Contents 



tion Periods — Applicability of European Methods to United 

 States — Why A re Better Methods not Adopted by Lumbermen ? 

 — Some Imaginary Obstacles — Economic Conditions in Europe 

 and America — Intensive Management — The Real Obstacles. 



CHAPTER VIII 



Forestry and Government i6i 



Double Relation of Government to Forests — Public Lands — 

 Private and Public Forest Management — Protective Forests — 

 Effects of Deforestation on Climate, Water Flow, and Erosion 

 — Irrigation in the West — Forests as Recreation Grounds — Sum- 

 mer Resorts and Forests — Investigation into Forest Conditions — 

 Legislative Action. 



CHAPTER IX 



Fighting Fires and Thieves 183 



Few Forest Fires in Other Countries — Legitimate Use of Fire in 

 the Woods — European Means of Fire Protection — Different 

 Methods Required under Present American Conditions — Obsta- 

 cles to an Effective Fire Police — Excessive Division of Property 

 — Timber Stealing — Criminal Statutes — Enforcement Difficult — 

 Regulations Regarding Fires in Forests — Fire Wardens — Public 

 Opinion — Educational Forces — Indirect Effects of Fire on Lum- 

 bering Methods — Conservative Lumbering. 



CHAPTER X 



Forestry and Taxation 208 



Antiquated Tax Systems — Excessive Taxation of Timber Prop- 

 erty — Unjust Assessments — Taxation without Representation — 

 Practical Confiscation — Forest Valuation — Forest Mensuration 

 — How the Taxes are Expended — Proposed Remedies — Condi- 

 tional Exemptions — Taxes on Gross Income — Protective Tariffs 

 — People more Interested in Tax Reform than Owners Them- 

 selves — Public Opinion and Legislation. 



CHAPTER XI 

 Reform in Forestry Methods 228 



The^ Beginning of Agitation — Scientific Men the First to See the 

 Need — Advantages and Drawbacks of this Circumstance — For- 



