Show FORESTS states receive 35 25 per cent of gross proceeds derived from sale of resources in addition to the berie benefits fits secured by firo fire protection and by regulations which control the use of timberland and range so BO as to insure permanent supplies for local wants A the states having national forests foresta now receive under tho the now new agricultural appropriation bill 25 per cent of the gross proceeds derived from the sale of national forest resources this amount according to law goes to offset any losses to the states through withdrawal of forest areas from taxation and is devoted to public roads roada and schools several years ago complaints complaint a were made that the withdrawal of timberlands for forest purposes reduced the taxable areas of the states in which w withdrawals were made the forest service quick to fee bee the justice of these complaints recommended at first that 10 per cent and later that 25 per cent of the gross proceeds from the national forests should be paid to the states As a result the states are assured of school and road funds doubtless more certainly than they otherwise could have been since the permanence of the forest resources is now secured by conservative management had the foresta never been exhausted by hasty and improvident methods of exploitation leaving the land wasted and unproductive |