TO COUNTY AND CITY SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS: 
SUPERINTENDENTS GET 2500, SCHOOL TEACHERS, 1000 GENUINE COLORADO 
BLUE SPRUCE TREE SEED FREE. PUPILS PAY ONE CENT EACH for enough PINE, 
SPRUCE and ARBOR VITAE TREE SEED to give them a nice forest and more genuine COLO¬ 
RADO BLUE SPRUCE SEED than required to beautify their lawn and ONE CENT PAYS THE 
BILL. NO ORDER CAN BE ACCEPTED FOR LESS THAN 25 PUPILS. PLEASE SEND 
POSTAGE STAMPS. 
The reason there is a charge of one cent each is because it means a sale. Where pupils get the seed 
free, they are seldom interested. 
The Government map showing 81 of the 102 counties in Illinois practically worthless for farming 
is news to many. 
Write the Department of Printing, Washington, D. C., for “SEPARATE No 1 MAJOU 
PROBLEMS AND THE NEXT STEP IN AMERICAN FORESTRY, from SENATE DOCU- 
MENT No. 12,” Page 81 will tell you why so many schools are closed and thousands of teacher* 
without positions. 
Farmers, to be successful, must take care of their land as they do in Europe and England where 
in the 16th century they went through what this country will go through unless pupils are taught to 
plant trees for preventing soil erosion and for lumber. 
PUPILS WHO WILL COLLECT ONE CENT EACH FROM 25 OTHER PUPILS AND 
SEND 25 CENTS IN STAMPS WILL RECEIVE 1,000 COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE SEED 
FREE FOR THEIR TROUBLE. 
There are 22 states with millions of acres in tbe same condition. During 1933, 2269 schools in 11 
states closed before March 1 and over 2000 school houses are closed now and thousands of teachers 
have no income. 
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Since 1928 tons of printed matter sent from this office showing what will happen in many states 
unless trees are planted for preventing soil erosion caused over 600,000 pupils to plant trees, tree 
seeds and walnuts. 
From 10,000 walnuts planted in Indiana in 192B, over 2 million were planted last year. Pupils who 
raised 100 trees 5 years ago from seed are now raising thousands. 
To give you an idea of what can be done: J. H. Baldwin of the Washington School, Hammond, 
last April talked to the pupils for a few minutes. He explained what would eventually happen unless 
trees which they could have for one cent each were planted by the millions. The next morning some 
brought a penny, others a nickel or dime and some brought a quarter. Enough was collected for 2400 
trees. This plan is now being carried out all over the country. 
The pupils of the Wallace School in this city transplanted over 700 trees raised on the school 
property last year. 
WILL YOU ALSO TAKE THIS MATTER UP WITH TOWN AND CITY SUPERIN¬ 
TENDENTS OF SCHOOLS IN YOUR COUNTY. The same offer is open to them, AND GIVE 
ME THE NAME OF ANY WIDE AWAKE BUSINESS MAN OR FARMER IN YOUR COUN¬ 
TY WHO REALIZES THE CONDITION FARMERS OF THIS COUNTRY ARE IN AND ARE 
INTERESTED IN PLANTING TREES. 
What President Roosevelt started with 275,000 men 17 days after he was inaugurated should 
have been started 50 years ago. 
WILL YOU ASSIST PUT THIS WORK OVER? 
Thanking you, I am 
FRANK S. BETZ 
BETZ BLDG. 
HAMMOND, INDIANA 
