22 Prolonging the Cut of Southern Pine 



by any other owner, yet such a policy might not be profitable to 

 them. 



Since it is possible that these lands may ultimately be used for 

 agriculture, the state government can hardly be justified in any 

 attempt to compel the timberland owners to undertake measures 

 that will assure a permanent forest. States can encourage private 

 efforts at reforestation by proper tax laws and fire protection, or 

 such lands can be acquired by states and reforested at state 

 expense. Along these lines, and not by arbitrary regulation, 

 progress towards securing new crops of pine must be made. 



