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Walnuts, Liriodendrons, Maples, Beeches and all the common 

 "hard woods'' on the level portions of New York, New Jersey, 

 Pennsylvania and practically all of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana ; 

 and if you were a Methodist you would feel like singing "Glory 

 to God," as you hear His praises sung by the winds in the vast 



Photo 190 

 Living among the Trees. 



pineries of Michigan. As you witnessed the destruction by 

 "slashing" and "logging" and ventured the remark "this waste 

 is wrong, sirs," you would receive the jeers of ninety-nine, and 

 the wise remark from the hundredth, "an abundant, inexhaust- 

 ible supply, sir; utterly inexhaustible!" But to-day, where are 

 the glorious Pines and majestic hardwoods? Gone! Never- 

 more to be seen by mortal eyes ! 



The Gulf States still have large areas of Pine, but those 

 who are watching the denudation say that, in twenty years, 

 those pineries "will be practically destroyed, and that at the 



