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FORESTS, FOE EST LANDS AND FOREST PRODUCTS. 



So great is the annihilation of the primitive forests and so rap- 

 idly does the demand for lumber increase from year to year that it 

 is doubtful if the entire forests of the Southern States can last 

 longer than two or three decades. The same is true of the pine 

 forests which can be used for turpentine production. The ruin of 

 these forests will cause a marked rise in the value of all forest 

 products, so that a certain and a higher-priced '^market can be 

 assured for all future forest material. 



