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For the interest of the community, the State, or Nation, it forms an 
indispensable basis of material prosperity, directly and indirectly. 
The more fully, aud especially the more continuously, this function is © 
fulfilled, the more fully is the interest of the community subserved. 
Forest management, therefore, a proper maintenance of forest cover 
where desirable, supplies not only profitable employment for private 
enterprise, but is also an important factor of public economy, and the ap- 
plication of proper forestry principles is hence a matter of public inter- 
est. 
