the climatic conditions best suited for the 
growth of the trees are also best suited for the 
growth and development of man. It is note¬ 
worthy that, in countries where forests have 
been laid waste without renewal by man or 
nature, the inhabitants have gradually deteri¬ 
orated. 
RESTORATION OF FORESTS. 
Several governments of Europe, taking the 
alarm, have attempted to check wanton de¬ 
struction, and have set about reforesting. The 
expense at the beginning is enormous, but al¬ 
ready several distinct forests are so well man¬ 
aged that they are yielding a good government 
revenue. 
America’s lesson in economics should be 
that it is far better to save forests, especially 
at the headwaters, far up on the mountains, 
on middle slopes, and lower levels; to judi¬ 
ciously regulate the removal wherever neces¬ 
sary, than for the government at length to 
set about the task of reforesting. Where our 
government has, in times past, sold and almost 
given away thousands of acres of forest lands, 
it should condemn and repurchase, and what 
she still holds she should zealously guard as a 
sacred trust for her future well-being. 
In an address by Dr. Gifford Pinchot, he 
declared that, in order to develop a well- 
sustained forestry policy, much depends upon 
the work of educated specialists, and in it the 
specialists need to be supported by an intelli¬ 
gent public sentiment. Now, this intelligent 
public sentiment must come first through cer¬ 
tain lines of study, already referred to. 
Forestry is fast gaining the attention of the 
people, and none too soon, for the logger, 
shake-maker, and millmen have long been at 
work unhindered. 
The whole people should be aroused and err- 
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