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inquiry not only impartial but con- 

 structive and helpful in dealing with 

 the problems of the industry as far as 

 I am able to do so. I shall want to ob- 

 tain the judgment of members of the in- 

 dustry on the conclusions indicated by 

 the study before they are put in fiiv.d 

 form." 



As the report to be eventually issued 

 will deal with the costs of lumber pro- 

 duction, the effect of taxation upon 

 timber cutting, the possible utilization 

 of material now wasted, and otlvjr 

 practical phases of lumbering opera- 

 tions, it is obvious that a comprehensive 

 study, based upon such facts, will be of 

 as much benefit to the lumber industry 

 itself as to the public in general. 



The Forest Service announces the 

 following assignments of its men in 

 connection with this work : 



F. H. Smith and R. S. Simmons, now 

 engaged in a study of foreign markets, 

 are carried on the rolls of the Bureau 

 of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 

 E. S. Bryant and R. S. Bryant, carried 

 on the rolls of the Forest Service, are 



investigating the conditions controlling 

 lumber production in the southern yel 

 low pine region. Austin Gary, with 

 the assistance of members of District 

 (i, is conducting a similar investigation 

 in the I'acitic Northwest. G. Slowed 

 Smith, with the assistance of the offi- 

 cers in District ">, is conducting an in- 

 vestigation of conditions controlling 

 lumber production in California. F. A. 

 Silcox, with the assistance of the mem- 

 bers of District 1, is conducting a simi- 

 lar investigation in the Inland Empire. 



The Forest Products Laboratory, 

 under the direction of Howard F. 

 \Yeiss, is supplementing these investi- 

 gations by studies of utilization and 

 waste. 



The Office of Industrial Investiga- 

 tion, under the direction of O. T. Swan, 

 is conducting studies of the adaptation 

 of manufacturing and grading to wood 

 using industries and markets. 



Other members of the Forest Service 

 within the next two months will under- 

 take studies of special phases of lumber 

 distribution. 



WEST VIRGINIA FIRE PROTECTION 



THE Executive Committee of the 

 Central West Virginia Fire 

 Protective Association has ar- 

 ranged to cooperate with the 

 State and Federal Government in pre- 

 venting and controlling forest fires and 

 has appointed several patrolmen. 



This association, which was organ- 

 ized several months ago for the purpose 

 of supplementing the State and Govern- 

 ment in forest fire work, is composed 

 of all the principal timber land owners 

 in central and southeastern West Vir- 

 ginia, the largest of whom are the 

 Cherry River Boom & Lumber Com- 

 pany, with 210,000 acres, the Gauley 

 Land Association with 175,000 acres, 

 the West Virginia Pulp & Paper Com- 

 pany with loO.OOO acres. Other mem- 

 bers are the Babcock Lumber Company, 

 George Craig & Sons; Bemis Lumber 

 Company; Raine- Andrew- Lumber 

 Company ; Wildell Lumber Company ; 

 Wilson Lumber Company, Gilfilin. 

 Neal & Company ; Pocahontas Land 



& Development Company ; Denmar 

 Lumber Company, Glady Fork Lum- 

 ber Company, Porterwood Lumber 

 Company and William's Heirs. 



All this land belonging to the Asso- 

 ciation, comprising more than 800,000 

 acres, is assessed annually at 1 cent per 

 acre, which will be used in cooperat- 

 ing with the State and Government in 

 better protecting these forest lands 

 from fire. 



The State builds and equips lookout 

 stations on high mountain peaks, the 

 Government furnishes lookout watch- 

 men for these stations and the private 

 owners, through this Association, fur- 

 nish patrolmen, which makes a com- 

 plete system as is now being used in 

 the following sixteen states : Maine, 

 New Hampshire, Vermont. Massachu- 

 setts, Connecticut, New York, Xew 

 Jersey, Maryland. Kentucky, Michigan, 

 Wisconsin, Idaho, Minnesota, Wash- 

 ington, Oregon and South Dakota. 



