The way Pines Cones are heated at the Cloquet Forest Station 



Calls Aid Justified. 



"It is not possible to express in dollars and cents the direct 

 protective value of the federal paid patrol. It is safe to say, 

 however, that without the improvement work which it has 

 made possible the efficiency of the patrol force in the field 

 would have been reduced 25 iper cent. Or, in other words, 

 the fire loss in Minnesota would have been increased one- 

 fourth. Instead of being $10'0,G | 00, it would have been nearly 

 $125,000, and might have been much more. No small part 

 of the increased loss would have been borne by the growing 

 forests which protect the navigable streams and their head- 

 waters in the vicinity of which much improvement work has 

 been done. It., is clearly the duty of the federal government 

 to assist at least in preventing the destruction of forests 

 which influence stream flow. Hence its financial aid has 

 been amply justified." 



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