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yellow pine region of southeastern United States and the Pacific 

 coast forest of western United States and Canada are probably the 

 most favorably situated to compete for world markets. They are 

 second to none in rate of timber growth, in possible yields, and in 

 quality of timber, and they are strategically located with reference to 

 ocean transportation that is possible throughout the year. 



It is for these reasons that the decline in rate of timber consumption 

 in the United States, even if it continues, should cause no great anxiety 

 as to the future markets for wood. Nor, on the other hand, should 

 the temporary economic situation in the world timber trade cause one 

 to fear that our domestic market will be threatened indefinitely with 

 a flood of cheap foreign wood. With world needs for wood and 

 especially for softwoods, outside of the United States, tending to 

 increase, and with the world's softwood resource steadily diminish- 

 ing, there is no reason to believe that the United States can obtain 

 its future supplies from any other country more cheaply than it can 

 grow its own timber. There is every reason to believe that there wih 1 

 be a ready demand, at home or abroad, for all of the wood that will 

 be grown in American forests. 



