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cut over years ago when merchantable products could be secured 

 from only the best trees now are furnishing raw material of a 

 character and quantity sufficient to keep many plants in opera- 

 tion. This change is attributed in large degree to the beneficial 

 results of the tariff. A $2 margin, in the estimation of this 

 practical operator, is sufficient to bring about this reconstruction 

 of the affairs of lumber manufacturers in the Atlantic coast 

 manufacturing district. It is a sufficient barrier to keep back 

 a flood of low grade stock from Canada and to permit of wider 

 distribution of the products of manufacturers who secure their 

 raw supplies from the cutover lands. 



Conditions in the southeast are somewhat unusual. The pine 

 regions of the Atlantic coast states were the scene of the first 

 lumbering operations in the country. Until within the last few 

 years only the largest trees of the highest quality were cut. 

 Owing to climatic and soil conditions along the Atlantic coast 

 timber regions the growth is much more rapid than in many 

 other parts of the country and instances have been reported 

 where lands upon which cotton was raised prior to the civil war 

 have since produced trees of a quality and size which makes 

 their cutting profitable to the manufacturer. This growth was 

 brought about in 40 to 45 years. 



The timber of this section does not grow as thickly as in the 

 north and west. The average cut probably would not exceed 

 7,000 feet, and the range is from 3,000 to 15,000 feet to the acre. 

 The timber of this coastal slope is not greatly injured by fire. 

 The relatively sparse stand renders the individual trees more 

 dependent upon themselves and results in a sturdier growth with 

 respect to root support than is found in northern pine and hem- 

 lock, or in the timber of the Pacific slope. 



An old cruiser who had inspected the operations on certain of 

 the reservations of Minnesota claims that a very heavy per- 

 centage of the seed trees that have been left had been blown down 

 by the wind. Under the regulations governing the cutting of 

 reservation timber a certain number of the finest trees, desig- 

 nated as seed trees, must be left standing with as little injury to 

 them as possible in felling the other trees. Old woodsmen claim 

 that to leave such trees, or even those of a younger growth, is 

 impracticable because the individual trees can not stand the shock 

 of heavy winds. The trees are flat rooted and the soil is loose, 



