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King George's mark on them, because King George, 

 in 1770, valued his New England forests so much that 

 he would not let anybody cut down pine trees 

 without his permission, and he placed on the trees the 

 broad arrow of the English Admiral. Fortunately, he 

 was not able to cut down the trees afterwards. Now 

 we are before Congress because we want Congress to 

 preserve the forests for fifty square miles in that region. 

 I desire that my boy's boy's boy's boy's girls, two cen- 

 turies hence shall see such pine trees as I saw in 1841. 

 And for like reasons, we want an Appalachian reser- 

 vation made in the highlands of Tennessee and the 

 Carolinas. 



Address by Mr. W. S. Harvey 



Vice-President, Pennsylvania Forestry Association 



I T is exceedingly gratifying to me, as an officer of 

 the Pennsylvania Forestry Association, which asso- 

 ciation, you are all aware, has been one of the pioneers 

 in the work for forestry, and probably has done more 

 than any other association, and has a larger member- 

 ship than any other association, except the American 

 Forestry Association, of which I also have the hcaior 

 to be a member of, and of the Board of Directors. 



The highest tribute that has ever yet been paid to 

 the forestry work of the United States is being paid 

 to-day by this notable gathering of influential people, 

 not only from every section of our own country, but 

 from our kindred country, Canada. We have listened 

 with great interest, and I sincerely trust it will be with 

 great profit, to the words that my countryman. Dr. 

 White, has just uttered, in telling us how intelligently 

 Canada is administering her forests, and this Congress 



