16 UNITED STATES FOREST POLICY 



CHAPTER XII: RESULTS OF OUR FOREST POLICY (con- 

 tinued) : CONDITIONS IN THE LUMBER INDUSTRY . 334 



The So-called Lumber Monopoly: Lumbermen's Associations: The National Lum- 

 ber Manufacturers' Association: Scope and Influence of Organizations: Efforts 

 to Fix Prices: Pools in the Lumber Industry: Open Price Associations: Other 

 Eflforts to Fix Prices: Price Activities Among Retailers: Effectiveness of Efforts 

 to Fix Prices: Effectiveness of Curtailment Campaigns: Possibility of Future 

 Trouble: Instability of the Lumber Market: The Lumber Industry and Timber 

 Speculation: Cost of Timber Ownership: Waste of Timber: Failure to Reforest 

 Lands: The Question of Remedies: Government Regulation of Lumber Prices: 

 Increased Government Ownership of Standing Timber. 



CHAPTER XIII: CONCLUSION . . . . '. .369 



European Influences in the Conservation Movement: The Attitude of Congress: 

 The Ethics of Timber Stealing: Waste and Theft of Other Resources: A 

 Rational Policy for the Future. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 378 



INDEX 387 



