Table of Contents 



Section I — Proceedings of Wednesday, April 11, 1917. 



Morning Session — Mr. M. L. Alexander Presiding Page 



"A Foreword" 7 



By Mr. J. Lewis Thompson, Chairman, Cut-Over Land 

 Committee, Southern Pine Association 



"Why We Have Met" , 8-10 



Address by Mr. M. L. Alexander, Commissioner, Louisiana 

 State Conservation Cornmission 



"Address of Welcome" 10-11 



By Hon. Martin Behrman, Mayor of New Orleans 



"Importance of Agricultural Development to the Cities" . . . .12-15 



Address by Mr. Ernest Lee Jahncke, President of the 

 New Orleans Association of Commerce 



"Practical Reforestation" 15-23 



Paper prepared by Mr. Henry S. Graves, Chief Forester, 



United States Forest Service, and read by Mr. E. 



S. Bryant of the United States Forest 



Service, representing Mr. Graves 



"Practical Utilization of Cut-Over Lands" 24-28 



Address by Mr. Stanley F. Morse, Agricultural Expert, 

 formerly of the University of Arizona 



Afternoon Session — Mr. M. L. Alexander Presiding 



"Agriculture From A National Standpoint" 29-36 



Address by 'Honorable Carl Vrooman, Assistant Secretary 

 of Agriculture, United States Department of 



Agriculture , 



"The Cut-Over Land Owner's Responsibility — His 



Opportunity" 36-46 



Address by Hon. H. Clay Tallman, Commissioner, General 



Land Office, United States Department of 



the Interior 



"Lumbermen's Activities, Past, Present and Future" 46-50 



Address by Mr. J. Lewis Thompson 



"The Railroad's Part in the South's Development" 50-54 



Address by 'Mr. J. C. Clair, Industrial Commissioner of 

 the Illinois Central Railroad 



Section II — Proceedings of Thursday, April 12, 1917. 

 Morning Session — Mr. Clement S. Ucker Presiding 



"The Practical Aspects of the Problem" 55-58 



Address by Mr. Clement S. Ucker, Vice-President Southern 

 Settlement and Development Organization 



"Natural Resources of the South— Arkansas as a Developing 



Factor" 58-67 



Address by Hon. Charles H. Brough, Governor of 

 Arkansas 



