. American forestry. Forests and forestry. 144 \.\iI':rican forestry it should be reor.^anized. He jjelieved that this was a sufficient check upon the expenchture for the ])ur])ose of the l)ill. fie offered a liomi-K- illustration from his experience as a bov on the farm in northern Xew ilam])shire as a further contribution to the discussion of .Mr. Aloore's report. He said that on the hillside ])asturc the snow would be iL^'one in the sprint^' so that one could walk in thin shoes, when the snow was lying" a foot and a half dee]) in the woods just above the pasture. It is a matter of comm
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. 144 \.\iI':rican forestry it should be reor.^anized. He jjelieved that this was a sufficient check upon the expenchture for the ])ur])ose of the l)ill. fie offered a liomi-K- illustration from his experience as a bov on the farm in northern Xew ilam])shire as a further contribution to the discussion of .Mr. Aloore's report. He said that on the hillside ])asturc the snow would be iL^'one in the sprint^' so that one could walk in thin shoes, when the snow was lying" a foot and a half dee]) in the woods just above the pasture. It is a matter of common observation which needs no scientific knowledge, he pointed out, that if the trees were cut off from this land it would be in the same condition a^ the ])aslure adjoin- ing'. Finall}-, Mr. Weeks lU'ged upon the committee that it is not new L'gislation, and that it would be gross injustice not to report back to the House a bill which has in susbtance ])assed the Senate twice and the House once. To prevent action on this bill wmild l)e resented by Massachusetts and by all Xew Eng- land. The bill is moderate in character and, in m\- mind, he sai 1. will start a policy that will be of great benefit to the whole countrw He urged ])rom])t action, and said that hundreds of thou- sands of people all over the countrv were behind this measure, that it had been advocated by President Roosevelt, by President Taft. and is the one prac- tical measure that has been offered in the direction of carrying out the con- servation policy. Mr. Currier made no formal speech, but supported his colleagiu' effectively with pertinerit suggestions and facts. This report necessarily gives a very inadequate impression of the able jires- entation of the case to the committee. The interchange of (piestion and an- swer, the keen and unassailable scien- tific arguments advanced by Professors Swain, (ilenn, and Roth made the hear- ing a notable one in the history of the cam]iaign in behalf of the Aj^palachian
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