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OUR VANISHING FORESTS 



Pulp and paper men in all sections of the country 

 are fighting for the education of the public and foi 

 control of the fire hazard as no other group has 

 hitherto done. Not only have they taken the risk 

 in experimental planting, but in combination with 

 other wood producers, with the United States Gov- 



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Pulpwood growing has passed the stage of ineffectual philanthropic 

 effort. The wood supply must be made to last or the whole paper indus- 

 try will fail. 



ernment, with state officials, and with the American 

 Forestry Association, have become prime movers in 

 the present efforts to bring about a national forest 

 policy. It might have been well had they possessed 

 the foresight to start this work a generation or so 

 earlier, but men who can successfully and profitably 



