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Show The Depleted Lumber Supply." A btniot'lh 'of tho United States F orest ."Servlco'.just out -shows how tap proeont market situation threat-es threat-es still "higher 'cost Munibor. The ti oublotaVtod when .the government sld vast 'areas" of iiublic''' timber 1: nds &t a 10 w price." Speculators g )t hoid of itj and soon this prop-e prop-e ty was capitalized too. high. , - Then,fcto gotready tmciucy, Ctho 0 vners have to cut the timber In tho 11 ost wasteful way. This threatens f irther shortage. Tho Forest Series Ser-ies ,f v co's remedy is for ,the government to buy back Umber' Manda. i-Thls v ould mean paying for a lot of wat- e 'ed stock. i ' Tho wasto of building materials I: ono of tho shamefully spend-' spend-' tli rift ways of tho American people. A llllonsi of. value aro annually burn-e burn-e 1 from tho carelessness of campors a id hunting parties. The same peo-p peo-p e who complain bitterly of high rmts, will go out in the woods and carelessly allow fires to got started that destroy tbo materials out of A wbTnouses "awbuiir. " " " " ' W Tho peoplo will liaVe llttlo" sym-pKtyif6rtne-iimcuUleS'of-luihlJpr s leculators. lAko many other evils, t lis hasliadsome'-tem!encyto'cure itself. ' Too high prices on lumber li'ii In'fonUvo (minds to dovIso sub-, Btltutci. wholo towns. nrfl bullt.ouC otfstinsco andcfcment.fe) But.luih'bor iiLa b,aslc staplo of dally Hfo and should bo conserved. ("Tho ilrst osscntlalris,-to cncourago( prompt replanting. Land that might bo raiding pood trees butte'inoroly tfrowJngJup td, useless bruslycanf-: .tnllyttgHidle.i-Tho state nu$! nVL lffi'llblo fS replant It, buTTTcou'fo uw,3&iMne.SSfctbjij it, would be aoeyjhflsJpoclcbtjlTho question ojtjlumijcr ijuppjy nmyBeemi a rrftbjBimo5 onrAc&htff&dlftnry? Hut if he would analyzo his rent bill, he would seo what lumber waste costs him. |