chapter XXIY 



IN THE ABERDARES 



Trees are needed in the world today as never before. 

 For every substitute for wood there are about ten new 

 uses found for forest products. The tremendous ma- 

 terial strides made by Western Civilization during the 

 last few decades, have been largely responsible for bring- 

 ing about a shortage of wood. The virgin forests of the 

 world are no longer adequate for supplying the ever 

 increasing demands made upon them. Great inroads are 

 being made to supply the growing need for wood pulp 

 for newsprint and other purposes. One metropolitan 

 edition requires over twenty acres of forest every time 

 it is printed. Another middle west journal requires sixty 

 acres a week. Already Canada's biggest customer, the 

 United States, is being driven back on other countries 

 for supplies. 



The United States and Canada, with one-twelfth the 

 world's population, use one-half the forest products of 

 the world. The United States utiUzes or in other ways 

 accounts for the consumption of four and a half times 

 as much wood as is grown every year. 



The amount of forest products that any country uses 

 is some indication of its civilization. On the Northern 



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