laws. Six states Massachusetts, Connecticut, Ver- 

 mont, New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan have 

 made some advance, the Connecticut and Massachu- 

 setts laws being by far the best. The latter provides 

 for a ground tax on bare land paid annually, and an 

 income tax, paid when the timber reaches maturity. 

 This law is practically ideal, better even than an in- 

 come tax alone paid when the timber is cut, since 

 the latter would not protect the public treasury in 

 case an owner held his timber indefinitely for specula- 

 tive values. 



An Opportunity for Citizenship 



The State Forester has received the following letter 

 from the Director of Citizenship, Bureau of Naturali- 

 zation, U. S. Department of Labor: 

 Dear Sir: 



1. Will you and some of your teachers devote a 

 very short time to a simple, inexpensive but effective 

 plan for the teaching of Americanism to the foreign- 

 born candidates for citizenship, residing in your coun- 

 ty? In many counties numbers of aliens reside on 

 farms, ranches, in logging and mining camps and other 

 places where facilities for their citizenship training 

 have not yet been provided. In case the candidate 

 resides in a place such as a mining or logging camp. 

 a company employee or other public-spirited citizen 

 might be designated as a teacher. Though only one 

 alien resides in a given place, he deserves the oppor- 

 tunity to learn. English and the duties of good citizen- 

 ship. 



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