the climatic conditions best suited for the 

 growth of the trees are also best suited for the 

 growth and development of man. It is note- 

 worthy that, in countries where forests have. 

 been laid waste without renewal by man or 

 nature, the inhabitants have gradually deteri- 

 orated. 



RESTORATION OF FORESTS. 



Several governments of Europe, taking the 

 alarm, have attempted to check wanton de- 

 struction, and have set about reforesting. The 

 expense at the beginning is enormous, but al- 

 ready several distinct forests are so well man- 

 aged that they are yielding a good government 

 revenue. 



America's lesson in economics should be 

 that it is far better to save forests, especially 

 at the headwaters, far up on the mountains, 

 on middle slopes, and lower levels; to judi- 

 ciously regulate the removal wherever neces- 

 sary, than for the government at length to 

 set about the task of reforesting. Where our 

 government has, in times past, sold and almost 

 given away thousands of acres of forest lands, 

 it should condemn and repurchase, and what 

 she still holds she should zealously guard as a 

 sacred trust for her future well-being. 



In an address by Dr. Gifford Pinchot, he 

 declared that, in order to develop a well- 

 sustained forestry policy, much depends upon 

 the work of educated specialists, and in it the 

 specialists need to be supported by an intelli - 

 gent public sentiment. Now, this intelligent 

 public sentiment must come first through cer- 

 tain lines of study, already referred to. 



Forestry is fast gaining the attention of the 

 people, and none too soon, for the logger, 

 shake-maker, and millmen have long been at 

 work unhindered. 



The whole people should be aroused and en- 



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