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The Dawn of a New Constructive Era 



there is need for this land, and that the interim can be profitably 

 spent in working out reforestation." 



Mr. Alexander declared that before reforestation can be suc- 

 cessfully carried out, existing methods of taxation on timber 

 lands would have to be radically reformed. 



Distillation 

 Plants Make 

 Stumping 

 Profitable 



The Question 

 of Marketing 



Some Problems 6>/ Colonizing 

 Cut-Over Lands 



By H. A. Weare 



of Mobile, Ala. 



It was not my intention to take any active part in this pro- 

 gram here, but I would like to make a few remarks covering an 

 'experience of sixteen years in which I have been handling and 

 studying cut-over lands in the Gulf Coast territory. My specialty 

 is handling timber lands, and I believe it is always necessary to 

 handle cut-over lands as well. What really brought me to my 

 feet is the remark Mr. Alexander just made in reference to the 

 distillation plants. 



In making a study of these cut-over lands and how to handle 

 them, I have concluded that these distillation plants should 

 really be put in with every proposition. What does it mean? 

 It means that the man clearing up his own land is really helped, 

 as he gets a good market for his stumps. 



Another question not dwelt upon very much is the question 

 of marketing your products. In looking around and observing 

 the different farmers in the Gulf Coast territory I have had every 

 farmer tell me, "We have no difficulty in producing crops, but 

 we do have a hard time in finding a sale for them." That is 

 something that must be taken up and considered in connection 

 with settling your land. You can bring people down here from 

 the North and produce the stuff, but you must give them an 

 outlet to sell it. When I first came South and started buying 

 some of these cut-over lands, my friends told me I was very 

 foolish. That was sixteen years ago. They thought it was abso- 

 lutely no good. To illustrate to you what some men thought 



