96 REPORT OF THE FORESTRY COMMITTEE 



Afforestation. 

 Silvicultural methods. 

 Taxation. 

 State ownership. 



Principles Determining the Form of Organisation for Forestry Work. 



1. The governing body to be removed from direct responsibility to political 



parties. 



2. Civil service. 



3. Representation of groups of industries directly and indirectly concerned 



with forestry. (Ex-officio.) 



4. Provision for an executive head who is fitted by training and experience. 



5. Provision for ample discretionary power. 



6. Provision for delegating discretionary power. 



7. Provision for an efficient field organization. 



8. Provision for settling controversies as a part of the administrative work. 



Principles Determining Effectiveness of the Organisation. 



1. An adequate fund. 



2. An efficient force (Equipment and Permanent Improvements). 



3. Prompt and effective penal provisions. 



4. Police power. 



Part II. 

 PASSING A FOREST LAW 



EVERYBODY is interested one way or another in forestry. Despite this 

 fact, it is not an easy matter to get a legislature to enact good forest laws. 

 In a State where there is much forest there will be a lumbering industry. 

 Through the representation coming from lumbering districts a great deal can be 

 accomplished, for they want the timber protected from fire. Legislators repre- 

 senting farming districts are interested in tree planting, and from that viewpoint 

 may be induced to favor a comprehensive forest law. Sportsmen generally 

 understand the importance of the forest in serving as game cover, and may 

 be counted upon to lend their aid toward proper conservation of forests through 

 enacting a suitable law. Women's Federation Clubs and similar organizations, 

 and all who have or want summer homes by wooded lakes, are natural friends of 

 good forestry bills and may be enlisted in efforts to get proper legislative action. 



In conducting a campaign looking toward the passage of any forest law, 

 the first essential is the proper advertising of the proposed legislation, setting 

 forth in detail the results it proposes to obtain. 



As all laws are passed with a definite object in view, it is natural that any 

 law pertaining to forestry will emanate from some person or persons who are 

 interested in the preservation of the forests. This interest may be for different 

 reasons, and this fact must be borne in mind and the several viewpoints givet; 

 careful consideration. 



The preparation of a forestry bill or any part of it should be performed by 

 a committee composed, if possible, of the various interests affected, if such a 

 bill should become a law. Therefore, the first step, and a very important one. 



