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Show THEIR BEST NOW AND ALWAYS Den n Mann of Cornell says: "When the boys of today shall have become grown men, the time will have nrrlveil when tills nation will be feeling feel-ing acutely the Inevitable sho-.'tiiHc of timber for our Imperative ncetN, unless un-less in the meantime a new attitude :nd n new program for the protection of our disappearing timber supply shall have been instituted. The boy scouts of today may well exert their I full effort and tnllueuce In helping to arsure an adequate wood supply against the tltuu when they will man the nation. A first and fundamental step Is education understanding tho problem ami the way out and helping other pet-ions to understand It. let the boy scouts use every means toward to-ward this end. It In doubly necessary now that we are aualn at the beginning begin-ning of the camping season and the dry periods. "The noy scouts have high Ideals for national service. They know how to quicken public thought and action. I hope they will do their best now and always In this matter of forest protec-lion protec-lion and development, which Is so Intimately In-timately hound up with our future well-being as n nation." |