ing stock should he offered at cost by the public. 

 Taxes should be adjusted to encourage owners to 

 undertake the methods found to be most efficient, and 

 other measures of aid given as indicated in the last 

 section of this statement. 

 Economical Utilization 



Every encouragement should be offorded to bring 

 about close utilization of timber in the forest and to 

 prevent losses in the handling and use of the manu- 

 factured product. This will be accomplished largely 

 through cooperation and research, in bringing infor- 

 mation to the knowledge of operators and users of 

 wood products. It is a problem of investigation and 

 industrial education, in which the public should take 

 the leadership. 



ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION 

 BY THE PUBLIC 



In a national policy of forestry the public itself 

 should assume certain responsibilities and it should 

 assume certain burdens. It should cooperate with and 

 assist private owners in carrying out their part of the 

 undertaking. The measures of cooperation fall under 

 the following heads: 



1. Fire Protection. As already indicated, the 

 public should directly share the burden of fire pro- 

 tection, especially in a preventive system and in the 

 cost of suppression. 



2. Assistance in Forestry. The public should as- 

 sist owners in working out plans for cutting that will 

 promote natural reproduction, in planting, and in 

 other measures of forestry. The State should offer 



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