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Show l Tm attimit of the goyernmont to In- I iluce the adoption of eonierrative metV da of lumbering In order to prcatrv itlie national rciuurroi, and the respon- alre Intereat taken by timber owners, baa brought up many Interfiling legal questions, and theDlvlilon of loreilry ' Oiaa found it neceiaary to mako extcn- M .iij i,ij i Wa researches In tills direction. A a 3 t rttauU, a circular dealing with lb laws Mat' " 'wrtilcb affect fore its li In course of prep- Ei -aratlon and will be rent free to persons Interested One of the moil Important p 1 polnta brought out Is the recognition by law of the proipectlvo value of growing timber. The possibility of profitably arrylng on lumbering with eyatematle provision for future cutting dependi upon thle point. It baa usually been J lield that when, by Ireapais, or by uu- ., I Krnpuloue cutting by contractors, Urn- I -J 1er lias been removed contrary to the - I -owner's wish, he could recover only Its i ttumpage value. As foreitry uiually ! -requires that aoertaln numterof trees j -ol certain slio be ltd, It follows that an J 4inserupulous centractor could enlly up- 1 eet the plani of years with little fear of I punishment. The Supreme Court, how- I -ever, has recently ruled that the dlffer- , S -nco In value between logged and un- oM logged iand depends not only on the ;j value of the timber removed, but ou Its ( probable Increase had It been lelt un- 9 -touched. |