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supply his mill for years to come, that it will all 

 some day be gone. There are, however, many 

 lumbermen who can already foresee that the end 

 will come, not merely for their children, but during 

 their own lives. Some of us are tempted to say: 



The old type of lumber town and the new. To the left of the sawmill 

 shown in the composite picture above may be seen the temporary shacks 

 of an industry intending to deforest the land and then move on. To the 

 right may be seen the lumber town of today, relying for its permanence 

 upon a poUcy of continued reforestation. 



"Well, you brought it on yourselves by devastating 

 the forest," and the lumbermen answer "No, you 

 demanded cheap lumber and we gave it to you, com- 

 peting with each other to turn out the most for the 

 least money. You are responsible." Why argue 

 the point? The fact remains, and today no one is 



