communities the local supplies of lumber are being ex- 

 hausted and wood-using 1 factories, often the chief in- 

 dustry of the community, are closing. 



"The problems of forest protection and forest per- 

 petuation are not being met. Neither the present nor 

 the future public needs for forests are being provided 

 for. We have our National Forests and some State 

 forests, but they are not extensive enough nor well 

 enough distributed to do more than meet a small part 

 of our forest needs. The bulk of our forests are pri- 

 vately owned, and* these are not being adequately pro- 

 tected nor are steps being taken to perpetuate them. 

 We are actually using up our forest resources when 

 we might have been growing forests at a rate to en- 

 able us to cut the maturing trees freely and with cer- 

 tainty of a sustained forest wealth to continue our in- 

 dustries and to meet our domestic needs. The situa- 

 tion takes on special significance when efforts are be- 

 ing made to build up a large export trade in lumber. 

 It is not sound public economy to build a great export 

 trade on a rapidly diminishing resource, and without 

 an adequate National forest policy. 



For Permanent Production. 



"The new movement in forestry aims to bring about 

 forest production on all lands of the country which 

 are best suited for the growing of trees. There is 

 enough land in this country, which otherwise would be 

 idle, to produce ample supplies of timber and wood 

 products for our domestic needs and for a large export 

 trade. This can only be done, however, by the ade- 



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