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This restrictive policy has already been successfully adopted on 

 several of the Forests in the district where the supply of such 

 material is very limited. Considering the abuses and benefits of a 

 liberal policy there appears to be no reason for not eliminating 

 green saw material from the free list on every Forest. 



In connection with this point it is worth noting that this policy 

 has been adopted on the Weiser Forest, where the supply of tim- 

 ber is quite large and the free use business was formerly very ex- 

 tensive and impossible to handle properly. The result has been 

 first class supervision of the timber work without the expected 

 dissatisfaction of the forest users. The present difficulty in adopt- 

 ing this policy on many other Forests in District 4 is due to 

 adjacent Forests persisting in a liberal policy. There is no doubt 

 in the writer's mind that a uniform restrictive policy along this 

 line would work admirably in this district and to a certain extent 

 in other administrative districts. 



Since free stumpage conveys the idea to most individuals of an 

 apparent economy, the important point is to educate forest users 

 to the lack of financial benefit they are receiving under a liberal 

 policy. This can be successfully done if the policy receives the 

 proper support from the Forest officers on the ground who deal 

 with the people. 



