whole was right. Being an evangelist in the cause, 

 possibly he went to extremes at times, but his main 

 idea was right. Federalism is an economic-political 

 evolution. "Big business" sounded the deathknell of 

 "state rights." 



From Mr. Pinchot, as chairman of the committee for 

 the application of forestry from the Society of Ameri- 

 can Foresters, we have received a report made by the 

 committee on forest devastation on the prompt need of 

 an entirely different policy, which latter can be 

 brought about only by an aroused public sentiment. 

 Frankly, the report is not pleasant reading. For 

 many years we, the American people, not omitting 

 Western peoples, have acted as if we had a grudge 

 against the Druids of old and were wreaking ven- 

 geance on the forests. 



One point is made clear. It will come as a sur- 

 prise to most. We are cutting two and one-half times 

 as much timber as we grow. We have less than half 

 as many trees standing as would be required to pro- 

 duce timber at the rate we are using it, and our 

 needs are increasing. There are no forests in the 

 world from which we can import lumber enough of 

 suitable kinds to meet our demands. But still, the 

 expert bluntly tells us, we are going on practicii 

 not forest conservation, but forest devastation. 



A timber shortage of grave proportions exists 

 this very moment. The demand for paper pulp e: 

 ceeds the supply and prices are going higher 

 higher. 



But it is not in the one industry that the lumbe 

 shortage is felt it extends to all our affairs in 01 



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