of material which now is wasted.
The vast importance of preserving our forests is emphasized when one stops to consider the great number of uses to which wood is put.

In addition to being used as a building material, wood is also manufactured into newspaper and writing paper.

Furthermore, it is a most important product in the making of linoleum, artificial silk, gunpowder, paints, soaps, inks, celluloid, varnishes, sausage casings, chloroform and iodoform.

Wood alcohol, which is made by the destructive distillation of wood, is another important by-product.

Acetate of lime, which is used extensively in chemical plants, and charcoal, are other products which result from wood distillation.