Every Forest-lined Breathing Place Is a'Powerful Influence in the Uplifting of Future Citizens 



and private parties will not supply the 

 demand, hence it is equally certain that 

 the growing of timber by the state will 

 not injure the individual. It will aid 

 such private efforts by improving con- 

 ditions of public sentiment, securing 

 better fire protection and developing 

 markets for home grown timber. The 

 larger and more valuable sizes of tim- 

 ber needed for special purposes, and the 

 clear lumber which comes only from 

 older trees can only be produced in the 

 future by the state, since no other 

 owner can afford to wait so long before 

 cutting his crop. 



A progressive forest policy for a 

 state calls for absolute freedom from 

 political connections, and for direction 

 by men of proper training and know- 

 ledge of forestry. A policy of land ac- 

 quisition may be managed successfully 

 by men without a forester's train- 

 ing, and such public-spirited men 

 have been responsible for nearly all the 

 progress that has been made so far in 

 securing state forest reserves. But as 

 soon as the foundations are laid and 

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the work of management for the pur- 

 pose of timber production begins, it 

 should be in the hands of trained 

 foresters. 



The experience of some states has in- 

 dicated the best method of securing an 

 efficient and non-political management 

 of forest reserves. A forestry board 

 should have control of the policy of the 

 state and should decide matters deal- 

 ing with state lands and the expendi- 

 ture of money. This board should be 

 composed of men occupying positions 

 of responsibility in the s f ate, in educa- 

 tional or technical lines ; and, when 

 feasible, the commission should be 

 named specifically : as, for instance. 

 President of State University, Director 

 of State Geological Survey, Professor 

 of Forestry in some well-known insti- 

 tution. Five members should make a 

 large enough board. 



The executive officer of the board 

 should be a state forester appointed bv 

 the board. By this arrangement, the 

 forester is responsible to the board, 

 whose members, in turn, will be able to 



