CONTENTS. 



PART I. 

 FORESTRY AS A NATIONAL QUESTION 



THE; FOREST IN THE LIFE OP A NATION .' 3 



President Roosevelt. 

 THE GENERAL NEED OF FOREST PRESERVATION 13 



James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture. 

 THE FOREST POLICY OF FRANCE 22 



J. J. Jusserand, Ambassador from France. 

 ATTITUDE OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TOWARD FORESTRY 29 



B. L. Wiggins, Vice-Chancellor, University of the 



South. 

 IMPORTANCE OF THE FORESTS TO AGRICULTURE 42 



John Lamb, Member of Congress from Virginia. 

 DEPENDENCE OF BUSINESS INTERESTS UPON THE FORESTS. . 51 



Howard Elliott, President, Northern Pacific 

 Railroad. 



PART II. 



IMPORTANCE OF THE PUBLIC FOREST LANDS 

 TO IRRIGATION. 



THE CLOSE RELATION BETWEEN FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 53 



Guy E. Mitchell. 

 FORESTS AND RESERVOIRS 60 



F. H. Newell. 

 RELATION OF FOREST COVER TO STREAMFLOW 67 



J. B. Lippincott. 

 RIGHTS OF WAY IN FOREST RESERVES 81 



Morris Bien. 



