standing in this state has a value to the people of Minnesota 

 equivalent to $975,000,000. This does not take into consider- 

 ation the land upon which the timber grows. 



It is to help protect and preserve this great asset an asset* 

 worth nearly a billion dollars, that the forest service is asking 

 for an appropriation of $150,000 a year. People are begin- 

 ning to realize more fully the value of the timber grown and 

 to know that it must be preserved if the state is to have 

 her due. 



