THE USE BOOK. 



HISTORY AND OBJECTS OF NATIONAL FORESTS. 



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National Forests are created to preserve a perpetual 



supply of timber for home industries,^ prevent de-_ 

 struction of the "Tforest cover which regulates the flow 

 of streams, and to^protect local residents from unfair 

 competition^ in tEe use of forest and range. They a7e 

 patrolled and protected at Government expense for the 

 benefit of the community and the home builder. 



We kjiow that the welfare of every community is 

 dependent upon a cheap and plentiful supply of timber ; 

 that a forest cover is the most effective means of main- 

 taining a regular stream flow for irrigation and other 

 useful purposes, and that the permanence of the live- 

 stock industry depends upon the conservative use of 

 the range! The Injury to all persons and industries 

 wKich results from the destruction of forests by fire 

 and careless use is a matter of history in older countries, 

 and has long been the cause of anxiety in the United 

 States. The protection of the forest resources still exist- 

 ing is a matter of urgent local and national importance. 

 This is shown by the^exhaustion of jumberjng 



often leaving behind desolation and depression iri busi- 



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