. Conservation. Forests and forestry. TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING 155 A FREE HAND The value of a free hand in accom- plishing practical results was strikingly brought out by Dr. Rothrock in the following statement: The great success of Pennsylvania for- estry work is due to the fact that we are not a subordinate branch of the Govern- ment and that we have a department of forestry. It is coordinate in its import- ance with the Department of Internal Af- fairs, with the Department of Public In- struction, or with any other department of the state government, and the head of that department is a
. Conservation. Forests and forestry. TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING 155 A FREE HAND The value of a free hand in accom- plishing practical results was strikingly brought out by Dr. Rothrock in the following statement: The great success of Pennsylvania for- estry work is due to the fact that we are not a subordinate branch of the Govern- ment and that we have a department of forestry. It is coordinate in its import- ance with the Department of Internal Af- fairs, with the Department of Public In- struction, or with any other department of the state government, and the head of that department is a member of the gover- nor's cabinet. We have no one to consult, no one to hold us back^ but we are a de- partment devoted solely and entirely to the forestry interests of the state and nothing else. It is a great step. It is the one potent lever that has enabled us to make the prog- ress we have made. FLOOD VERSUS DROUGHT A notable example of the contrast between the superfluity of water at one time and its paucity at another was given by Dr. Rothrock in the case of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Referring, first, to the flood of some twenty years ago, which practically swept the town out of existence, he said: Last spring I passed by Johnstown. It is a great mining region. The hills around there are denuded of timber * * * There is nothing to hold the rain, and every hillside was weeping water. The whole sur- face was saturated with it and the Cone- maugh was a raging flood. Six weeks ago Johnstown, cursed by a previous flood and blessed last spring by a copious supply from the clouds, was in a vastly different condi- tion. The people were glad to get their drinking water from the puddles around the View of Missouri Pacific Railroad Bridge at Kansas City after the Flood. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the ori
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