tion of roads oh state land, the constitutional amendment to 

 permit the payment of a bounty for tree planting, and urge 

 the hearty support of these amendments at the polls. 



Resolved, That this association urge the U. S. forest service 

 to establish in Minnesota under the Weeks Law small for- 

 ests, either from the present federal domain, such as the Red 

 Lake peninsula, "Beltrami Island," and even small areas well 

 distributed through potential farming districts or by purchase 

 of addition to the" national forests of the state such as the 

 addition sought by the citizens of Bemidji to bring the bans 

 of the Mississippi river and the shores of Lake Bemidji under 

 the protection and care of the government. 



Resolved, That the association use its influence for the fur- 

 ther establishment within the state of factories for the produc- 

 tion of finished products from the raw materials; and, be it 

 further 



Resolved, That the commercial clubs and development as- 

 sociations of the state be urged to exercise their influence to 

 this same end. 



Whereas, Since the burden of taxation upon forests and for- 

 est lands as at present assessed may at any time become ex- 

 cessive. 



Resolved, That lands which are used for the growth of for- 

 ests and managed in accordance with forestry principles be 

 classified as forest land, and, in lieu of the present method of 

 assessing taxes, be subjected, as long as proper forest condi- 

 tions are maintained, to a land tax, to be paid annually, the 

 amount of which shall be fixed for periods of not to exceed 50 

 years; and, also, a yield tax, the amount of which shall be 

 determined by further investigation, on the value of the crop, 

 to be paid at the time it is harvested. 



Resolved, That the association fully appreciates the aid that 

 has been rendered us by the co-operation of the federal gov- 

 ernment in the protection of forests on the watersheds of 

 navigable streams from fire, and urges that this aid be con- 

 tinued in the future as it is of far-reaching effect, in, and, of 

 great importance to the success of forestry in this state; and, 

 be it 



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