AMERICAN FORESTRY 181 



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Saving Our Forests 



The nation-wide movement to conserve the forest wealth of the 

 country, which is concretely expressed in the Snell Bill, recently 

 introduced in the House, was inaugurated by the paper and pulp 

 interests of the United States. 



United in its support are more of the forest engineers, lumber- 

 men, users of forest products and timberland owners than have ever 

 before reached an agreement on a similar policy. 



It is backed by the press of the country and the support of the 

 public is looked upon as a foregone conclusion. 



It is noteworthy that this concerted and vigorous movement to 

 stay the destruction of the forests, and, by natural or artificial 

 reforestation, to restore the ideal balance between annual growth 

 and annual cut, had its inception in the industry least responsible 

 for the disappearance of our woodlands. 



Of the ninety-one billion feet of timber annually cut in the United 

 States, the entire pulp and paper industry of the nation can be 

 charged with only three per cent, and, included in that small pro- 

 portion, the newsprint paper industry is responsible for a scant 

 one per cent. 



Six times as much wood is consumed in making boxes and pack- 

 ing cases each year as is used in all the newsprint paper manu- 

 factured in the country. 



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