(CORRESPONDENCE OF THE PAPER MlLL) 



BOSTON, MASS., June 5, 1915. Steps are being taken by 

 proponents of reforestation to bring before the present 

 session of the legislature details of the advantages that 

 can be derived by an active campaign in reforestation. It is 

 stated by these advocates of reforestation that the Massachu- 

 setts legislature has shown an utter indifference to the won- 

 derful opportunities in this commonwealth and the fact that 

 the state already has a law which provides for reforestation. 



"Land owners throughout the state are eager for the advan- 

 tages which the law offers. The state forester, F. W. Rane, 

 has to fight tooth and nail for such grudging appropriations as 

 the state legislature will give, and there has been no adequate 

 effort to deal with one of the most important problems of the 

 >mmonwealth's future. If it had not been for the insistent 

 mblic opinion which practically forced the legislature to make 

 >me provisions for the unemployed it is doubtful whether 

 lything whatever would have been done this year, and what 

 ias been done was so small in amount and importance as 

 lerely to emphasize its inadequacy. 



"Paper mills in Massachusetts who are interested in the 

 growth of pine, fir, balsam and other coniferous trees are giv- 

 ing every assistance to the campaign to secure some real ac- 

 tion from the legislature in the matter of getting appropria- 

 tions to carry on reforestation on a large scale. In the state 

 of Massachusetts there are about 1,000,000 acres of land ab- 

 solutely worthless for anything except timber. It never will 

 be worth anything for any other purpose, and the longer it is 

 neglected the more nearly worthless it will become under the 

 constant erosion of the weather. If this land were reforested 

 it could be made worth fifty times its present value in the 

 course of a generation. The money that would be spent by 

 the state would be returned in value at least ten times over, 

 and yet while no other form of investment would yield so 



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