Will public opinion stand for this when they realize 

 it? Not for a minute! They will demand a State 

 forest policy that will bring these idle lands into the 

 hands of the State and put them to work, or force 

 the owners to put them to work; he will have his 

 choice. 



There is no question about this. It will happen. It 

 has happened in every other civilized country where 

 the people felt the pinch of advancing timber prices 

 and it will happen here. Then why should not we, 

 who know the facts, spread this much needed informa- 

 tion? Membership in this Association means that you 

 are interested in the forest welfare of this State ; if so 

 you can do nothing better than to spread these hard 

 financial facts. 



We are not engaged in a campaign to accumulate 

 a trust fund for the endowment of sentimental poets, 

 or an endeavor to establish a closed season on three 

 legged toads. We are not trying to promote the in- 

 terests of any one class of citizens or persecute any 

 other class. Our motive is sound, altruistic and far- 

 reaching, worthy of the very best that is in every one 

 of us, an honest, straightforward effort to bring to 

 the attention of the people of Minnesota a sound 

 business policy which will be immensely profitable to 

 the future of the State. 



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