CONTENTS. 



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The Forest in the Life of the Nation 5 



Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States. 

 Forests as Public Benefactors 8 



His Excellency J. J. Jnsserand. 

 Aubrey White. 

 Forestry a National Need 9 



Hon. James "Wilson. 



James J. Hill. 



Hon. John Lamb. 



Hon. John F. Lacey. 

 Demand for Better Lumber Trade Statistics 13 



George K. Smith. 

 Danger Confronting Packers, Shippers, and the Cooperage Industry 14 



M. C. Moore. 



John A. McCann. 

 Enormous Consumption of Timber by the Railroads 15 



Howard Elliott. 



Hon. Charles F. Manderson. 



J. T. Richards. 

 Mining Impossible without Forests.. 17 



T. J. Crier. 



David T. Day. 



Hon. Charles D. Walcott. 



Maj. F. D. Fenn. 

 Forests and the Development of Electrical Power 19 



A. L. Fellows. 

 Dependence of Irrigation upon Forestry 19 



Guy E. Mitchell. 



F. H. Newell. 



J. B. Lippincott. 



Arthur P. Davis. 

 Forests and the Livestock Industry 22 



Hon. James Wilson. 



E. S. Gosney. 



A. F. Potter. 

 Interest of the Federation of Women's Clubs „- 24 



Mrs. Lydia Phillips Williams. 



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