use to the country in its present state, but if reforest- 

 ed would increase the wealth of the state. In Europe 

 they have been planting forest reserves for years from 

 which they get most if not all of their timber. In 

 comparing the area and acres in reserves it runs 

 something like this in the various states and countries 

 of the world : 



Area in No. of 



State or Country Square Miles Acres in Forest 



Minnesota 83,000 294,732 



Alsace-Lorraine 5,604 388,500 



Baden Germany 5,823 240,304 



Switzerland 15,992 1,491,000 



From these figures you can see that Minnesota has 

 few forest reserves and will soon run out of timber. 



The State could also get much money from revenue 

 when it sells the timber to the lumber and paper mills 

 or, if it wanted to could have mills of its own and 

 sell the finished product. There is much of this land 

 that belongs to the schools which they could reforest 

 and, by so doing in time could then sell the timber 

 and turn the money into its treasury. In Europe, 

 where they have many forest reserves, they had been 

 getting revenue for years and it is a very large sum. 

 The figures below show how much some countries get. 

 Country Eevenue Expense 



Alsace-Lorraine $7,120,000 $862,000 



Baden Germany 1,233,332 508,088 



If foreign countries get such revenue why can- 

 not our state of Minnesota get that much or more. 

 If we plant forest reserves ,it gives occupation 

 to many men. There would be work for lumbermen, 



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