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the magnitude of the estate involved. The time is coming, however, 

 when a fraction of this amount will suffice. 



Hitherto, it has been necessary for us to attack the fire menace 

 directly. Our organization for discovering fires when started, and 



Forests of the Monterey coast. Observe the change from the pine woods of the Sierras 

 and the redwoods of the north. 



suppressing them when discovered, is approaching completion. What 

 we have to focus on now is a gradual reduction of the number of fires 

 started, by getting at their causes. 



