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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



the hinges on which the gate of destiny 

 swings. However, it says that "the 

 best possible thing for the lumber 

 manufacturer to do in every branch of 

 the trade is to reduce production as 

 much as possible without disruption to 

 the business, or the causing of real suf- 

 fering to their employes." 



But the biggest depressing effect at 

 home comes through the general un- 

 certainty, and through the difficulty in 



us at the end of a sprint, but at the end 

 of a waiting race, with lots of head- 

 work in it a veritable Marathon. We 

 have got to plan ahead and to look at 

 all sorts of solutions. 



America's neutrality is going to help 

 mightily in the final adjustment. Great 

 Britain's neutrality during the Franco- 

 Prussian war helped her trade increase 

 by leaps and bounds at the expense of 

 the belligerent powers. The countries 



BLACK WALNUT GUN STOCKS FOR GERMANY. 



IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT A LARGE PART OF THE BLACK WALNUT CUT IN THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN GOING 



TO GERMANY WHERE IT IS USED AS GUN STOCKS. 



getting money. This, of course, is a 

 world-wide condition, and affects us no 

 more than it affects other nations. But 

 that does not make the influence on 

 our domestic business any less pro- 

 found ; and any immediate increase in 

 lumber consumption at home is not to 

 be expected. 



STIMULATING EFFECTS OF WAR. 



With characteristic optimism, how- 

 ever, Americans are looking for the 

 stimulus which the European war will 

 bring about. Immediate good effects 

 are not visible ; nor are they likely to 

 come soon. The prize is not coming to 



now in conflict cannot engage in man- 

 ufacture and commerce except to sup- 

 ply means of their own subsistence and 

 carrying on their warfare. The United 

 States is having no such devastating ef- 

 fect upon its machinery of production 

 and supply. We are not in the posi- 

 tion of keeping hands off simply to ben- 

 efit our commercial interests, but that 

 fact should not keep us from looking 

 forward to securing such benefits. 



NEW OUTLETS FOR TIMBER. 



There is little to hope for in the way 

 of war demands for timber from coun- 

 tries now involved in the European 



