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treatment of his property with a view 

 to a future, to substituting silvicul- 

 tural management for exploitation. 

 Outside of protection against destruc- 



tion of their property from fire, we 

 have practically secured no response, 

 and that naturally, for such manage- 

 ment is financial! V not attractive. 



The Balance of Present and Future Needs 



Private interest in any industry 

 can only be a financial one, 

 but financially forestry — a sus- 

 tained-yield management — means 

 curtailing present revenue or making 

 present expenditures for the sake of a 

 future revenue, and that in a distant 

 future which is of no interest to the 

 individual. 



This time element, which is pecul- 

 iar to our business, is a natural deter- 

 rent to private enterprise in this 

 field, for self-interest works only for 

 the present. Only a long-lived, sta- 

 ble, permanent ownership can assure 

 us of conservative management; onl^' 

 State ownership can afford to exercise 

 providential functions, can guard the 

 interest of a distant future and wait a 

 century for returns on its outlays. 



That in some localities the forest 

 cover, in addition to the mere material 

 function, exercises a protective func- 

 tion on waterflow, soil, and climate, 

 afTecting local as well as distant inter- 

 ests — this protective function only 

 adds argument for State control. 



Is Regulation Possible? 



I repeat, we have tried persuasive 

 and promotive methods to induce pri- 

 vate enterprise lo engage in forestry, 

 but the inherent troubles which sur- 

 round this business have rendered the 

 result negligible. We might apply 

 methods of control and supervision 

 over the use of private property which 

 might insure continuity of supplies. 

 Experience in the old countries has 

 shown that, in spite of much more 

 perfect machinery for enforcing laws, 

 and in spite of much more ready dis- 

 position to submit to laws, the at- 

 tempts to control private manage- 

 ment have been largely without the 

 desired result. 



We may come as well now as ever 

 to the realization that forestry'' is and 

 must become State business. 

 — From '' Foundations of National Prosperity.'' 



$8 AN ACRE. YOUNG GROWTH 



The question li the value of young 

 growth in dollars and cents often oc-. 

 Giirs in discussions of Canadian for- 

 esters. The United States Forest 

 Service has placed a value of $8.00 

 an acre on young coniferous growth 

 sixteen years old on the Columbia 

 National Forest in Washington. 



LUMBER IN THE MOVIES 



Two carloads of lumber a day, ap- 

 proximately 15 million feet a year 

 arc used by the studios of the Famous 

 Players-Lasky Corporation at Holly- 

 wood, Cal.. in the construction of 

 "sets" and scenery for producing 

 motion pictures which appear to the 

 public as "Paramount" and "Art- 

 craft" releases. 



The time was when the canvas wall 

 and painted window satisfied the 

 film-going public. Now nothing less 

 is sufficient than a wooden wall 

 finished in fine grain papered or 

 hung with heavy drapes; practical 

 windows of real glass; doors that 

 slam and lock. Everything is built 

 substantially. 



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