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dresses were made by members of the forest service, and, 995 

 lantern slides were loaned or sold to persons outside the ser- 

 vice. Experiments are carried on in conjunction with railroad 

 companies, telephone companies, etc. Plans are made, on ap- 

 plication, for areas of private forests to secure the best finan- 

 cial results — present and future — for the owners; and men 

 have been sent out by the Government to see that the plans are 

 executed in the most advantageous manner. 



This leads us to the consideration of the co-operation be- 

 tween foresters and lumbermen, a most vital point since the 

 question rests with the lumbermen as to whether we shall con- 

 serve or destroy our forests. Not many years ago, the lumber- 

 man believed the forester was his enemy. In many cases he 

 was justified since the majority of foresters laid such stress on 

 the preservation of our forests that he did not realize that 

 "The principal idea of forestry is the preservation of our for- 

 ests by wise use" or that practical forestry means con- 

 servative lumbering. Do they not see that practical for- 

 estry is a good business investment since conservative lumber- 

 ing pays in the proportion of the value of the second crop and 

 it rests chifly in their hands to make the second crop valuable? 

 It would seem that they did since they are becoming more and 

 more friendly to the principles of forestry and the time will 

 soon come, when the forester and lumberman will work hand 

 in hand. 



There are four national forest associations — The Ameri- 

 can Forestry Association, The Appalachian National Forest 

 Association, The International Society of Arborictulture, and 

 the Society of American Forests. At the head are such men 

 as the Honorable James Wilson, D, A. Tompkins, General 

 William Palmer, and GifTord Pinchot. These men have the 

 interest of the nation and the advance of practical forestry at 

 heart, and write and make addresses with the view of helping 

 the people realize the great importance of the subject. 



