Increasing the School Fund 



THE passage of the State Forests Amendment next No- 

 vember will provide us, without increase of taxation, 

 with a tremendous increase of thousands of dollars per 

 year for our school fund. 



The State still owns two and one-half millions acres of land, 

 and a large per cent of this area is better fitted for tree grow- 

 ing than for farming. One-third of this nonagricultural area 

 is cut over; another third, is in sapling pine; and the re- 

 mainder is in virgin forest. 



Millions Now Lost. 



At the present time, our school timber lands are sold and 

 cut over without any thoughts for young growth or reforesta- 

 tion. Millions of dollars are lost by this policy. 



The State Forests Amendment provides that these non- 

 icultural school lands be managed according to forestry 

 rinciples; and if this is done these forests will be handled 

 ke a crop. The timber is to be cut down, sure enough, but 

 e land will be replanted. And by doing so, an annual rev- 

 ue of thousands of dollars will be added to our school fund, 

 nd this revenue is permanent and will never cease. 

 As two-thirds of this ncn-agricultural area is timbered, the 

 revenue will be immediate and the forests will be self-sus- 

 taining from the very beginning. 



Experience of Others. 



European countries have been following a policy of this kind 

 with success. Prussia, scarcely twice as large as Minnesota, 

 with a population of 60,000,000 people, has 6,000,000 acres of 

 state forests, and these forests pay an annual revenue of 

 $12,000,000. 



Our forests are going fast, and we should act before it is 

 too late. No. 9, the State Forests Amendment, stands for good 

 business. It will create a bigger school fund. Not to vote at 

 all is to vote against it. Remember this November 3rd! 



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