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2,2OO,OOO', Mississippi, 17,500,000; 



\nrtl i ( anilina, 19,000,000; South Caro- 

 lina, i _',ooo,ooo; Tennessee, 15,000,000; 

 Texas, 30,000,000; Virginia, 14,000,000, 

 and \\e~t Virginia, 9,100,000 acres. 

 The-r forests -liquid be so used that the 

 very mosl may In- made from the annual 

 cut, while at the same time the cut is 

 In in- replaced hy new growth, thus 

 insuring .1 p* iprtnal source of wealth. 



The future of the South is hound up in 

 forest preservation with its accompany- 

 ing protection to water-sheds, power 

 streams and wood-working industries ; 

 not only in the protection of the water- 

 sheds, which will some day furnish the 

 power to the great majority of the 

 manufacturing establishments but in 

 the prosperous continuance of indus- 

 tries depending upon forest products. 



