The guardians of the Columbia, Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St Helens . ply. Since 1905 Washington has been the leading lumber-producing state ofthe Union, and Oregon has advanced, in one year, from ninth to fourth 1910 production of lumber in these states was 6,182,125,000 feet, or cent, of the total output of the United States, The same states, it isestimated, have 936,800,000,000 feet of standing merchantable timber,or a third of the countrys total. This is the heritage which the centuries of forest life have the usufruct of it is rightfully ours. Even
The guardians of the Columbia, Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St Helens . ply. Since 1905 Washington has been the leading lumber-producing state ofthe Union, and Oregon has advanced, in one year, from ninth to fourth 1910 production of lumber in these states was 6,182,125,000 feet, or cent, of the total output of the United States, The same states, it isestimated, have 936,800,000,000 feet of standing merchantable timber,or a third of the countrys total. This is the heritage which the centuries of forest life have the usufruct of it is rightfully ours. Even as legal owners, we are neverthe-less but trustees of that which was here before the coming of our race, andwhich should be here in great quantity when our trails have led beyond the range. Our duty isplain. Let us upholdevery effort to givemeaning and powerto the civil lawswhich say: Thoushalt not burn; tothe moral laws whichsay: Thou shalt notwaste. Let us un-derstand and supportthat spirit of con-Rangers Pony Trail in forest of Douglas and Silver Firs. SerVatlon whlch. THE FORESTS 139 demands for cominggenerations the ful-lest measure of theriches we enjoy. Foralthough the regionof the Columbia isthe home of the great-est trees, centuriesmust pass ere theseedlings of to-daywill stand is in-dispensable as insur-ance. Let us see toit that the untillablehills shall ever bear these matchless forests, emerald settings for our snow-peaks. On their future depends, in great degree, the future of the protectors of the streams that nourish our valleys, and perennial treas-uries of power for our industries, they are guarantors of life and well-being to the millions that will soon people the vast Columbia basin.
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