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western Europe. If we can regulate cutting and 

 replenish our forests as they deserve, there is 

 a remarkable opportunity for us to build up a 

 large and permanent export trade. 



The Central and South American countries 

 now have to depend on Canada, the United States 

 and Sweden for most of their softwoods. Unless 

 they develop home forests by the practice of mod- 

 ern forestry, they will always be dependent on 

 imported timber of this type. South Africa and 

 Egypt are both heavy importers of lumber. 

 Africa has large tropical forests but the timber 

 is hard to get at and move. China produces but 

 little lumber and needs much. She is developing 

 into a heavy importing country. Japan grows 

 only about enough timber to supply her home 

 needs. Australia imports softwoods from the 

 United States and Canada. New Zealand is in 

 the market for Douglas fir and hardwoods. 



In the past, our export lumber business has 

 been second only to that of Russia in total 

 amount. The value of the timber that we ex- 

 ported was larger than that of Russia because 

 much of our timber that was sent abroad con- 

 sisted of the best grades of material grown in this 

 country. In the future, we shall have to compete 



