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The wealthier operators use steam locomotives and 

 cars, building tracks into the timber as fast and as 

 far as needed. This great timber belt is co-extensive 

 with Puget Sound, the Straits of Georgia, and the 

 Cascade Mountains. I believe that at the present 

 rate at which lumber is being consumed, there is fir, 

 pine, and cedar enough in Washington Territory and 

 British Columbia to last the world a thousand years. 



