26 USE OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS. 



National Forests exist to-day because the people want 

 them. To make them accomplish the most good the 

 people themselves must make clear how they want them 

 run. 



WHERE THE BUSINESS IS DONE. 



The business of the National Forests is done on the 

 ground. The local officers, the Supervisors and Rangers, 

 attend to most of it. Some few of the more important 

 matters go to Washington for final action, but every- 

 thing must pass through the Supervisor's hands. He 

 and the Rangers actually conduct the business, and users 

 of the Forests should always deal with them directly, 

 and should correspond with the Washington office only 

 in cases of appeal or complaint. 



The Supervisor has direct charge of all the business. 

 His office is located at some town convenient to the users. 

 The Rangers are his field force. They live at central 

 points throughout the Forests and carry out the business 

 on the ground. 



PAYMENTS. 



Make payments to no one but the Fiscal Agent, Forest 

 Service, Washington, D. C, who is bonded for that pur- 

 pose. Do not remit to the local officers. They can 

 not receive payments in any form. All payments to the 

 Fiscal Agent must be by postal money order, express 

 money order, or national-bank draft on New York . Cash, 

 stamps, or other forms of payment can not be accepted. 



