Hitherto v/o had been figuring out stumpa^e rates on the 

 percent age of species in the original stand. It die not 

 occur to us thi-./u our marking changed the relation of species 

 percentages to a mate rial decree. But it does, and we found 

 out just how material a change it made - Hereafter v/e can 

 advertise no l^r^e sale until T/e have mc.de a sample narlrin 

 in the field to dot ermine just how the tot si cut will be 

 distributed aaionQ; the species. 



The only real value of all this self con^re-tula- 

 tory talk is to find out where we are woa - If a man or a 

 company or an organisation puts in tlie "bull: of its time 

 counting its profits or loatinc over its splendid achieve- 

 ments, it's coin: to c:-:j6 tc grief. 



ITe have n-.de re?-l progress a.lon csrtc-in 

 definite lines "but hcve T/e redone., the ideal alone -ny one 

 of them? Hhen each one of you can conie throu^ii tha sea-son 

 with 10(7,1 Claso .u fires, when each permit, sale or land or- 

 amination on your Torest is within a frc.ction of a cent per 

 unit of the lo\;est cost, when all of your sale areas are com- 

 pletely reproduced three years after cutting ancl when 3*011 

 Imow what is the minimum amount to leave per aero to accom- 

 plish this - then we can "be^in to erovr. 



One thing we have done - we have sorted out our 

 ideas ancl shaken clovm onv notions a^out this aa& that phase 

 of oui worl: u,itil ;/e have a ^ood clean cut conception of the 



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