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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. THOMAS C. MCRAE, Ark., Chairman. Darius D. Hare, Ohio. John Davta, Kans. Thomas F. Magnet, N. Y.
John F. Lacey, Iowa. George F. Kribbs, Pa. Irving P. Wanger, Pa. Oaee M. Hall, Minn. John W. Moon, Mich. William T. Crawford,
N. C. George D. Melklejohn, Nebr. Walter Greeham, Tex. Wiiliam B. Ellis, Oregon. Peter J. Somen, Wis. Marcus A. Smith, Ariz.
Asbury C. Latimer, S. C. Samuel T. White, Clerk. E. B. Hursey, Meeeenger. Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives
U. S., Washington, D. C.,--, illegible November I, 1893. R. U. Johnson, Esq., New York City. My Dear Sir:- Yours
of yesterday has been received. I regret that I failed to see you and Mr. Muir when you were here, but I am glad to know that
you are so deeply interested in protecting and preserving our forests, for I know that you and the friends you suggest can
be of great help in the iffort we have commenced. I would be glad to have in writing any suggestions Professor Sargent may
think proper to make upon the importance of preserving our timber, and the dangers of a timber famine. The pending bill has
been reported to the House and is not now before the Committee, but I am sure the Committee would be glad to hoar him generally
upon this important question at any time it will suit him to be present, I think it important to press this bill to a passage
as soon as possible, and thus secure a good foundation upon which we may illegible engraft some comprehensive plan for the
instruction of our people in forestry. The little discussion that was had in the House on the 10th. and 12th. ultimo, 06399