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handling of our forest resources; the economic necessity of 

 the public and the business advantage of the owner. Both 

 demand the maximum production. Obviously, since their 

 aims are identical, each has to gain from earnest cooperation. 

 Neither can succeed alone, for the owner cannot go far against 

 hostile laws or sentiment, and the public cannot accomplish 

 half as much by compulsion as by encouraging the owner. 

 But the great danger to each lies in mutual distrust, which 

 defers the establishment of effective cooperation. 



Lumberman Must Show Good Faith 



The primary and all-important moral which all this points 

 out to the lumberman is that his position under coming con- 

 ditions will be largely what he makes it by his own attitude. 

 With the rapidity with which he gets into a position where 

 his voice is listened to as unselfish and authoritative on the 

 conservation subject, will his influence on the new conditions 

 be measured. Therefore, he must study the subject. He 

 must be able to support good laws and oppose bad laws with 

 facts and arguments which will stand scrutiny. Above all, 

 he must show faith by practicing what he preaches so far 

 as he is able. He must show conclusively the injustice of the 

 public suspicion from which he suffers. 



Conservative forest management has three essentials: Pro- 

 tection, utilization and reproduction. The last particularly 

 depends on the first. The timber owner cannot protect 

 adequately alone. Before he can expect much public help, 

 however, he must show his willingness to do his share, for the 

 state will not assume the whole burden. The progressive 

 members of the industry have shown it already, and the result 

 is evident in the commencement of the states to help. Their 

 help will increase in the proportion that private effort spreads. 



Presumably it will be the same with reforestation. With 

 the fire hazard lessened there will remain the obstacle of over- 

 taxation on property returning no income with which to meet 

 it. The public will doubtless soon see that this is bad for the 



