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Board would in any case be lia])le for payment of freight charges 

 on any swine which might be refused landing at a port in the 

 Territory of Hawaii, pursuant to this rule. I do not see how 

 any such liability could possibly arise. All parties engaged in 

 the transportation of freight are presumed to know the law of the 

 port of consignment. If any carrier should accept same for 

 transportation without assuring itself that such swine may be 

 legally landed at the port of destination, such carrier would not 

 be permitted to say that it did not know the law relating to that 

 matter. Under such circumstances no liability could possibly 

 accrue against your Board for refusing to allow such swine to 

 be landed at any port in this Territory." 



C. S. j. 



FUTURE TIMBER SUPPLY. 



A demand is growing on the part of the wood-using industries 

 and the public at large for a national policy of forestry which 

 will insure adequate future supplies of timber and other forest 

 products, according to Chief Forester W. B. Greeley. Figures 

 gathered by the Forest Service this year, his annual report states, 

 showed the extent of the depletion of the nation's forests, and 

 have served to focus attention on the fact that the country is 

 short of growing forests and that something must be done at 

 once. The acute shortage and skyrocketing prices of lumber and 

 newsprint early in the year also contributed to the growth of the 

 movement. 



The Forest Service is advocating a program based on the con- 

 viction that the problem is national and not local, and must be 

 handled as such. Nation-wide protection from forest fire for all 

 classes of forest land, Col. Greeley states, is the first and most 

 essential step. It is his belief that the police powers, of the 

 States offer the best means of enforcing reasonable requirements 

 against forest destruction. 



Legislation Is Needed. 



The expense of fire protection, the Forester says, should be 

 borne jointly by the landowner and the public. He holds that 

 Federal legislation is needed to provide for a comprehensive plan 

 of cooperation with the States in fire prevention and the develop- 

 ment of forestry practice, and the extension of the national for- 

 ests through purchases, through the inclusion of other timber- 

 lands now in Federal ownership, and through exchange. 



There are still large quantities of timber in the United States, 

 the report states, but they are not in the right place. More than 



