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which goes into the forests to feil the most beautiful trees, will permit themselves 

 to be ordered by a government official what they should do, or even to be expelled from 

 the forest. Then I fear the position of the forest officials will become uncertain 

 with each change of President. On the whole the Americans can be happy that they do 

 not have the European property conditions and these masses of authorities and people 

 who have to obey and do not doubt at all that the healthy mind of the Americans 

 without officials, etc. will find corresponding Forest -management . At any rate, 

 the reports of deforestation in America are exaggerated and the hope, which one harbours 

 soon to export wood from Europe to America, is premature. Nevertheless I think a 

 forestry school in America would be desirable, because one does need forest engineers 

 in order to raeasure, to appraise and to chart the forest land, the rest will find 

 itself . 



Respectfully, 

 Dr. E. Purkinje 



