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siring to purchase waste of a wide range of species in specified 

 dimensions or as mill or factory run. The latter have been in- 

 cluded in the list of "Opportunities to Sell Waste," which is sent 

 monthly to concerns which have waste material for sale. This 

 list is growing steadily, but the Forest Service is anxious to accel- 

 erate its rate of growth inasmuch as it comprises only about half 

 as many buyers as there are sellers listed under "Opportunities 

 to Buy Waste." 



The Forest Service through its Exchange has already brought 

 several concerns together, thus reducing mill waste and at the 

 same time locating cheaper raw material. 



There is no charge for the use of the Wood Waste Exchange. 



The Government of the United States, endeavoring to put dif- 

 ferent federal departments in position to be helpful in solving 

 industrial problems of the people of the nation, held a session of 

 the Federal Trade Commission at Chicago on July 19, when 

 representatives of the export lumber industry and of the lumber 

 industry as a whole were given an opportunity to state what they 

 consider are the reasons why this industry is not prospering as it 

 should, and what the means to alleviate the unsatisfactory 

 conditions. 



In this connection, we may quote, as evidence of a changing 

 attitude on the part of the lumbermen to foresters, the text of a 

 resolution passed at a meeting of the Directors of the Lumber- 

 men's Association of Chicago: 



Whereas, The Forest Service of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture is now actively taking up a constructive 

 study of the entire lumber industry ; and 



Whereas, the industry is now passing through a critical period, 

 the proper solution of which will have a tremendous effect on 

 the future permanency of the industry ; and 



Whereas, Many vital questions are involved in this study of 

 conditions such as — 



The carrying charges on stumpage ; 



The freight rates on lumber as compared with other products ; 



The prohibition of lumber in many municipalities without re- 

 gard to economic use ; 



The conditions forcing the production of lumber greatly in 

 excess of demand ; 



The hostile public attitude toward the industry ; 



