PROGRESS IN STATE FORESTRY l6l 



producing state becomes a timber importing 

 state, (a condition existing in most of the eastern 

 and middle states) we begin to pay a heavy toll 

 in the loss of home industries dependent upon 

 wood, and also in heavy freight charges on lum- 

 ber that we must import from distant points to 

 supply our needs. In many states, the expendi- 

 ture of an amount for reforestation and fire pro- 

 tection equal to this freight bill on imported 

 lumber would make the state self-supporting in 

 a decade, instead of becoming worse off each year. 

 Marked progress has been made along the 

 lines indicated, but few of the states have begun 

 to measure up to their full responsibility in pro- 

 tecting their future timber supply. 



