satisfactory to have hancin- iir.ho air one of the factors 

 of -uhe problem \yhich v/ill go tc the very life of it. 



I don't mean at all that I fixture that tlio 



present contract and present basis on -,/Lich the Government 

 does business is an impossible one - 7e would not have on- 

 to reel into the contract if :/o "believed that* "7e have pret- 

 ty cuLonc; faitli i:i tlio troatmont ue arc roinr; to f;et - But 

 for tlio Government to get tiio "bo5t price; to cncoura^o the 

 ;roctoat numbor of "bidders; the viov/s of ;;<rocjective '$wc~ 

 chasers and "bidders should he oonsidorod oarofully. 



V/ith reference to the logpln^;: One of the objec- 

 tions I noot nos-j freouontly to doing husiness \7ith the 

 Govornrient is tlio. lo^^in^. Tou \;ould thinl; to hear some 

 men tallr that tho Groveminont rooiiied that ovary log "be 

 \7raf/_)od in cotton "batting and carried out on the shoulders 

 of lon^choronon. I thinl~ the present contract talres care 

 of it ac well ac an: r lan^uaco i-i & contract may. ... moment's 

 tho-y/ht v/ill indicate that the lo^C'i^C ic one matter over 

 uhich the C-overnraent nuct necoscarily rets.in a full scope 

 of authority; that it is so intorrolatod v;ith the practice 

 o forestry that it v/ould he impossible to ma-.:y logging a 

 secondary cons id erection even if a much larger price could 

 be obtained for timber sold, I thin!: this though - I thinli 

 that the policj^ of the Government as to losing should be 

 voi-37- succinct 137- and comprehensively stated. I thinli that 



246 



