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 be made from the very start. Ho one factor is 

 as potent in the prevention of forest fires as the 

 education of the public , arousing their interest 

 to the realization of their responsibility in the 

 matter. The Conservation Commission of the State 

 of Hew York has given this problem its uninter- 

 rupted attention. A large number of news articles 

 are published in the press and illustrated articles 

 reach the public through magazines and Sunday 

 editions of the newspapers. The Commission 

 published up to December 19E1 its own monthly 

 journal, "The Conservationist", and in response 

 to a wide demand by the newspapers and other 

 publications, issues a monthly statement of 

 "Violations of the Conservation law", which shows 

 just what the commission is accomplishing, besides 

 giving publicity to the names of the law-breakers. 

 Lectures are given in all parts of the state, and 

 in 1919 records showed that 21,570 persons had 

 been reached in this way. In addition, the 

 Commission lends films and slides, and in one week these 

 have been shown in factories where as many as 

 80,000 persons were employed. 



Within Hew York's Forest Preserve, fire 

 protection work is highly efficient, is a part of 

 of it, fire signs, cleverly worded and conspicuous - 

 ly placed, warn the vacationist upon every hand 



