THE results the Weeks law has accomplished and the 

 promise which it gives for future accomplishment was 

 the basis of th discussions at a conference held in 

 Washington recently by representatives of states receiving 

 federal aid. The conference was attended by men from all 

 of the New England states, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, 

 Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington. 



A report of the conference has just been issued by the fed- 

 eral department of agriculture. 



Ideas Exchanged. 



The representatives of the various states exchanged ideas 

 on the subjects related to forest protection and considered 

 means for tetter legislation in all of the states. 



The meeting was called to discuss the section of the Weeks 

 law which authorizes co-operation between the federal gov- 

 ernment and the states in protecting from fire forests sit- 

 uated on the watersheds of navigable streams. The confer- 

 ence considered not only the details of carrying out the law, 

 but the results which the law has accomplished and the prom- 

 ise which it gives of future accomplishment. 



The various subjects discussed included patrol work, co- 

 operation with private owners of timberland, and co-operation 

 with other protective agencies and with railroads. The con- 

 ference is said to have established beyond a doubt the great 

 value of fire lookout stations and towers, and the imperative 

 need of telephone communication, as well as other permanent 

 construction work, to include roads and trails. In all of these 

 activities the value of co-operation between the various 

 agencies was emphasized, and it was brought out that effi- 

 ciency could be raised and expenses lowered when state, 

 nation, lumber companies, and private individuals work 

 together in accordance with a plan evolved by all. 



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