crop is done under strict supervision, reproduction ab- 

 solutely assured; thinning mid pruning carried on 

 profitably; planting, an exact science; pasturing, gen- 

 erally prohibited; game, profitably raised; volunteer 

 labor, unpaid, relied upon for extinguishing fires." 



"Their forests take such a predominant place in 

 French communities because they are the only source 

 of wood supply, or to put it differently, each forest re- 

 gardless of the ownership is managed with the primary, 

 almost sole object of maximum continuous production. 

 This is possible because there are no competing forests 

 managed as timber mines. 



"If Monsieur Le Due Un-tel were to jar loose and 

 cut all the timber on his estate that would make a two 

 by four and sell it through the surrounding country at 

 a rebate of one franc per cubic meter on the going 

 price, he would corner the market, receive a large re- 

 turn and ruin his family. Every Frenchman would 

 consider him quite insane." 



Mr. DuBois proceeds to emphasize the fact that a 

 two hundred year supply, if located at a distsance from 

 the actual consumer, benefits him far less than a local 

 supply which he can obtain at a reasonable price, and 

 states: "A timber famine exists wherever a commun- 

 ity is paying more for lumber than the public-owned 

 timber could be manufactured and delivered to them 

 for." 



This same idea of services to local communities and 

 the protection of these communities against extortion 

 caused by the necessity of securing timber from dis- 

 tant points is being emphasized by the office of Silvi- 

 culture at Washington and will undoubtedly form one 



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