4 PREFACE 



the use of writers, legislators, voters, or others desiring to 

 investigate this subject of growing public concern. It is 

 based upon the conclusions of the best unprejudiced authori- 

 ties who have approached these problems from the public 

 standpoint. 



In the technical chapters on forest management and its 

 possibilities, the author accepts full responsibility for con- 

 clusions drawn except when otherwise noted. To the Forest 

 Service, however, is entitled the credit for collecting prac- 

 tically all the growth and yield figures upon which these 

 conclusions are based. Especial acknowledgement is due to 

 Mr. J. F. Kiimmel for information on tree planting. 



In concluding this preface, the author regrets that the 

 booklet which it introduces was necessarily written hur- 

 riedly, a page or two at a time, at odd hours taken from 

 the work of a busy office. For this reason its style and 

 management leaves much to be desired, but it has been 

 thought better to make the information it contains imme- 

 diately available than to await a doubtful opportunity to 

 rewrite it. 



