18 OUTLINES OF FORESTRY. 



The true position which forestry takes in the 

 United States is thus forcibly expressed in the 

 Annual Report of the New York Forest Commis- 

 sion, for the year ending December 31, 1890,* on 

 page 91, as follows : 



"A misunderstanding has prevailed to some extent with 

 regard to the attitude of forestry towards the lumber interests 

 of private owners. It is, however, generally misunderstood, 

 now, that the true interests of the lumbermen are not incom- 

 patible with forest preservation, and it has been declared to 

 be one of the objects of the forestry movement in this country 

 'To harmonize the interests of the lumberman and the for- 

 ester, and to devise for the lumbering interest such protection 

 as is not given at the cost of the forests/ Forestry is not 

 opposed to having trees cut down in the proper way. They 

 must be cut to supply the world with timber. They furnish 

 the material for shelter to mankind, and contribute to render 

 the houses of men comfortable and beautiful by providing 

 fiiel and decorations. It is needless to point out here the 

 manifold purposes for which wood is needed, and how largely 

 it enters into our industries and arts, contributes to our con- 

 venience and pleasure, and becomes a necessity of our daily 

 lives. Civilization could hardly exist without it. It is from 

 trees, and from trees only, that our needs for wood are supplied 



* Eeprinted, by permission, from Annual Eeport of the 

 New York Forest Commission, for the year ending Decem- 

 ber 31, 1890. Albany : James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1891, 

 Pp. 317. 



