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eventually be held by Filipinos when they have had sufficient 

 education and training and show themselves sufficiently capable 

 and trustworthy to fill them. And so it will be in the future 

 Philippine Forest Service. The cost of well-educated native 

 employees will naturally be a great deal less than for Americans, 

 so it is advisable to use them, wherever satisfactory in more 

 responsible positions, to cut down expenses. 



The course in forestry at the Agricultural College will be six 

 years for Filipinos who have completed the eighth grade and are 

 ready for the high school, and four years for those who have 

 completed two years' high school work. There is to be a forest 

 reserve of some 10,000 to 15,000 acres in connection with the 

 school for forest demonstration and field work. 



The Phiuppini;s as a Field for American Foresters. 



The following are advantages the American forester, much pre- 

 ferably single, can reap by two or more years' work in the Philip- 

 pine Bureau of Forestry: Invaluable broadening experience in 

 living in the tropics and the Orient for a period of years, ex- 

 tremely interesting forest work, knowledge obtained of tropics, 

 especially of the forests. It is predicted by some that the tropics 

 will in time become the world's principal source of timber and 

 food supply. The tropics are the future "Go west, young man" 

 country — the least developed part of the globe in proportion to 

 their almost limitless natural resources. All that is needed is to 

 solve the problem of healthy living in the tropics and they will 

 become the richest part of the globe. 



Better pay at the outset than in the U. S. Forest Service, and 

 at the end of two years' service seventy days leave with pay is 

 given, which more than pays the expenses of coming home. 



Outlook is good for future big developments in the Bureau of 

 Forestry and increases in pay to American foresters who remain 

 any length of time. Chances to tour foreign countries enroute to 

 and from the Islands is alone worth, to some persons, two years' 

 service in the Philippines. 



The principal objections to work in the Philippines are: Too 

 far away from the United States and social connections here. 



Climate. Reputed to be very unhealthy. However, with a 

 little extra care of oneself and the taking of a few precautions the 



