freight. When Minnesota raises her own timber sin- 

 gets the lumber, the money and the freight. 



There is a tremendous hurrah because Minnesota 

 has at last acquired a steel plant to manufacture a 

 small per cent of her iron ore. And yet the manu- 

 facture of all of our iron ore would not add as much 

 to the wealth of our state as would production of 

 our own timber. 



The hardwood supply of the whole country is short. 

 All that class of timber that we can produce will find 

 a ready market at a good price. At least 25 per cent 

 of the whole nation's supply must be produced on 

 the farms. Our poorer farm lands are just the place 

 to produce it. Why not get busy? Every year of 

 delay means a year of lost opportunity and another 

 year to pay excessive tribute to another state. It is 

 not something which will right itself. Time alone can 

 do nothing for us; it will only aggravate the case. 

 I Jut once make the move, keep out fires, protect the 

 forests you have, put new forests on the lands which 

 are not (not CANNOT, but ARE not) producing 

 any other more valuable crop and time will do nine- 

 tenths of the rest. Trees grow while you sleep and 

 while you loaf. It is time enough to clear land when 

 you can actually use it for something better; till that 

 time comes, keep it working. 



Put those idle acres to work ! Kill off the pension- 

 ers! Make every acre do its bit, no matter how 

 small it may be, and Minnesota will be twice as 

 wealthy as she is now. 



It's up to you. 



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