278 A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 



If we did not need tables and chairs, we should need to find other uses 

 for the timber in order to support an equivalent industry. That 

 should be our objective in any case, since timberlands constitute 

 one of our major resources, and national welfare depends upon the 

 use we make of our resources. It would be unfortunate if require- 

 ments were to be accepted as the minimum amount of timber necessary 

 to maintain a present limited concept of industry, neglecting require- 

 ments for expansion of forest industry as a prime factor in land use 

 and employment of labor. 



