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alert to render any possible assistance. 

 So is the Massachusetts Forestry As- 

 sociation, and the Appalachian Moun- 

 tain Club. The following public bodies 

 in New England have asked Congress 

 to take favorable action : 



Connecticut State Lumber Dealers' 

 Association, Rhode Island State Lum- 

 ber Dealers' Association, New Hamp- 

 shire Lumbermens' Association, New 



pie from many states. Scarcely any 

 other national playground is so largely 

 used by the people of so many states 

 as a refuge from the pressure of busi- 

 ness and social life in the large cities. 

 This was the foundation of Dr. Ed- 

 ward Everett Hale's address before 

 the American Forest Congress last 

 winter. The White Mountains are one 

 of the nation's breathing places, and 



Forest Lumbered Twenty Years Ago to a Diameter of Fourteen Inches Now Ready 



for Another Cutting. 



Haven and Coastwise Lumber Deal- 

 ers' Association, Boston Merchants' 

 Association, Boston Lumber Trade 

 Club, Boston Associated Board of 

 Trade. 



4. The aesthetic value of a forest is 

 a legitimate value. The White Moun- 

 tains afford rest and recreation in one 

 of the most thickly populated portions 

 of the country, and are sought by peo- 



sliould not be despoiled of their beauty. 

 There are elms enough for wag>n 

 hubs without taking the most beautiful 

 trees in the village street, and there is 

 wood enough for furniture and pajvr 

 without removing the few remaining 

 primeval forests in the White Moun- 

 tains. It is a qiu'stiiui of how tlu>r 

 forests best serve mankind, by stand- 

 ing or by being cut. 



