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white oak — its every fiber strong because it had fought the tempests 

 for centuries. One day the ax-man came. The titan of the forest was 

 unafraid, for had he not seen the sons of men come and go in his 

 mighty shadow for uncounted generations? The first strokes of the 

 ax were almost unnoticed; as the chips cut deeper a tremor went through 

 the giant's body, and then with a moan he went dashing to earth, leaving 

 a lonesome place against the sky never to be filled again. Trees must be 

 felled for the use of man, but let the forests not be unnecessarily 

 infringed upon. 



Our national parks and forest reserves should be carefully guarded 

 and jealously protected. A land stripped of its trees is permanently 

 impoverished. Denuded hillsides wash away in ruin. Treeless areas 

 cause floods. Trees are living monuments. Planted in memory of our 

 war heroes, they speak to us in solemn eloquence of battles fought and 

 victories won. 



Tree planting, tree study, tree preservation — all these are economically 

 important, civically uplifting, and spiritually inspiring. 



Frank B. Willis, 

 United States Senator from Ohio. 



OHIO'S FORMER FOREST 



OHIO was at one time the center of the great hardwood forest 

 of the United States, and now ranks third in consumption of 

 hard wood lumber used in industry. The State has a land area of 

 26,073,600 acres. There the peak of lumber production was in 1899, 

 with a cut of 990,497.000 board feet, while in 1924 it was 155,016,000 

 board feet. The once great forest has been removed, only scattering 

 wood lots remain, and the present estimated forest area is 4,000,000 

 acres. 



Following a study of forest conditions, I introduced a bill in the Senate 

 providing for the establishment of a forest experiment station in the 

 Ohio and Mississippi valleys. This bill became law on July 3, 1926. 

 and organization now awaits an appropriation authorized in the measure. 



Simeon D. Fess, 

 United States Senator from Ohio 



TREES 



THE beauty and the safety of our landscape depends on trees — 

 "barren" and "treeless" are almost synonymous, from both the 

 standpoint of appearance and that of value. The tilled field should have 

 no trees, but the successful drainage of most areas, upon which the fields 

 depend, demands groves, and tree-lined watercourses, and, if there is 

 much slope, even forests. 



The attacks on our trees by insects and disease have discouraged 

 planting somewhat, especially of the nut and fruit trees. These latter 

 are particularly desirable, because they have value beyond shade, beauty, 

 and the regulation of waterflow and land washing. The present situation 



