| Show PRESERVNG FORESTS President Roosevelt Makes an Interesting Inter-esting Talk on the Subject at Meeting of Foresters Washington March 215 President Roosevelt and Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture were among the members of the Society of American Ameri-can Foresters who attended the weekly meeting of that association at the home of Gifford Plnchol chief forester of the Department of Agriculture tonight The President remained about half an icur He niiide an Interesting talk to he assembly on the general subject of the preservation of forests and of forestry for-estry an a profession He said that the object of the forestry for-estry politic was to make prosperous homes > and to see that they were kept LO Homes he said could be made emporarlly prosperous through forest lestruction but could not be made per nancmly HO except by the preservation oC > the forests Forestry he declared was the IIIC Ia lion of forests by a vise use of what they afforded The professional forester he said hans ha-ns wide a Held oC usefulness as men In other professions such for Instance as II medicine and law and they should fit themselves for It by thorough study andy > and-y I wide point oC view The most hopeful sign In the forest situation the President believes Is the lumbermen I who are appreciating the benefits of I forestry and are practicing It The President touched on the subject of Irrigation and this l connection declared de-clared that forest preservation Is I ncc I cssary to the successful operation of this means of assisting the farmer In arid regions I |
