



It was also pointed out that under the 

 Weeks Act $3,000,000 did not become 

 available, and that an effort should 

 be made in the next Congress to 

 reappropriate this amount in order 

 that the original plans of the Act may 

 be carried out in the White Mountains 

 and the Southern Appalachians. The 

 friends of forestry everywhere are urged 

 to lend their help to secure this measure 

 at the next session of Congress. 



The three sessions were presided over 

 by Mr. Herbert Welsh, of Philadelphia; 

 Mr. Frederick J. Hillman, of Springfield; 

 and Dr. Henry S. Drinker, President of 

 Lehigh University and of the American 

 Forestry Association. 



Hon. Robert S. Conklin, Commis- 

 sioner of Forestry in Pennsylvania, 

 Mr. Walter O. Filley, State Forester of 

 Connecticut, and a number of others 

 prominent in the forestry movement 

 were present. 



