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not be sold far shipment from regions wherelocal_con-_ 

 sumption requires the entire supply, or ig rert-*"" fn ^ 

 sojn_the future. Thelaw prohibits export fronL_Sflllth 



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Forest, unless cut from dead or insect-infested trees. 

 (Appendix, p. 221.) 



Anyone except a trespasser may purchase timber upon 

 the National Forests. There is no limit but the .capacity 

 of the forest to the quantity which may be sold to one 

 purchaser, except that monopoly to the disadvantage of 

 other users of forest products will not be tolerated. 



The jime allowed for the removal of timber will de- 

 pend upon the amount purchased and the amount which 

 the purchaser is able to cut and remove each year, but 

 will in no case exceed five years. It will always be suffi- 

 cient for reasonably diligent work, but speculation by 

 holding for rise in value will noiTbe permitted. 



The question whether the Government has or has not 

 the right to sell timber from a mining or other valid 

 land claim upon which final proof has not yet been 

 made has never been settled in the courts. When a 

 claimant is actually occupying and developing his 

 claim, the timber should not be disposed of by the For- 

 est Service. If, however, any claimant is not actively 

 using his claim, Forest officers should not hesitate to 

 allow, either under sale or " free use," the cutting and 

 removal of dead, down, diseased, or insect -infested tim- 

 ber, especially when they consider such timber a danger 

 to the Forest. If the danger is great, it should be re- 

 ported to the Forester, even though the claim is actively 

 used. 



