360 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



WHAT AN ADEQUATE PROGRAM SHOULD INCLUDE 



No single measure or action will meet all features of a lumber 

 and forest problem. Each region will have a group of problems. Each 

 region will require special consideration because of the peculiar local 

 conditions. The required measures for the different regions, corre- 

 lated for the whole nation, is the thing to be sought in the making of 

 a national program. I can at this juncture only indicate what I believe 

 should be the general objectives and the spirit of approach, and point 

 a way to secure some definite action. 



I am ready to advocate a policy more far-reaching in all respects 

 than has generally been offered. I would afford whatever public assist- 

 ance is needed to make possible the conservative handling of our 

 forests, and I would then make fire protection, conservative production 

 of lumber, and right methods of removal a matter of requirement, with 

 such public direction and control as is necessary to realize the aims 

 desired by the public. 



Just what this action should be may vary in different regions. It 

 may be a combination of several methods of public co-operation. It 

 is possible that the principle of conservative financing with public 

 co-operation may be applicable under some conditions. I would not 

 hesitate to concur in such a principle provided it is a part of a plan 

 that includes the accomplishment of the various public objectives of 

 a broad forestry and lumber program. Circumstances will require a 

 correlation of production with the economic needs of the country as 

 one feature of a large program that guarantees the continuance of the 

 forest. It should be under a system that makes the public a definite 

 party to the undertaking and in a position to safeguard by direct 

 action the various public interests. 



Still again, in some localities the tariff, or local taxation, may play 

 a large part in the industrial and forest situation. In such a case, I 

 would meet these problems in the light of the needs of the permanent 

 industrial life of the region, not of a group of industrial interests 

 alone. 



The adjustment of international relations, the reform of taxes, 

 or other public measures taken to aid industry, should be considered 

 in connection with the question of constructive handling of the tim- 

 berlands. Already a number of lumbermen of the Northeast have 

 stated to me that they would support a program that would make 

 good forest practice a requirement, provided the public co-operated in 

 removing the real obstacles now existing, and also provided that the 



