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knows that their prosperity is directly due to God's 

 bountifulness the abundance of marketable material 

 not man's effort or egotism. 



When Oregon and Washington have lumbered all 

 their timber the "enterprising" natives will not have 

 rivaled New York socially or financially any more 

 than the Michigander has accomplished this end; 

 Oregon and Washington, without timber, like Michi- 

 gan, will stay just where they are if lucky enough 

 not to go lower down in the social and financial 

 standard 'when their marketable material is ex- 

 hausted. 



Climate is a mere matter of pure air. What's the 

 good in climate if it's smoked and burned? Any clean 

 climate, hot or cold, is better than any soiled climate, 

 hot or cold. 



Marketable material, pure air, and pure water are 

 the three big concerns of life; man isn't worthy of 

 being included in the list of important things because 

 he destroys these three mighty essentials. Material 

 makes man more than man makes material. 



Man's energy and egotism couldn't get a footing 

 without marketable material. What the world needs 

 is less of vain man and more plain market stuff. 



Save the woods and waters. 



