If they had planted trees on the lands after the virgin timber was removed, we should now be one of the richest countries in the world in forest resources.
Instead, they left barren stretches and desolate wastes where dense woods once stood.

It is time that the present owners of the land begin the reclamation of our 326,000,000 acres of cut-over timberlands.

Some of these lands still are yielding fair crops of timber due to natural restocking and proper care.

Most of them are indifferent producers.

One-quarter of all this land is bare of forest growth.