VOL. XII. No. 11 
 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
 
MARCH 12, 1928 
 
SECRETARIES OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE CON- 
GRATULATE WEST COAST LUMBER MANUFACTURERS 
ASSOCIATION ON ENGAGEMENT OF COLONEL GREELEY 
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine and 
Secretary of Commerce Hoover have telegraphed 
congratulations to John V. Tennant, President 
of the West Coast Lumber Manufacturers As- 
sociation, Longview, Washington, on the en- 
gagement of Col. W. B. Greeley, Forester of 
the United States, as secretary and manager 
of that Association. 
Both Secretaries view Col. Greeley's 
new work as affording an extraordinary op- 
portunity for constructive work in private 
forestry. 
The telegrams follow: 
Secretary Hoover - 
"I profoundly regret to hear of 
Colonel Greeley's resignation as Chief for- 
ester but I congratulate the West Coast Lum- 
bermens Association on securing his services. 
It represents a step in constructive handling 
of forest problems which will mean much to 
the whole lumber industry." 
Secretary Jardine - 
"I am very glad to learn of the 
consolidation of the associated interests and 
activities of the West Coast   Lumber Manu- 
facturers with view to more effective market- 
ing of your products and bettering conditions 
your industry. I also believe you have taken 
a constructive course in selecting Colonel 
Greeley who has long been identified with for- 
 
estry and the public interest in forest con- 
servation for a position of leadership in the 
future work of your association. Successful 
forestry in the United States depends largely 
upon the stability and permanence of the for- 
est industries. It includes sound industrial 
organization, sound merchandising of forest 
products and effective utilization of raw 
material no less than commercial growing of 
timber. These are all phases of the develop- 
ment of the lumber industry in its adjustment 
to modern economic conditions. There is no 
portion of the United States where all of 
these progressive developments are more es- 
sential from both industrial and public stand- 
point than in Pacific Northwest where our 
principal remaining supplies of softwood tim- 
ber are largely concentrated. It will be a 
remarkably  fine industrial achievement to 
work out the many problems which confront you 
in the northwest from the conversion and mer- 
chandising of your present timber holdings 
through to their replacement by commercial 
reforestation so as to attain a thoroughly 
sound and permanent industrial structure. 
This development is matter of public concern 
no less vital than its concern to your own 
industry. I believe that you have done wisely 
in selecting to aid you in this accomplishment 
a man who brings to it training and experience 
in many phases of forest utilization problems 
from standpoint of public interest. The pub- 
lic interest in the effective solution of 
these problems is identical with the permanent 
 
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