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obtain those things necessary to a well-balanced life. In his judgment, 

 the possibilities, from a social, moral, and economic standpoint, of 

 establishing every family in its own home cannot be estimated. To 

 quote his own words : "Our safety in the future is in the planting of 

 our nomadic population in a home along by the side of its job." 



J. H. Kirby, President of the National Lumber Manufacturers' As- 

 sociation, went Mr. Moorehead one better in the way of patriotism and 

 morality. In an eloquent speech, he recalled to the minds of the lum- 

 bermen the Declaration of Independence, the inalienable rights of men, 

 and the sanctity of human happiness as the object of human life. 

 "That happiness cannot be secured should we ever become a nation of 

 tenants. It is the home where there are peace and love and content- 

 ment and sweetness. It is the home that is the citadel of patriotism. 

 It is the home that inspires man with all those lofty things that will 

 make him want to die, if necessary, for his country; give up life, if 

 necessary, for the promotion of happiness of others.'" 



It would be interesting to know how far the lumbermen are planning 

 to apply the ideal of home-building and home-owning in their own 

 industry. In times past it has been notorious that the majority of 

 lumber companies have taken every precaution to prevent this very 

 thing. It has been the almost invariable rule that the companies have 

 preferred to own both the land and the houses where their employees 

 live, because of the greater control which this gives them over the em- 

 ployees. "Home" is also a rather dignified title for many of the shacks 

 erected for this purpose. 



Furthermore, the industry as a whole has done everything in its 

 power to prevent even these rude dwellings from becoming permanent 

 by the way in which it has handled the forest resources of the country- 

 If Mr. Moorehead is right in his dictum, that "our safety in the future 

 is in the planting of our nomadic population in a home along by the 

 side of its job," the lumber industry has certainly done its full share 

 to make the future unsafe, so far as the population to which it gives 

 employment is concerned. Deserted villages and abandoned farms are 

 all too common a sight in the regions through which the lumber industry 

 has swept with no thought for the future. 



Charles Keith, of Kansas City, a Director of the National Lumber 

 Manufacturers' Association, made a vigorous appeal for the mainte- 

 nance of high lumber prices and the establishment of industrial com- 

 binations as a means not only of assisting the lumber industry, but of 

 saving the country from the dangers of bolshevism, socialism, and 

 anarchy. He expressed alarm at the drift of the world toward mate- 



