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one man rather than with a Commission. It is of interest, perhaps, to 

 note that a large majority favored the clause sanctioning- the co- 

 operative combination of lumber manufacturers under certain con- 

 ditions, and that a large majority favored giving the Secretary of 

 Agriculture authority to carry on operations on the National Forests. 

 The clause suggesting the creation of councils of lumber employers 

 and employees carried by a vote of 80 to 66. 



As to the enforcing clauses, a substantial majority voted unfavorably 

 on requiring a Federal license and on the application of an income 

 tax, the other two enforcing clauses receiving favorable majority 

 votes. 



The Committee trusts that the following points will be clearly under- 

 stood by all members : 



First : The Committee did not determine what should be voted upon. 

 This was decided by the members at the annual meeting. 



Second : The form of ballot was necessarily governed by the same 

 decision. The report of the Committee for the Application of Forestry 

 was to be voted upon clause by clause ; consequently, the various ques- 

 tions were merely substantial quotations of the essential points in 

 that report. 



Third: It was the function of this Committee to report and in- 

 terpret the results of a count of the ballots received. It has not 

 attempted to predict what the result w^ould have been had the vote 

 been upon some other forestry program. No doubt such a forecast 

 will be made by each member to his own entire satisfaction. 



It is worth noting, perhaps, that this is the first time the Society of 

 American Foresters has, as a body, expressed itself in favor of legis- 

 lation for the perpetuation of forests. 



The tabulated ballot is given in the attached table. 



E. A. Sherman, 



F. E. Olmsted, 

 Paul D. Kelleter, 



Committee. 



