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tered faster than they reproduce themselves, they are extermi- 

 nated. It is the same with trees; they are being killed faster 

 than they are being reproduced; they are being exterminated. 

 The softwood trees are taken off for lumber and pulpwood, and 

 the:i the hardwood men go in and remove every remaining stick 

 for woodenware of various kinds, acid, etc. The ground is 

 virtually stripped clean; often dangerous slashes are left; fire 

 ensues, and sometimes even the soil, the very source of tree life, 

 is destroyed. Until conditions change so that forest owners are 

 encouraged to replant, or until the state extends a guiding hand 

 over private forests, the only way to save the forests or to give 

 nature her chance, is for the state to extend the Forest Pre- 

 serve. 



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