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with Canada had provided for the admission of free lumber into the 

 United States for a period of ten years. ^"^ In 1866, the agreement had 

 been terminated, and a tariff on lumber had immediately gone into 

 effect. During the early eighties, a considerable agitation arose for 

 the repeal of this "bounty on forest destruction." Perhaps the higher 

 price of lumber and of lumber products, particularly paper, had as 

 much to do with this agitation as any desire to conserve the forests, 

 but conservation arguments were freely used and no doubt were given 

 a publicity of value in arousing public opinion, for they appeared in 

 some of the most influential journals in the country — the New York 

 Times, Sun, Evening Post, Daily Commercial Bulletin, the Boston 

 Herald, the Chicago Tribune, and the Kansas City Times.^^^ 



Besides this journalistic writing, a number of books on forestry 

 appeared. In 1878, Verplanck Colvin brought out his book on "Forests 

 and Forestry," dealing largely with the influence of forests on climate. 

 In the same year, B. G. Northup published his work on "Economic 

 Tree Planting," and the following year, S. V. Dorrien finished his 

 treatise on "Forests and Forestry." The following year. Hough com- 

 pleted the second volume of his "Report," and in 1882, the third 

 volume.^^" In the latter year, he also published his "Elements of For- 

 estry," dealing with practical forestry and horticulture. In 1880, 

 B. G. Northup, secretary of the Connecticut Board of Education, 

 published his report on "Forestry in Europe," a book of generalities. 

 H. W. S. Cleveland's work .on "The Culture and Management of Our 

 Native Forests," published in 1882, appealed for more conservative 

 use of American timber resources. R. W. Phipps' "Report on the 

 Necessity of Preserving and Replanting Forests" was published in 

 Toronto in 1883. Somewhat later a number of scientific papers 

 appeared. In 1885, Dr. J. M. Anders read before the Philadelphia 

 Social Science Association a paper on the "Sanitary Influences of 

 Forest Growth," describing the manner in which germs of malaria 

 were supposed to be oxidized by the "ozone" produced by plants and 

 trees. In 1886, B. E. Fernow became chief of the Forestry Division at 



108 Hough, "Report on Forestry," II, 513. 



109 A collection of clippings relating to this matter was found in a compilation, 

 "The Spirit of the Press," in the Boston Public Library. See also Commercial 

 Gazette, Cincinnati, Jan. 5, 1883. 



110 Dr. Fernow thinks Hough's "Report" made little impression at first. 



