154 FORESTS AND MANKIND 



one-fifth of our present needs. And, since these forests are 

 owned by the Government, they will be so cut that they can 

 produce this amount year after year forever. But Alaska is a 

 long way from our pulp and paper mills which, for the most 

 part are clustered about the North Atlantic Seaboard. 



Here again the time is past when we can continue using 

 our forests without thought of tomorrow. The magnitude and 

 importance of the paper industry demand that they shall be 

 assured an abundant source of raw products locally available. 

 We can not well afford to be dependent upon other nations 

 for wood pulp. Neither can we afford to scrap our paper- 

 making mills when the present timber is cut out. Only through 

 forestry only through a rational and plan-wise providing for 

 the future can we hope to create a permanent domestic paper 

 industry that shall be founded on a perpetual supply of home- 

 grown timber. 



