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exported. Her output for that year reached enormous proportions, 
and aggregated 1,733,844,000 feet, board measure. The total 
value of all her forest products, for the same period, was $22,457,359, 
and the wages paid amounted to $2,918, 459. 
In. the year 1886, some public-spirited ladies in Philadelphia 
' took active measures for the formation of the Pennsylvania Forestry 
Association. There was but little general interest in the new 
organization, and as it offered little else than a prolonged struggle 
with public opinion its active workers were few. They were, how- 
ever, thoroughly loyal. In spite of neglect, and often of ridicule, 
the work went quietly on. A modest little journal under title of 
Fforest Leaves was published, with occasional illustrations. It should 
here be noted that but for the zealous volunteer services of Mr. 
John Birkenbine, as editor, this missionary sheet could not have 
been continued. Through the liberality of a few members, it was 
largely circulated, almost regardless of the recipient’s relation to 
the subscription list. Though it was quite clear that the intelli- 
gence of the community was crystallizing in regard to the forestry 
idea, the fact had not impressed itself upon the Pennsylvania Legis~ 
lature even as late as the session of 1889, for a bill ‘‘ to establish a 
forest commission and to define its powers and duties, and for the 
preservation of forest and timber lands’’ was buried beneath the 
negative recommendation of the Committee on Agriculture of the 
lower House; notwithstanding the fact that the services of the 
commission involved no other expense than the actual outlay of the 
members when on duty. It is worth while to record these facts be- 
cause they illustrate how very near one may be to victory of a prin- 
ciple (as that of 1893), when in the very face of defeat. 
Certain concessions had already been made by our Legislature ; 
for example, that of 1879 authorized a remission of taxes for tree 
planting by the roadside, and it protected the same when planted. 
It also enacted a law against those who ‘‘ wantonly and willfully 
kindle any fire on the land of another ;’’ ¢f that jire results in any 
damage. 
The session of 1885 enacted that sales of land made for arrearages 
of taxes were to be deemed valid, whether said lands were seated 
or unseated at time of sale. The session of 1887 amended this, 
so as to allow the owner two years in which to redeem his lands. 
It was also enacted in 1885 that lands were not to be sold and sales 
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