Mrs. Elizabeth C. Peters may be reinstated to the position of sewer in the Government Printing Office without regard to the provision of Rule IX limiting the period of eligibility for reinstatements to one year from the date of separation.

I think it should be passed.

I earnestly recommend its passage by the present Congress.

The forest is for use and its users will decide its future.

Unless the men from the West believe in forest preservation, the Western forests cannot be preserved.

The great significance of this congress comes from the fact that henceforth the movement for the conservative use of the forest is to come mainly from within, not from without.

This meeting may well be called a congress of forest users.

I believe in the future of this movement, because I think you have the right combination of qualities.

I want to add a word as to the creation of a national forest service, which I have recommended repeatedly to Congress in my messages and especially in the last.

The department gives advice and assistance, which it will be worth your while to know more about.

If the present rate of forest destruction is allowed to continue, a timber famine is inevitable.

Wood is an indispensable part of the material structure upon which civilization rests.

It is a pleasure to greet the members of the American Forest Congress.

Mrs. Evelyn M. Ford may be reinstated to the position of clerk in the office of the Secretary of War without regard to the provisions of Rule IX limiting the period of eligibility to one year from the date of separation.

I transmit herewith, for your consideration, a report and recommendations from the Secretary of State of the United States on the subject of the naturalization of aliens in the United States.

I transmit herewith the report of the Commissioner of Corporations, covering the period from the organization of the Bureau to June 30, 1904.

I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a report by the Secretary of State resubmitting a claim of the owners of the British steamship Lindisfarne, amounting to $158.11, for demurrage to that vessel while undergoing repairs…

Attention is invited to the accompanying report of the Secretary of State.