146 REPORT OF THE FORESTRY COMMITTEE 



Dr. J. T. Rothrock : I would like to say that this report was the finest piece 

 of analytical work I ever saw in my life. 



The Chairman: Is there any further discussion on this subject? 



Mr. J. B. White; I move a rising vote, as a compliment to Mr. Allen. 



(The above motion, being duly seconded, carried.) 



The Chairman: It may be desirable, in order to get some resolutions in 

 regard to forestry in concrete form, not to leave it entirely to individuals, but to 

 have a committee which we can appoint from this meeting to formulate resolu- 

 tions regarding forestry, which of course does not in any sense prevent any 

 individual from formulating his own resolutions and presenting them to the 

 committee. However, in order to make sure that there will be some resolutions 

 prepared, I will appoint Air. E. T. Allen, Mr. Wm. T. Cox, Mr. J. E. Rhodes 

 and Mr. E. A. Sterling as members of this Committee, with Mr.'Allen as Chair- 

 man, and authorize him, if he needs any assistance from anyone else, to call 

 upon them. 



Mr. E. T. Allen, of Oregon: It seems to me if this is the time for appointr 

 ment of committees, and they will have to report again before many days, that 

 there must be some provision made here for our future, then, perhaps, for carry- 

 ing on the work we have done, in the way of printing proceedings and all that 

 sort of thing. 



We five of us, who have been working on this end as a forestry committee, 

 will disband, and there will be a new President of the Congress, who will 

 probably appoint a forestry committee. Whether we will hold another meeting 

 of this kind again, whether we perpetuate ourselves in any form, must be decided 

 by somebody, and it cannot possibly be decided here because we do not know 

 what the new Congress will do, whether we will be encouraged or invited to 

 continue. 



At this same time last year our committee was appointed to report back, just 

 as Mr. Graves appointed a committee now to report back tomorrow, so that we 

 may have some idea of what we are going to do next year. That committee 

 arranged for this committee to carry forward its views to the next Congress, and 

 that is why we are here. Therefore, there should be a committee appointed for 

 discussing views and carrying those views forward. 



The Chairman : I should explain what I believe to be our status as an 

 organization, just how much power we have, and if I am not right, I will ask 

 Captain White to correct me. There is a formal forestry committee, and there 

 has been, since the organization of the Conservation Congress. This Forestry 

 Committee has this year been authorized to appoint some ten sub-committees to 

 assist in drawing up these reports, and the American Forestry Association has 

 joined with the Conservation Congress in meeting in this work, so that this 

 group meeting, this sectional meeting, really represents the forestry part of the 

 Conservation Congress meeting jointly with the American Forestry Association. 

 Is that right. Dr. Drinker? 



Henry S. Drinker: Yes; that is right. 



The Chairman : I do not suppose that this body has any authority to 

 indicate what the Conservation Congress should do in the matter of its com- 

 mittees. It can, at least, express the opinion of the foresters in the meeting here 

 as to what these men would like to do, whether they approve of this plan or some 

 other. Does anyone care to bring this subject up at all in order to get an expres- 

 sion as to the general plan of meeting? 



_ Mr. J. B. White, of Missouri: Mr. Chairman, I supposed that the proceed- 

 mgs of this meetmg would be published and presented with the proceeding's of the 

 National Conservation Congress. As this Committee has its power and was 

 appointed by the Conservation Congress, I suppose the proceedings will be nub- 

 hshed with this and the other proceedings of the Congress, and I haven't anv 

 doubt but that such a good committee would be reappointed by the new Congress 



