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chiefly upon the wisdom with which the practical 

 lumberman, the practical expert in dealing with the 

 lumber industry, works with the men who have 

 studied forestry under all conditions. I am glad in- 

 deed that such co-operation is more and more being 

 accepted as a matter of course by both sides. 



FROM ADDRESS AT SEATTLE, WASH., 

 MAY 23, 1903 



There is no other body of water in the world 

 which confers upon the commonwealth possess- 

 ing it quite the natural advantages that Puget 

 Sound confers upon your State. There is no other 

 State in the Union, and I include all of them, which 

 has greater natural advantages and a more assured 

 future of greatness than this State of Washington. 

 Phenomenal though your growth has been, it has 

 barely begun; and your growth in the half century 

 now opening will dwarf absolutely even your growth 

 in the immediate past. 



I am speaking in the gateway to Alaska. All our 

 people, even those from the locality whence I come, 

 are beginning to appreciate a little of Alaska's fu- 

 ture. The men of my own age whom I am address- 

 ing will not be old men before we see Alaska one of 

 the rich and strong States of the Union. I thank 

 fortune that the National Legislature has begun to 

 wake up to the fact that Alaska has interests of vital 

 importance not merely to her but to the entire 

 Union. Alaska contains a territory which will with- 

 in this century support as large a population as the 



