THE FOREST PRODUCTS EXPOSITION 



OPENING on April 30 at the 

 Coliseum, Chicago, the Forest 

 Products Exposition is now 

 well on its way to the success 

 which the careful plans of the pro- 

 moters and the enthusiasm of the ex- 

 hibitors assured. There was to be seen 

 not only every wood in commercial use 

 in the United States but exhibitsof every 

 branch of the forest products industry, 

 and in addition, and of particular 

 importance, were the exhibits of the 

 United States Forest Service, the Amer- 

 ican Forestry Association, the American 

 Wood Preservers' Association and the 

 Western Forestry and Conservation As- 

 sociation, showing as they did the value 

 of the best utilization of the forests, of 

 the preservation of wood and of the 

 conservation of forest lands and the 

 protection of timber. The thousands 

 of daily visitors not only had enter- 

 tainment, for the exhibits were a delight 

 to the eye, but they had brought home 

 to them what perhaps many did not 

 realize before, the great economic im- 

 portance of the forests, the need of 

 their care and development and the very 

 many uses to which wood may be put. 

 The educational and the industrial 

 value of the Exposition, it soon became 

 apparent, was even greater than had 

 been anticipated. Teachers and school 

 children from all the schools of Chicago 

 tlocked to the display; the general pub- 

 lic found unusual interest in the various 

 features, while the contractors, archi- 

 tects, builders, and the men of numerous 

 vocations directly or indirectly con- 

 cerned in wood and its uses found much 

 of practical benefit to them. It is early 

 to speak of the business-getting value 

 of the Exposition, but as advertising 

 gets business, and as there could be no 

 better advertising than the exhibits with 

 their many very attractive features, it 

 is apparent that the exhibitors will be 

 amply repaid for their expenditure in 

 cash and in effort. 



The Exposition will open at the 

 Grand Central Palace, New York, on 

 May 20 and continue there for ten days. 



Crow: SAY, don't you know if you 



CUT DOWN ALL THE TREES BY AND BY 

 YOU WILL HAVE NO WATER FOR YOUR 

 HOMES '^ 



Published by courtesy of Life. 



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