100 THE COMMISSION OP INQUIRY, 



winded business, and that to such the small tax releases, cannot pos- 

 sibly act as an inducement. 



The sooner, therefore, the stump lands, either by abandonment for 

 tax or otherwise, fall in the hands of the State or corporation, and 

 the sooner these realize that the future of timber supplies and favor- 

 able monetary returns are their concern, the simpler will become the 

 tax question. 



