Show ROOSEVELT TELLS TEES M DA Superintendent Nelson Transmits Transmits Transmits Trans Trans- mits Presidents President's Presidents Message to School Children A. A S C. C Nelson state superIntendent n of or pu public bIle I Instruction as ion yesterday esterd received iel d from Pi ent Theodore noose Roosevelt veI his address adress s to the children of or Amene America Amen Ameri e ca Ct on the tIme subject of Arbor rIol duy day and the the meaning follows of or the lie observance The TIme letter To States time tho School Children of or the United S Arbor day which moans menns simply Tree Day Var Is IR now no noo o observed In every Cly C state stale In our Union Union and and main mainly in th 1119 schools At various times from January Januar to December Decem Decem- br ber but chiefly in this month of or April Apri you U give Ivo a t day or part of or a n day tIny to special sue sue- cia cial 1 e exorcises exercises and tl to actual tree planting In Iii of the tue Importance o of or trees to lo us me as a nation nallon naton an and of oC what y yield In n adornment comfort and useful products p to lie Iho communities In which you rou live lve It I Is well weB that you Ou should celebrate rte your our Arbor day dar thoughtfully for within our CO your lifetIme time Iho nations nation's ms m's need of or tC treOs will become serious Wo o 0 of r an an n ol older el generation generation genera genera- tion ton can get set along with what we have though with wih growing ro in hardship but In your our full ul manhood and womanhood you ou I will wi want whet nature e once BO so bountifully bountifully bount- bount I rul fully supplied and man maim so thoughtlessly destroyed ed and because of that want rant you ou will wi r reproach us ims not for or what we have I used t. t hut but for 01 what wo we have havo 1 I For FOI the time nallon natomi nalon as for rOI the man or 01 woman wo wo- wo man mart vand aimi the bo boy or girl Ito Iho roa road to 0 success is the right uso of what we have havo and the of ot present If It you ou n neglect to prepare your your- selve now for 01 the duties ules and responsibilities bulLies which will wi fall upon yc you 01 later hater If IC you do not learn the the timings things which you will 1 need lo to know when your OU school days are arc over you will wi suffer the lie conse So nn emil any nation naton which In Its Is youth lives hives on only I for foJ the he day reaps without without with with- wih out sowing and amI consumes without hus Imus- banding must expect the lie of or the tho tho prodigal whose labor could with wih difficulty culty find lind him the lie bare hare means of ot life lre A people without children would face facea i a L hopeless future a n country without trees Is almost as forests which are ale so used that thai the they cannot renew themselves themselves them them- selves will ivill wi soon vanish v nail and 11 with them all all their benefits A true tru forest is not merely a storehouse a-storehouse full rul of or wood but as ns asIt asit it were a factory of oC wood and amid at lh tIme the same sante time timo a n nN N reservoir of ot water When rhen you von Ol help to preserve our forests or to plant new ne ones you are arc acting tho lie part of or good g citizens The Time value of or forestry e deserves therefore to be taught In 11 the lie schools which aim to o make good citizens of or you i If your Ar Arbor or da day exercises help you ou lo to to realize what benefits each one of or l you ou receives from the forests arid and ant how by your assistance these benefits mn may continue they hey will wi serve a n good oo end en THEODORE ROOSEVELT The Tue White Whit House April 1 15 13 1907 DOl |