Show PRESERVE THE FORESTS Secretary Wilson Talks to Forestry Association New York June 25Ill his address f to the members of the Forestry association associ-ation at the American Science association associa-tion Secretary Wilson said In part We have not given sufficient attention atten-tion to the growing things In field and forest nor the influence exerted upun the field by the forest Heavy exportations of grain and lumber are regarded by observers as the best evidence of national prosperity AVhilc closer Inquiry will discover sull l exhaustion nnd the loss of ability lo retain moisture on hill and plain As enlightenment among rnen advances ad-vances with the centuries we fell trees regardless of the consequences Our Government policy of giving the land to the people has facilitated this warfare war-fare on the trees It seems a pity tIts o t-Its now that reserves were not made by tho Government from sea to sea especially es-pecially on high latitudes where rivers rise on such shallow soils that cannot endure tIme sun on broken lands that forbid the plough and the like but reflection excuses us from wondering It Is nearly Impossible now to save a tree northwardly southwardly and I westwardly The axmen will soon hoe through the foment two decades or less will exhaust our primitive forests of building woods The worlds history admonishes us to preserve forests where we have them and plant them where there are none There Is a useful and engrossing field here for the student and a gracious work for the lover of his kind The educated forester luan work to t do in his specialty that will be helpful l f to the people the soil physicist has work to do that vill be helpful to tim e producers the educators have work to do too long neglected and In this connection con-nection we all rejoice at the Plnchot endowment of a school of forestry at Yale that will give us axemen In future who will chop with discretion and plant with intelligence Papers were read by Henry Gannett t chief hydrographer of the United States geological survey J W Youmay superintendent su-perintendent of trCz planting In the division di-vision of forestry Treadwoll Cleveland of the division of forestry and others |