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for .the repeal of our present noxious land laws, and here T hear the 

 same sentiments expressed. AYe have $25,000,000 in our great irriga- 

 tion fund, which will in the next few years make homes for 1,000,000 

 people and the fund remain intact. This fund would have been at 

 least $60,000,000 greater had the timberlands which have passed into 

 private control within the past three years brought their real value. 



N. W. McLEOD, 



President National liumber Manufacturers' Association. 



The facts that deeply impress an individual are those in which he 

 is personally interested. The lumberman in surveying a forest cen- 

 ters his attention on that part of it that he can utilize in profitable 

 conversion into a commercial commodity. The young and immature 

 timber is only considered by him an obstacle, increasing the cost of 

 transportation of the mature timber to the manufacturing plants. 

 The forester, on the other hand, is attracted to the young and imma- 

 ture timber that promises a future profit. * * * jj-^ order that 

 cooperation may be obtained, the forester must by careful investiga- 

 tion understand some of the economic problems that confront the 

 manufacturer. The individual operator has always had to consider 

 two things — first, the necessity of employing a larger investment; 

 second, competition of manufacturers who are operating regardless 

 of forestry considerations. This competition during periods of gen- 

 eral commercial depression might force the manufacturer operating 

 under forestry regulations to run his plants at a loss or to suspend 

 operations until the conditions of suppl}^ and demand were favorable. 

 But that forestry is practicable where there are large holdings of 

 timber, either by private ownership or by the Government, is un- 

 questioned by all who have given the matter careful thought. * * * 



F. E. WEYERHAUESER, 

 Weyerhaueser Lumber Company. 



Everywhere throughout our timber regions nature is struggling 

 to renew her growth, and mere casual observation forces upon us the 

 fact that the forests will reproduce themselves if given a fair chance. 

 But there are three great obstacles which must be reckoned with in 

 the profitable reproduction of timber, namely, time, fire, and taxes. 

 * * * Few lumbermen have watched the growth of timber long 

 enough to knoAv what its increase is. Forest growth varies greatly 

 in difi'erent climates and different varieties of trees in the same 

 climate. Before ho can consider forestry, the lumberman must knoAV 

 the rate of annual growth and the cost of protecting the forest. This 

 information the forester is able to give him. In other words, the 

 forester tells him how long it will take to produce a merchantable 



