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why the forests have got to be kept. You can start a ])rosperous 

 home by destroying the forests, but you can not keep it i)rosper- 

 ous that way. . . , 'Forestry is the preservation of forests 

 by wise use'." 



In the midst of timber plenty, the work of early pioneers to 

 advance the cause of forestry in this country behed itself to many, but 

 in the years that followed, the rai)idly enlarging spectacle of forest 

 devastation accompanied })y growing scarcity and increasing prices 

 of wood, left in doubt no longer the accuracy of their vision or the 

 justice of their endeavors. Today the ])roblcm of forest conservation 

 stands out as one of the most vital economic issues of the nation. 

 KnoM'ledge accumulated during the past thirty years has served to 

 crystalize the problem, for it is now generally conceded that its solu- 

 tion lies along two main lines of endeavor: the first is by stoj^ping fur- 

 ther devastation through such measures as will afford adecpiate pro- 

 tection and regulation of our remaining forests and will put our forest- 

 bearing lands on a permanent forest producing basis; the second is 

 the curtailment of the annual drain upon the remaining forests ])y more 

 comi^lete and scientific use of the trees cut, a use arrived at by an 

 accurate knowledge of tlie properties of the various woods and their 

 economic use. 



