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doing what they can to get forest preservation taught in the public 

 schools. The women of the State are with this Association in this work. 



Colonel J. Bryan Glrimes spoke with force and conviction on the 

 evidently increasing enthusiasm of the people in this matter. He 

 declared that if there were one thousand farmers like Mr. Gates in 

 North Carolina there would be a revolution in the State upon forest 

 protection. 



He called the attention of the men present to the ruthless destruction 

 of the trees and even the lands, by the unintelligent handling of the tim- 

 ber when gotten out by the mill men. It destroys not only the under- 

 growth, the forests of tomorrow, but hurts the lands. He spoke of the 

 trifling prices which timber had been sold at in the past. He asserted 

 that we need education for our people and protection for our forests. 

 We have seen Legislature after Legislature refuse to give laws for forest 

 protection, because, he said, the laws that had been proposed did not 

 seem to be what was needed for the various parts of the State. In con- 

 cluding, Mr. Grimes moved that the President be requested to appoint a 

 Legislative Committee to consult with the Attorney-Gksneral in outlin- 

 ing a law which will fill the needs for forest protection for the various 

 parts of the State. 



This motion was then put by the President, and was carried with en- 

 thusiasm. The following committee was subsequently named by the 

 President: Mr. Alston Grimes, of Pitt; Mr. C. C. Smoot, III, of 

 Wilkes ; Mr. G. C. Speight, of Craven ; Mr. Hugh MacKae, of New Han- 

 over ; Mr. Thomas A. Cox, of Jackson. 



Ex-Governor Thomas J. Jarvis was then called upon by the Presi- 

 dent to say a few words. He said that he was glad to be present; that he 

 made it a business to be present when there was anything for the good 

 of North Carolina going on. He said that this meeting reminded him 

 of the truism that the value of a gift is never really appreciated until it 

 has slipped away from us. The people of North Carolina ai-e in that 

 condition. They have seen their forest wealth swept away and now 

 they are beginning to take better care of the remnant. With properly 

 directed efforts the forests may yet be preserved. They reproduce 

 rapidly and with adequate laws to protect the forests the men who are 

 now interested in this work can accomplish this end. The Governor said 

 that he had been able to learn something at this meeting, and that he 

 had come out to it as soon as he heard of it. He hoped that the Associa- 

 tion would grow and increase in influence in order to protect the forests 

 that are left and to secure others. 



Mr. D. A. White, of Mebane, representing the Southern Furniture 



