appealing to them to do all they can to strive for the perpet- 

 uation of our forests in order that the coming generation may 

 be able to enjpy them as did their fathers and mothers. 



But Little Opposition. 



Opposition is encountered just in a few instances by people 

 and organizations misguided by selfish motives or misinfor- 

 mation, but pn the whole, the movement is meeting with 

 splendid success, with splendid co-operation and if the plans 

 under way can be carried out as planned, the measure cannot 

 help but become a reality. 



Never in the history of the state has an amendment passed 

 which occupied a place lower than the fifth on the ballot. This 

 is the ninth and in order to pass it, we must use every chan- 

 nel of publicity and we must use every opportunity presented. 



By the good example set by the state as proposed in the 

 Ninth Amendment for State Forests, we will soon see the 

 time when private corporations and others with nonagricult- 

 ural lands on their hands will follow the example of refor- 

 estation and make productive, lands which are now idle. By 

 the development of thousands of acres of land now unpro- 

 ductive, and by the creation of thriving communities and re- 

 vival of industries and territories now undeveloped, it is a 

 foregone conclusion that the tax rate will soon be lowered. It 

 may take years for this to come about but the outcome is 

 inevitable. We should make a start some day and November 

 3 is our opportunity. 



Civilization Built on Wood. 



Forests are necessary for the protection of fuel and lumber. 

 Oiir civilzation is almost built on wood. It is almost impos- 

 sible to get along without it, although substitutes are used in 

 countless cases, nevertheless our annual production of lum- 

 ber is increasing rather than decreasing, in spite of the fact 

 that substitutes are being used wherever possible. As long 

 as forests will grow on land unsuited for agriculture and as 

 long as they will pay a profit on these lands, it is folly to be- 

 lieve that wood will ever be substituted by some other mate- 

 rial. At the present time it is one of our greatest necessi- 

 ties. We rise in the morning after having slept on a bed 



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