ANCIENT AND MODERN FORESTRY 83 
Briefly stated, the economic conditions now 
already obtaining, and practically certain soon to 
become greatly accentuated, are such that the 
present sources of supply throughout the world 
are just able to meet the existing demand. But 
the demand seems certain to increase, and such 
enhancement can only be met by working out 
timber from backwoods and remote tracks which 
are at present unremunerative. Hence a general 
rise in prices throughout Scandinavia, Russia, and 
Canada must be the direct result of competition 
between Britain, America, and Germany. Conse- 
quently, also, prices for home-grown timber in 
Britain must rise; and the highest market price 
will, of course, be obtainable for clean, well-grown 
timber best answering the requirements of the 
market. 
If our present three million acres of woodlands 
were trebled in extent, and were all managed 
on business principles, in place of being under 
uneconomic management as game coverts and 
pleasure grounds, as is now mostly the case with 
British forests, this would merely be able to 
supply existing requirements, and no more. Nay, 
even if we had twelve millions acres under forest, 
