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both in such a manner as to encourage forest conservation and 

 forest growing. 



Protection of Forests. 



"We agree that the ownership of forest lands, either at the 

 headwaters of streams or upon areas better suited for forest 

 growth than for other purposes, entails duties to the public, and 

 that such lands should be protected with equal effectiveness, 

 whether under public or private ownership. 



"Forests are necessary to protect the sources of streams, 

 moderate floods, and equalize the flow of waters, temper the 

 climate, and protect the soil; and we agree that all forests 

 necessary for these purposes should be amply safeguarded. 

 We affirm the absolute need of holding for forests or reforesting, 

 all lands supplying the headwaters of streams, and we therefore 

 favor the control or acquisition of such lands for the public. 



Inducements to Reforestation. 



"The private owners of lands unsuited to agriculture, once 

 forested and now impoverished, or denuded, should be en- 

 couraged by practical instruction, adjustment of taxation, and 

 in other proper ways, to undertake the reforesting thereof. 



Forest Fires. 



"Notwithstanding an increasing public interest in forestry, 

 the calamitous and far-reaching destruction of forests by fire 

 still continues, and demands immediate and decisive action. 

 We believe that systems of fire guardianship and patrol afford 

 the best means of dealing adequately with fires which occur, 

 whether from natural causes, such as lightning, or in other 

 ways; but we affirm that in addition thereto effective laws are 

 urgently needed to reduce the vast damage from preventable 

 causes. 



Regulating Cutting. 



"Apart from fire, the principal cause of forest destruction 

 is unwise and improvident cutting, which, in many cases has 

 resulted in widespread injury to the climate and the streams. 

 It is therefore of the first importance that all lumbering opera- 

 tions should be carried on under a system of rigid regulation. 



Forests on Watersheds. 



"The first requisite for forest or other covering which will 

 conserve the rainfall and promote regularity of water flow is 

 the retention of the soil upon watersheds. We therefore favor 

 the construction of such artificial works as may effect this 



