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in forest research, came into my office and, among 

 other things, asked what goal we had set for receipts 

 from the harvest or use of national forest resources. 

 At that time the total annual receipts were about 

 twenty-five million dollars. Zon said we should 

 set our sights on fifty million. That seemed a big 

 figure, but it was not many years before that figure 

 was exceeded and I had the pleasure of having published 

 in American Forests an article showing that for the 

 first time national forest income exceeded operating 

 expenses. 

 Fry: What were Zon s principal ideas for the future 



success in timber sales? 



Granger: Zon Suggested building up our timber gale business 

 as well as other income-yielding operations, such 

 as special uses. 



Development of Policies 



General Policies 



The broad initial policies relating to the 

 national forests were laid down by Secretary of 

 Agriculture Wilson and Chief Forester Pinchot at 

 the time the Forest Service was given jurisdiction 



