AMERICAN FORESTRY 407 



OUR FORESTS 



Retrospect and Prospect 



To the indifference of this generation and preceding generations 

 toward the exhaustibility of our great natural resources, and to the 

 consequent thoughtless desire to convert them into dividends, is due 

 the depleted forest wealth of our country today. 



The United States can not only save to itself its present great 

 asset of forests through the operation of the forces which would be 

 set in motion by the enactment of the Snell Bill, introduced in the 

 House of Representatives on the first day of the present session, but 

 in time the intelligent and nation-wide pursuit of this policy will result 

 in there being obtained the highest productive efficiency on all lands 

 in the United States suitable for forest growth. 



THE INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, the largest 

 manufacturer of paper in the world and one of the largest users of 

 forest products, is supporting vigorously plans which contemplate a 

 restoration of our forest wealth. 



INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. 



30 BROAD STREET NEW YORK 



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