Mr. Joseph X. Teal, Portland. Oregon 



A VICE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY .\SSOCI.\TION 



The instant question of forest conservation and the one pressing for solution is that 

 of use. That forests must be protected from destruction of all kinds, that a vast public 

 interest is to be conser\^ed by their protection is now generally accepted. Attention must 

 now be directed to encouraging and securing the greatest possible iise of this vast national 

 resource. Governmental agencies should from now on exercise the same zeal in securing 

 the distribution of the manufactured product as they have shown in the past in protecting 

 the tree. Only through use will results be accomplished. If this great national asset is 

 to be realized on, if it is to serve its purpose, foreign and domestic markets must be opened 

 up on a basis that will place one of the greatest of our industries on a sound foundation. 

 The commercial and industrial side of the question is as important as that of protecting 

 the forest from physical harm. In other words, use of the product is a most important part 

 of its conservation, and without use it is difficult to see the necessity for wasting time or 

 money in protection. Make the forests of value and they will be taken care of. Without 

 this incentive there is little inducement for their preservation. It has been said truth- 

 fully forest conservation is now 90 per cent salesmanship and 10 per cent forestry. 



Joseph N. Teal, 

 Vice President, American Forestry Association. 



