extension of such co-operative fire protection. Not 

 less than $500,000 is required to meet the needs of this 

 situation adequately. Yet the present appropriation 

 is but $100,000 and there is even danger of its being 

 reduced. 



"The Forest Service is conducting at its Forest 

 Products Laboratory work of very great and im- 

 mediate importance to the pulp and paper manufac- 

 turer. Limited though such work is, it has already 

 covered a large field in the suitability of various 

 American woods for the different kinds of pulp, and 

 incidentally has developed information of great im- 

 portance on the technique of the various paper making 

 processes. Along a limited number of other lines it 

 has also been possible to make a beginning, as, for 

 example, through your co-operation, on the causes of 

 and remedies for the molding and decay of pulp. The 

 work already underway should be very materially ex- 

 panded, and there is a wide range of other subjects 

 on which intensive investigations would benefit both 

 the public and the pulp and paper industry." 



Shall We Import Our Lumber or Grow it 

 Ourselves 



The question is now squarely up to the people of 

 Minnesota whether they will import their lumber and 

 other wood products or whether they will produce it 

 at home, receive all of the returns from its culture and 

 manufacture, and save millions of dollars a year in 

 freight. It is an important question for the state to 

 settle and immediate action is needed if a tremendous 



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