FOREST POLICY. 



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Products 



Dingley 

 tariff 



Payne-AI- 

 drich tariff 



Canadian 



reciprocity 



treaty, 1 9 1 1 



Logs 



Lumber per M., rough . . . 



Lumber per M., s. i s. . . , 



Lumber per M., s. 3 s. ... 



Laths per 1000 



Hewn timber, per cubic foot 



Paving, posts, ties, poles, ad 

 valorem 



Staves, pickets, palings, ad va- 

 lorem 



Shingles, per 1000 



Free 

 $ 2.00 

 $ 2.50 

 $ 3-50 



,$ .25 

 I cent 



20 /,, 



10 /o 



$ .30 



Free 

 Free 



$ -75 



$ 1.12V2 

 $ .10 

 Free 



Free 



Free 



^ 



Reasons for a bii;h tariff on forest products: 



L As long- as timber can be imported more cheaply than it 



can be grown at home, none will be grown ; and V* of our 



fatherland's soil will be doomed to lie idle. 



2. The lower the price of stumpage, the greater is the waste 

 of stumpage. 



3. Checking of Importation results in higher stumpage prices; 

 hence in better chances for conservative forestry. 



4. The wages paid for logging and milling should remain in 

 the United States. 



5. Revenue is obtained through a tariff on logs and lumber. 



Reasons against any tariff on forest products : 



1. It is better to destroy our neighbor's forests than to destroy 

 our own. 



2. Only the wood owners close to the Canadian frontier are 

 benefitted by a tariff since, practically, no other country imports 

 dutiable lumber. 



3. An increase in stumpage price may accelerate the destruction 

 of the virgin forests, the owners doubting the stability of high 

 prices. 



4. Many Americans are the owners of Canadian and of Mexican 

 stumpage. 



