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operators, we assume, would prefer to pay the tax of five cents rather 

 than that of five dollars per thousand feet, and, as a consequence, most 

 of the harvesting of forest crops would be done according to the 

 standards established. 



FARM WOODLOTS 



Farm woodlots are excluded from the terms of the Act because 

 most of them are already managed in a fairly conservative way, making 

 the necessity for their control of less immediate importance ; and 

 because the difficulties of control from an administrative standpoint 

 would be out of proportion to the results obtained, at least for some 

 time to come. 



OTHER LEGISLATION 



It should be distinctly understood that this bill is not, in itself, a 

 complete forest program for the Nation. It is confined to the one 

 thing of immediate and vital importance, namely, the prevention of 

 forest devastation on privately owned commercial forest lands, and 

 is. intended to create a clear-cut issue on that fundamental problem. 

 In order to realize a complete national forest program, legislation on 

 the following matters is desirable : 



1. The acquisition of forest lands by the United States and their 

 inclusion in National Forests. 



2. Logging and milling operations by the Forest Service on National 

 Forests. 



;'). Forest research. 



4. The reforestation of devastated forest lands. 



5. A survey of the forest resources of the country. 



In view of legislative procedure, these subjects must be considered 

 in separate bills, or must be grouped in two or more bills. The National 

 Conservation Association, through its Committee on Forests, will 

 either present for consideration bills covering these additional prob- 

 lems, or will support such other satisfactory measures as may be 

 introduced. 



