LETTER FROM JAMES J. HILL 



HON. JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture, 



Washington, D. C. 

 Dear Mr. Wilson : 



I wired you to-day my inability to be present at the 

 Forest Congress, which I very much regret. 



The subject is of importance far beyond the general 

 understanding of the public. The growth of popula- 

 tion in the United States has practically covered all the 

 land which can be cultivated with a profit without 

 artificial moisture. Irrigation and forestry are the 

 two subjects which are to have a greater effect on the 

 future prosperity of the United States than any other 

 public questions, either within or without Congress. 



Yours truly, 



(Signed) JAS. J. 



