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they use, and in all probability it will be the only thing they will use for years, and 

 they will have to plant up waste lands for those purposes. 



Mr. Philip W. Ayres, of New Hampshire : Mr. Chairman, before we adjourn 

 I want to make one spontaneous suggestion. It seems to me that we represent 

 the forestry industries of the various States throughout the United States, and 

 we have our Canadian friends with us. We are happy in having this meeting 

 presided over by you, and we are glad we are here with you, as we feel you are 

 doing a great big work, that you are not afraid of things because they are big 

 and that you are not afraid of them when they do not yield return, and in dis- 

 couraging times we want you to feel that we are with you. (Applause.) 



Others who participated in the discussion of this report were: Mr. S. B. 

 Elliott, of Pennsylvania; Professor William R. Lazenby, of Ohio; Mr. N. P. 

 Wheeler, of Pennsylvania. 



ESTABLISHING PRINCIPLES OF FRAMING, PASSING AND ENI-ORCING A 



STATE FOREST LAW 



By the Sub-Committee on State Forest Policy. 



Chairman, William T. Cox, St. Paul, Minn. 



F. A. Elliott, Salem, Ore. H. H. Chapman, New Haven, Conn. 



C. R. Pettis, Albany, N. Y. J. E. Rhodes, Chicago, 111. 



Presented by Mr. William T. Cox, Monday Afternoon, November 17, 1913. 



THE preliminary report of your committee has been recast along some- 

 what different lines, in order that it may meet the criticisms made and 

 perhaps furnish a broader working basis. Most of the criticisms were 

 based on legal construction, or on methods. To avoid debate on such matters, 

 which necessarily differ for different States, it has been deemed advisable to treat 

 the subject in three parts or divisions, setting forth the principles involved in each 

 part, and showing by a brief discussion, the relation of these principles one to 

 another. The model State forest law contains much detailed information that 

 should be of valuable assistance in actually framing a law, and it is submitted as 

 an appendix to this report. 



Part I. 

 FRAMnSTG A FOREST LAW 



THE established principles in framing a law naturally fall under three head ■ 

 ings : The principles on which a forest law should be based, the principle? 

 determining the form of organization, and the principles determining the 

 effectiveness of the law and organization. 



Principles on Which a Forest Law Should Be Based. 



The State is interested in all forests, public or private, and should have a 

 voice in the matter of handling even private forest lands, because the forest is a 

 limited natural resource which must be cared for and maintained continuously 

 for the public welfare, and because the individual has but a passing interest in it. 



