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men's "baclcs. Domestic iron and coal, therefore, are produced only in srnall quan- 

 tities and are so costly thc,t they can hai'dly conpete in the seaport cities nith 

 the iron aid steel hroxi^ht fron ITorth Ajnrrica icid from Europe. 



I7ell, there's the lesson there's the sitiaation in a coxntry that wasted its 



wood supplies, T-:iat's the noral, so far as the United States are concerned? 



But with all this, we are still goin^ to need plenty of wood in this country. 

 Even if our PZH CAPITA consunrption should fall as low as present European standards, 

 the increase in population which is likely to tal:e place in the next 50 years will 

 keep our tinber requirements at a level little, if any, below our present timber 

 needs. Furtheimoi'e, it often tal:es wood to make the veirj things which are de- 

 signed to take the place of wood. The coal mines of the United States alono con- 

 sume a billion board feet of lumber a year. And of course we are constantly in- 

 creasing and broadeniiT^; the uses for wood. As our cities ^row, more ani more wood 

 will be needed to make the containers in which their food is shipped in from the 

 producing sections. 



All this brings us down to a rather obvious moral: GR0T7 IIOHE T700D OR 3LSE 

 USE LESS, '.Te will always need our forests, 7e should, therefore, conserve and 

 maintain them, 



AiniOUlTCIil-tEITT ; If you want more facts and figures on tho future of America' s wood 

 pile, v/rite to the U. S, Forest Service, at ^Tashir^^ton, D. C. The talk to which 



you have just listened has cone to you throtigh the cooperation of Station 



and the U, S. Department of Agriculture, 



