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endeavoring to develop a strong organization. We ask 

 you who are interested in forestry and in all its prac- 

 tical developments and ramifications, to stand with us 

 and give us your assistance to keep and protect this 

 young organization along the lines of good, hard busi- 

 ness sense. Not only for the sake of the development 

 of the country, not only for the sake of the reclamation 

 of the West, but for the good example and encourage- 

 ment it affords to other organizations of the Govern- 

 ment, such as the Forest Service, to pursue the same 

 lines in carrying on the work on a thoroughly sound 

 financial basis, of getting back what the service costs 

 and not making it a burden upon the country. 



It is of the highest importance to demonstrate to the 

 public and to Congress, the fact that public business 

 can be transacted on business lines. There are many 

 good men who scoff at the idea that the public service 

 can be conducted on a sound basis of that kind, but I 

 believe it is possible for the Forestry and for the 

 Reclamation Services to be carried on as a business 

 proposition and pay for themselves and not call upon 

 the Federal Treasury for a cent. And to upbuild and 

 utilize all the resources, if you business men, who are 

 citizens who are interested in good government, will 

 stand with us and insist that these sound principles be 

 carried out. 



