A Decexxial Record 



why the forests huxc got to be kept. You can start a prosperous 

 home by destroying the forests, but you can not keep it prosper- 

 ous that way. . . . 'Forestry is the preservation of forests 

 by wise use'." 



In the midst of tim])er plenty, the work of early pioneers to 

 advance the cause of forestry in this country belied itself to many, but 

 in the years that followed, the rapidly enlarging spectacle of forest 

 devastation accompanied by growing scarcity and increasing prices 

 of wood, left in doubt no longer the accuracy of their vision or the 

 justice of their endeavors. Today the problem of forest conservation 

 stands out as one of the most vital economic issues of the nation. 

 Knowledge accumulated during the past thirty years has served to 

 crystalize the problem, for it is now generally conceded that its solu- 

 tion lies along two main lines of endeavor : the first is by stopping fur- 

 ther devastation through such measures as will afford adequate pro- 

 tection and regulation of our remaining forests and Mill put our forest- 

 bearing lands on a permanent forest producing basis; the second is 

 the curtailment of the annual drain upon the remaining forests by more 

 complete and scientific use of the trees cut, a use arrived at by an 

 accurate knowledge of the properties of the various woods and their 

 economic use. 



