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lutioii "that steps be taken to amend Article 7, Section 7, of the Con- 

 stitution, so that the prohibition of Section 7 shall not prevent the cut- 

 ting or removal, under proper restrictions, of trees that may be needed 

 to supply fuel for domestic use, nor prevent the construction of roads 

 and trails necessary for protection against fire and for ingress and 

 egress." 



The second resolution, based upon the accepted report of the Com- 

 mittee on Forest Taxation, of which Mr. Geo. N. Ostrander. President 

 of the Empire State Forest Products Association, is chairman, on a 

 measure to provide a yield tax for lands devoted to continuous forest 

 production, was that the Forestry Association "bend its energies to the 

 enactment of the proposed measure, and that all organizations and 

 agencies in the State of New York and throughout the country which 

 are engaged in fostering forest management in the State be urged to 

 join with it to secure the desired legislation." 



Acting upon the first of these resolutions, a concurrent resolution has 

 been introduced in the legislature by Senator James A. Emerson, of the 

 33d District, and Assemblyman Raymond T. Kenyon. of Essex, amend- 

 ing the Constitution to allow the taking of trees for domestic fuel from 

 the State Forest Preserve and permitting the construction of necessary 

 roads and trails in the State Forest Preserve. 



Similarly, the proposed- forest-tax legislation has been introduced and 

 has been referred to the respective committees concerned. 



These two measures mark a distinct forward step in regard to the 

 handling of our forest resources. The New York State Forestry Asso- 

 ciation is to be commended for such a constructive policy, as are also 

 the other organizations and agencies in the State which are engaged in 

 fostering forest management and which have been working with tlu 

 State Forestry Association to secure these results. 



CaMP.MGN I'OK IXCRKASIXG TlTK l^SK OI' WooD AS FvVA. 



The campaign for increasing the use of wood as fuel, that for the 

 past few months has been actively conducted in most of the States in 

 the central and eastern part of the country, is beginning to bear fruit. 

 The scarcity of coal everywhere has forcibily turned the attention ot 

 the public to the use of substitutes, and in that it is the opinion of man\ 

 of those in a position to know — State fuel administrators .md others- 

 that the coal shortage will probably be quite as serious next winter a> 

 it is this, active steps are being taken in a large number of States to 

 meet the emergency by largely increasing the cut of fuel wood this 

 winter. 



