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therefore, the value of their timber ; show them ways of turning their 

 waste to profit; send to them pulp mills, chemical works, and tan- 

 ning-extract plants; help them to show the transcontinental rail- 

 roads the short-sighted policy they are pursuing; build for them a 

 double-track road and give to them lower freight rates, and from that 

 now wasted they will furnish ties for the North, boxes for the Middle 

 West, cheaper lumber for your homes. 



A FORESTER'S POINT OF VIEW. 



G. A. SCHENCK, 



Forester to the Biltmore Estate. 



* * * I am a lumberman, and as a lumberman I cut trees. At the 

 same time I am a forester, and as a forester I raise trees. We fre- 

 quently are of the opinion that these little trees, the second growth, 

 are really the best money-makers. I think we might as well change 

 our minds. Stumpage prices are increasing very rapidly in this 

 country; the big tree is the best money-maker. In 1895 and 1896 

 I sold many a fine white oak at 50 cents per thousand board feet; 

 I wish I could replace them. I would gladly put them back into 

 the woods at $4 per thousand, because they are worth $5. In 1898 I 

 got for some trees $1.25 per thousand; in 1903 I received $2.50 for 

 the same kind, and last year I found a gentleman who was willing 

 to give me- as much as $8 per thousand for them. 



THE BENEFITS OF FEDERAL FOREST RESERVES. 



Hon. FEANCIS E. WARREN, 

 United States Senator from "Wyoming. 



* * * The beneficial object of the withdrawal of the forests of the 

 West from unrestricted public use and their creation into reserva- 

 tions has the indorsement of residents of Western States, even 

 though the public-land area of those States is seriously diminished. 

 The Western people, patriotic in all things, acquiesced in the in- 

 trenchment upon their States for the general public good. Although 

 the creation of forest reserves and forestry regulations often works 

 hardship to individuals and to communities, there is no branch of 

 the Government which has more loyal support from Western citi- 

 zens than has the forestry service. Happily the idea of withdrawing 

 the reserves from all use has year by year lost its potency. Investi- 

 gation, examination, and experience demonstrated that the reserves 

 could best be preserved by judicious use; and the welcome words 

 of President Eoosevelt, in his latest message to Congress, coincide 

 with the views which have been held by many Western citizens 

 since the creation of the reserves, and they illustrate also how closely 



