252 Forestry Quarterly. 



back, the quotations on Jack Pine seedlings, a species which is 

 used largely in western States, will be found as follows : 



1907 Jack Pine 2 year seedlings 4-6 inch $4.00 per 1000. 



1908 " " " " " 4-6 " 3.00 " " 



1909 " " " " " 4-6 " 2.50 " " 



It has been our policy in the past and will be in the future to 

 furnish such material at the lowest possible price and we expect 

 to be able, as a result of our recent experiments, to materially 

 lower the cost of several other varieties which are used largely for 

 reforestation purposes. 



To seek legislation which would certainly destroy this indus- 

 try — an industry which you have built up — does not appear to us 

 to be in exact harmony with the broad policy with which you 

 started out, and is an action which we firmly believe, is not in 

 accord with the wishes of your leaders. 



In conclusion, I wish to state, that our grounds will be wide 

 open, as in the past, to any National, State and private estate 

 foresters, who may wish to carry on any investigation or experi- 

 ments that he may choose, to the furthering of forestry interests, 

 and it is our hope that, in co-operation with them in this manner, 

 we will be doing our part and shouldering our share of the burden 

 which former generations by their reckless waste have put 

 upon us. 



The above strictures having been submitted to Mr. Curtis, he 

 has made the following rejoinder : 



The "very grave errors" which Mr. Hill finds in my article are 

 apparently three: 1. I have misrepresented his prices for seed- 

 lings. 2. I have understated the cost of growing such seedlings. 

 3. I have minimized the amount of forest planting now being 

 done, and the amount of capital invested in the business of sup- 

 plying that demand. Let us discuss these points in turn. 



1. That I have misrepresented Mr. Hill's prices. Unfortunately 

 for him, Mr. Hill is forced to admit that this charge is not entirely 

 untrue. I should not have ventured to mention names in my 

 article if I had not been sure of my facts, and I therefore stated 

 that I was quoting from Mr. Hill's fall catalogue of 1907. I have 



