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of the forests of the United States 

 should be owned and managed by the 

 Federal, State and local governments. 

 Where the private forest owner uses 

 his property so as to damage the in- 

 terests of others, he must be restrained 

 by wise laws, properly administered 

 and enforced, but the success of man- 

 datory forestry on private lands held 

 solely for direct profits is very doubt- 

 ful, unless there is State co-operation. 



To solve the forestry-timber problem the timber owner, the forester 

 and the public must get together and co-operate. Each must make 

 some consession to reach the common goal — a lasting and adequate 

 timber supply and the maintenance of forests for their direct and in- 

 direct benefits to the nation. Furthermore, I should want to see the 

 lumbermen and timber owners intimately connected with our National 

 Forest administration, some of them perhaps serving on a National 

 Forest Advisory Committee if the Forester thought such a committee 

 a feasible scheme. But one of the unsolved problems in connection 

 with a termination of forest destruction is: "Who will pay for it? 

 Shall it be passed to the consumer?" After all is settled, as it must 

 be within a few years, the public will probably have to foot a large 

 part of the bills by paying more for lumber, but the Government and 

 the individual owner must do their part. 



