tho changed attitude of the wholo foroo toward tho forest 

 firo ovil. livery nan in the district accosts it as axiom- 

 atic that liooping firo out is tho one "big essential to the 

 attainment of tho object of our worlr -to keep tho Forest 

 producing timber. 



TCo no longer hear "This area will reproduce all 

 right ~ This range will improve ~ This "brush patch will 

 rovort to tim"bor - if wo keep fire out. n It is assumed "by 

 ovory one that we must and will licop firo out. Do you realize 

 ize what an asset, what a guarantee of accomplishment , such 

 a stato of mind is? 



So much for tho achievement side of it. There is 

 a thing or two I want to oay about the future maintenance 

 of tho gait wo have hit. There is going to be no big change 

 in firo protection methods, llobody is going to invent a 

 now, oacy and suro way of controlling fires that will olim- 

 inato tho nan v/ith tho shovel. "To have developed tho ma- 

 chine - Li!io tho gas engine, tho basic principles of it 

 were developed years ago* Its efficiency at present is the 

 result of worli and study that developed constant small im- 

 provements, tho sum of which means vastly increased effi- 

 ciency, 



It's up to you o do two things - bo dead sure your 

 protective machine is kept geared up to its present speed 



and work and study to make constant small improvements in it. 



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