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with the forest departments of their several states 

 and with the United States Forest Service. Lum- 

 bermen's associations assessed their members in 

 proportion to the amount of lumber produced, and 

 turned over the money to the state and national 

 forest authorities. As a result their lands were 

 protected better than ever before. In California, 

 moreover, this development is being carried still 

 further. The Redwood Manufacturers Association 

 has adopted a far-reaching plan, a policy providing 

 for reforestation on a scale actually commensurate 

 with the amount of timber cut. At this writing not 

 all of the association members have fallen into line, 

 but the work already done is at least an indication 

 of the willingness of many lumbermen to cooperate 

 in the solution of a public problem. North, south 

 and east as well, the association movement in favor 

 of a forest policy is growing. Lumbermen and 

 paper producers are asking their various states to 

 begin the promulgation of such regulations as will 

 not too much penalize them under competition, but 

 will nevertheless gradually work up to the point of 

 simultaneous and consistent enactment. With other 

 leaders in the conservation movement of the coun- 

 try they are petitioning Congress to encourage and 

 assist the work in a manner similar to that in which 

 the Federal government stimulates the construction 



