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jMiie region, and which is annually cutting only 150 million instead of 

 15,000 million feet, or one one-hundredth as much? While it might 

 not be practicable, it would be in the interests of forest conservation of 

 the United States if the Government would prohibit the exportation of 

 pine to southern South America and induce some of the capital now 

 invested in the lumbering industry of the southern States to be trans- 

 ferred to the Parana pine region. This would mean capital sufficient 

 to increase the cut at least to 500 million feet, the pre-war consumption 

 of pine in the region. I am certain that if the Government would make 

 such a prohibition, the lumbermen of the United States would soon 

 learn of the immense profits that are being made by the lumber industry 

 of the Parana pine region and many of them would make a grand rush 

 to get in on the ground floor. 



