They see the need for saving and increasing young growth and for protecting the woodlands against fire.

If only these methods of forestry had been observed from the time the early settlers felled the first trees, not only would our forests be producing at present all the lumber we could use, but also the United States would be the greatest lumber-exporting country in the world.
[Illustration: WHAT SOME KINDS OF TIMBER CUTTING DO TO A FOREST] It will never be possible to stop timber cutting entirely in this country, nor would it be desirable to do so.

The demands for building material, fuel, wood pulp and the like are too great to permit of such a condition.

The Nation would suffer if all forest cutting was suspended.

There is a vital need, however, of perpetuating our remaining forests.