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owned forests, which constitute four-fifths of our total forest area, it 

 needs no argument to prove that continuous forest production must be- 

 come the practice on privately-owned forest land. 



Professor Kirkland, to whom American forestry owes much for his 

 writing on permanent forest industry and continuous forest production, 

 has, in the article under review, emphasized the lack of national fore- 

 sight and the great economic waste in the continuation of forest exploi- 

 tation in the Pacific Northwest, where most of our remaining large 

 areas of virgin timber still exist. The writer of this article does not 

 believe that all absolute forest land should be publicly owned, but he 

 does believe in the necessity of a forest policy that makes continuous 

 production of timber possible on private lands. He believes that even 

 in the Pacific Northwest five or ten years will mark an end to the pres- 

 ent system of exploitation without reproduction. He believes that pri- 

 vate owners must accept reforestation as a policy, either voluntary or 

 under public compulsion. 



The reviewer of this article believes that any form of continuous 

 forest production on privately owned forest land, insisted on by the 

 public, must provide against economic loss to the private owner. He 

 ardently supports the idea of permanent forest industries and continu- 

 ous forest production, but believes the time is now at hand when it can 

 be attained through co-operation between the private owner and the 

 public. He believes that a way can be found or made mandatory under 

 which the private owner will forego a part of the present profits from 

 exploitation and organize his forest lands for continuous production 

 and permanent industries in exchange for public assistance in carrying 

 charges, taxes, and fire protection. The benefits to the public from 

 continuous production and the resulting permanency in forest industry 

 and the public benefits from the indirect value of the forest must be 

 recognized more fully than at present. The way to the establishment 

 of forestry on private forest lands is true understanding, in which the 

 rights of both the private owner and the public are fully appreciated. 



Professor Kirkland places our present ownership of forest property 

 as a whole under three classes, so far as continuous production is con- 

 cerned, as follows : 



A. Economic holdings from standpoint of continuous forest 

 production. 



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1. Public forests, mostly Federal 113,000.000 



2. Farm woodlots .• 200,000.000 



3. Private holdings of lumber and pulp companies and other forest 



owners in selection forest region of northeast United States (esti- 

 mated) 41.000.000 



