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That prices of forest products should rise more sharply and to higher 

 levels in the countries named than in the United States is only what 

 would naturally be expected, since these countries (Japan to a less ex- 

 tent than the others) normally depend on imports for a large part of 

 their supplies. America, on the other hand, produces within its own 

 borders practically all of the forest products it uses, or imports them 

 from across the imaginary line between this country and Canada. It 

 is interesting to note that dye woods (fustic and logwood), which come 

 from outside, rose higher in the United States than in England. 



Lumber dealers in importing countries during the war not only had 

 to contend with the natural rise in prices due to increased costs at the 

 point of production, but they had the additional handicap, not suffered 

 by dealers in producing countries, of abnormally high ocean freight 

 rates, and, even more serious, of later being unable to import com- 

 modities at any freight rate, due to the submarine menace and need 

 for ships for other uses. The natural result of this condition was that, 

 with the law of supply and demand left to work unchecked, prices 

 began to sky-rocket as soon as the stocks on hand began to become 

 exhausted with practically no more imports coming in. The United 

 vStates did not have to contend with this condition, except for tempo- 

 rary local freight embargoes. It is unfortunate that comparative prices 

 for forest products could not be included in the tables for the other 

 lumber exporting countries, Norway, Sweden, Russia, and Austria, 

 and even for Germany and France, which normally import large 

 amounts in addition to their considerable home production. Quota- 

 tions for the first four of these countries would afford a much more 

 satisfactory comparison with American prices than do those which are 

 given. W. N. S. 



Forest Management. By A. B. Recknagel, B. A., M. F., and John 

 Bentley, Jr., B. S.. M. F. xiii + 267 pages. 1919. John Wiley & 

 Sons. $2.50. 



According to the preface of this volume, in which the authors feel 

 the need of justifying its appearance, it is written mainly for a special 

 public, namely, the layman timber-owner and the non-professional 

 student of forestry. It must therefore be read and judged from that 

 point of view ; the selection of material and the manner of presenting 

 it must be specially adapted to that class of readers. The private 

 timberland owner in particular should find in it a guide to practical 

 application. 



