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protective value. Public forests serve also as centers of cooperation 

 with private owners and as demonstration areas for the practice of 

 forestry as well as furnishing direct benefits in producing wood mate- 

 rials, as recreation grounds, etc. 



NEED OF ACTION. 



We have been discussing these problems for many years, but we 

 have made little progress in securing the right handling of private 

 lands. The need of the general public to have the forest lands of 

 the country productive and the need of wood-consuming industries 

 alike call for the initiation of a broad program of forestry that in- 

 cludes private as well as public forests. I have presented some of 

 the issues as I see them. I urge that those interested in the forest 

 problem join in bringing about some definite and conclusive action* 



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