bled, constitute the airplane. Now that we have the 

 greatest motor of any country on earth, with the proper 

 supply of spruce, which must be of the best grade, we 

 should be able to build the Master Airplane. 



There are only 167 feet of spruce entering into the 

 actual construction of the airplane, but this 167 feet 

 must be 100 per cent stock. The very trees that are 

 being selected in this Northwest country, cut up into 

 timbers and shipped to the Eastern factories for in- 

 stallation in the machine, are the essential parts of the 

 airplane in which our own brothers and friends are 

 risking their lives daily. It is necessary to give them 

 the best of material, for if we do not, their lives will 

 be endangered without even combating an enemy. 

 Perhaps at times it seems that we are unduly cautious 

 in the strict rules to which we are adhering in the mat- 

 ter of getting out the spruce, but if a person pauses to 

 realize that in the construction of an airplane spruce is 

 the backbone that bears the entire stress and strain of 

 flying and constitutes the entire stability of the ma- 

 chine, which is merely reinforced or braced with small 

 cables, this caution seems rightfully employed. 



It may rest upon the Loyal Legion of Loggers and 

 Lumbermen to determine the date of the ending of the 

 war, but if conditions disrupt the progress of produc- 

 tion, it will not end before 1920. I believe that all men 

 engaged in the work of producing spruce or working 

 in the mills are doing their just share toward serving 

 their country in this world war. 



Co-operation, loyalty and the proper spirit of co- 

 ordinating with our chief that the work may proceed 



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