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our administration from certain groups, and certain 

 interests. There are still certain water power inter- 

 ests which are carrying on a fight against the Forest 

 Service. Many speculative interests oppose the 

 forest system because the resources are not open 

 to private acquisition under the general land laws. 

 Certain men are opposed to the national forests be- 

 cause they can not secure privileges that would 

 be possible if the forests were unprotected. For 

 example, in the southwest I find a well defined 

 opposition among those who desire to run herds 

 of goats on the forests without restriction. The 

 desire to secure valuable timber for speculation is 

 now, and always will be, a source of opposition to 

 the public control of our forests. 



One proof of the present favorable sentiment 



is the fact that there are now relatively few breaches 

 of the regulations. For example, in the Fourth 

 Administrative District which includes Utah, Ne- 

 vada, northern Arizona, southern Idaho and south- 

 western Wyoming; over 11,000 permits were issued 

 last year, each involving some regulation. There 

 were only thirty-five cases of trespass, about half 

 of which were innocent and the majority of the 

 remainder not very important. Such a record would 

 be absolutely impossible if the people themselves 

 were not rig_ht behind the regulations. In other 

 words, it was public sentiment that made it possible 

 to carry out the procedure with such success. 



In the national forest districts it is now seen 

 that the aim is to make the national forests service- 

 able at present as well as in the future, and people 



FORESTRY NOTES 



Canada cuts about 2 million cords 

 of pulp wood annually, about half of 

 which is exported for manufacture in 

 the United States. 



It is claimed that some of the 

 eucalypts of Australia are taller than 

 the California redwoods, hitherto con- 

 sidered the highest trees in the world. 



There are fifty-five oaks in the 

 United States, about evenly divided 

 between the east and the west. The 

 eastern species and particularly white 

 oaks are the most valuable. 



The bureau of forestry of the Phil- 

 ippine Islands will send tropical tim- 

 bers to the United States forest serv- 

 ice so that their suitability for fine 

 furniture veneers may be ascertained. 



Wood block paving, tried and dis- 

 carded in many cities of the United 

 States thirty years ago, is now com- 

 ing back into marked favor, due to 

 improved methods of treating and 

 handling the blocks. 



German foresters are experimenting 

 with Douglas fir from the United 

 States trying to find a variety which 

 will combine the fast-growing quality 

 of the Pacific coast form and the 

 hardiness of the Rocky mountain 

 form. 



There are about 37 pines native to 

 the United States, of which 25 are 

 western species, and 12 eastern. 



Paraguay 'has valuable forest re- 

 sources, the most important of which 

 is quebracho, particularly rich in tan- 

 nin. 



Much of the cork used throughout 

 the world comes from Portugal, which 

 harvests about 50,000 tons a year. 



Germany is said to have an over- 

 supply of foresters; so that well-edu- 

 cated men have 'hard work to secure 

 even inferior positions. 



One of the largest forest nurseries 

 in the United States is conducted by 

 the forest service near Haugen, Mon- 

 tana. It is known as the Savenac nur- 

 sery and has a capacity of 4,000,000 

 young trees a year. 



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