;iS MKASritKS 'I'D I'.K TAKKN IN TIIK I MTKD KIN<;iOM. 



5. Conclusion. 



|| is nol, u Fanciful prohlem which I have endeavoured to 

 indicate, lull, a, Scheme \\liidi is realisable if we really put our 

 shoulders lo I lie \\lieel. Lei US hope that l.lie mailer will Mot, 

 IK- pushed aside \\illi a lidif liearf hy those who can liel| lo 

 rea li.-e it . 



I' 1 .,]' a, period of eiditeeii \ears I have lilted the Sllhjeci 

 upon puhlic attention, :uid :i slidit movement lo l;il\e it- up is 

 now on fool.. May thai movement increuse in vigour, so thai 

 ;,l la,, I something Substantial is done, which, I have no doiiht, 

 will |.ni\e ,i lasting henelil lo Hie I'niled Kiiudom and its 



people. 



\ few weeks agO the, Sllhjeef was lie fore Hie HollS(! of 

 ( ',,), i MM nis in connection \\ ilh I lie <|iie:-.l inn of I he I' iieni ployed. 

 Onlv a, lew days a;n> it cani(! before the House of Lords, when 

 Iln> I'/u-l of (n, -.low spoke in a MTV sympa I lie! ic manner. Me 



inn need " I ha I I he 'Treasury had promised assistance in I he 



foundation of at I. a I I \\ o forest schools in I'ln^land, one for 

 the in -.1 rue I ion of voim;; men who were likely to become la ml - 

 owners or land agents, and the other for woodmen. The 



former he si Id prefer to see attached lo one of the ^real 



Iniversilies. Theie \\a~;i strong feeling in Hie, country that 

 \\r should not he heliind fere.i^Mi nation; in our knowledge of 

 WOOdcraft, and thai our resource^ oii;dil to he made more use 

 of. This method of nlilisin;-. the : oil his Dopartment wa.s 

 most anxious to encourage, and liy the l,ra,inne'. of yoiin^ men 

 of I, Mih classes in tin; science of forestry they helieved Iha.t hy 

 i,i;i,kin.r ;i small he-;innin^ now, Iliey midit, he enaliled to lead 

 up in the course of years to ^reaf results. 'The time midil 

 come, therefore, when tin's country would he aUe far more 

 than at pre (lit or in the jiast lo rely upon ilsown re oiirces 

 for the product ion of forest limher." 



Tin e are comforting wor.ls ID me, after having stru^-lid 

 for manv M'ars against adverse; conditions. 



