THE voters of Minnesota in general and the friends of 

 forestry in particular will have the opportunity on elec- 

 tion day, November 3, to decide once for all the fate of 

 our forests still under state ownership. 



The question confronting us is this: Shall we allow the 

 small remainder of our forests to be ruined by private inter- 

 ests as in the past, or shall we adopt a better method? 



The Better Method. 



This better method will be submitted to popular vote elec- 

 tion day. It is embodied in the State Forests Amendment, the 

 ninth on the ballot. This measure provides that all state 

 lands, unfit for tillage, shall not be sold as under our present 

 policy, but that they shall be retained by tfre state and the 

 forests on them to be taken care of and managed according to 

 msiness-like forestry prinicples. The amendment will ap- 



sar on the ballot in the following form: 



In full the amendment reads: 



"Such of the school and other public lands of the state as 

 are better adapted for the production of timber than for agri- 

 culture, may be set apart as state school forests, or other 

 state forests as the legislature may provide, and the legisla- 

 tion may provide for the management of the same on forestry 

 principles. The net revenue therefrom shall be used for the 

 purposes for which the lands were granted to the state." 



This amendment is the last opportunity available to the 

 friends of a business-like policy of forestry and conservation 

 to save a portion of our virgin forests from final destruction. 



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