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capable of producing nothing else. It may furthermore be affirmed 

 that the rule is no less applicable to the individual land owner than 

 it is to the State. In other words, neither State nor individual can 

 afford to allow resources to remain unutilized. This idea admits of 

 a wide discussion; but we content ourselves with a mere statement 

 o-f the principle. 



The farmers of Pennsylvania, in common with other classes of 

 citizens, may now witness the passing of two great industries which 

 still are, or but recently were, largely developed within our limits, 

 i. e., lumbering and tanning. Whatever diminishes their importance 

 here will increase the cost of our lumbering and tanning products. 

 It is furthermore worthy of remark that the producer can do, as 

 he has done in the past, shift the scene of his operations and still 

 conduct a profitable business; but the consumer located here must 

 pay the additional cost of transportation. These industries give 

 steady, remunerative employment to thousands of men who demand 

 our farm pro-ducts and whose wages pay for them. 



In short the Pennsylvania farmer can no more afford to do without 

 the forests which crown our high lands and mountain sides, and are 

 a part of the farm areas, than he can afford to do without timber, 

 without soil renewal, or without a constant, even supply of pure 

 water. 



If we remove, without restoring the forests on the otherwise un- 

 productive lands of the Oo-mm on wealth, we cannot expect to escape 

 the evil effects which always follow when the long-established order 

 of nature has been suddenly violated. 



