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it worthy the attention of lumbermen. It is the attitude of this 

 Bureau that forestry and lumberino- are allies, not enemies, and that 

 the interests of one depend directly upon those of the other. The 

 Bureau does not claim that forestry is the panacea for every lumber- 

 man's troubles, nor that it is now applicable to ever}' timber tract in 

 this countr}'. It simph' holds itself in readiness to assist lumbermen 

 in applying practical forestr}' to their holdings in those cases in which 

 it is evident that conservative lumbering will pay. The Bureau of 

 Forestry' does not deal with forest problems merely in a general way. 

 It gives each timber tract upon which its assistance is requested a care- 

 ful stud}' on the ground, and it draws up its final plan for manage- 

 ment with due regard to the purpose and point of view of the 

 lumberman. In other words, its work is eminently practical and 

 businesslike, not purely scientific and theoretical. 



The advice given by the Bureau of Forestry in its working plans 

 for the handling of timber tracts is, in a word, the best business 

 policy for their management based on a thorough expert examination. 

 In my judgment, the opportunity is worthy of your close attention, 

 and I commend it to vou. 



THE LUMBERMAN AND THE FORESTER. « 



By GiFFORD PiNCHOT, 



Forester, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



It is only a few days since President Roosevelt, speaking to The 

 Society of American Foresters, a body of professional foresters, said 

 that in the final analysis the success of forestry must depend upon the 

 attitude of the lumbermen toward it. That view is accepted and 

 believed by no one more completely than by the foresters, and it is, 

 first of all. for that reason that I am glad of this opportunity to say a 

 word to you. I realize that the great majority of the timber lands of 

 the United States will pass through your hands first or last, and that 

 upon your attitude toward them will depend the final result not only 

 to you in your business but to the nation at large in the perpetuation 

 of its forests. 



One of the recent tendencies in the lumber business has been to 

 reduce waste in every possible direction. You have taken this up first 

 of all in the mill: it has gone from the mill to the woods and the 

 methods of logging, and in many parts of the country has already 

 begun to affect methods of cutting. This tendency to avoid waste, to 

 make better use of natural resources, is not confined to the lumber 

 trade by any means. It is characteristic now of all the industries 



"Address delivered before convention of National Lumber ]vlanufactnrers' Associa- 

 tion, Washington, D. C, April 20, 1903. 



