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not sure that his forestry operations 

 are always carried on in strict accor- 

 dance with scientific principles. You 

 know that the infernally efficient Ger- 

 man Government permits in Germany 

 only the cutting of an amount of 

 wood each year that measures the 

 computed equivalent of what Nature 

 has that year added by the ordinary 

 process of growth and maturity. I am 

 not going over to investigate Henry 

 too closely either in regard to this 

 matter, and the Kaiser, thank God, 

 has not yet jurisdiction here, even 

 though this is a township bearing the 

 now unhappy name of Bremen. Per- 

 haps if our loyal Lowden remains 

 governor of Illinois long enough he 

 may have this blot on the Cook County 

 map removed. And speaking of the 

 governor and of forestry, that was a 

 fine thing he did many years ago on 

 his estate at Sinnissippi. On the sand 

 hills overlooking the Rock River Valley 

 hundreds of seedling pines were set 

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