. Conservation. Forests and forestry. 482 CONSERVATION propriation of the legislature has thus far established three game preserves within the state since 1905 for the prop- agation of game protected by law. The Fish Commission is stocking the streams of the state with various spe- cies of fish, and generally, are favoring. Breaking Ground for Nursery at Asaph, Pa. the Forest Reserves in allotments. The Forest Reserves indeed are fast becom- ing the sporting grounds of the commonwealth. (4) Because of the privileges grant- ed in the form of permits to camping parties ; picnics being allowed fo
. Conservation. Forests and forestry. 482 CONSERVATION propriation of the legislature has thus far established three game preserves within the state since 1905 for the prop- agation of game protected by law. The Fish Commission is stocking the streams of the state with various spe- cies of fish, and generally, are favoring. Breaking Ground for Nursery at Asaph, Pa. the Forest Reserves in allotments. The Forest Reserves indeed are fast becom- ing the sporting grounds of the commonwealth. (4) Because of the privileges grant- ed in the form of permits to camping parties ; picnics being allowed for a day without such permits, although regula- tions must be obeyed. Thus the popula- tion of the cities has privileges which are public and without discrimination. (5) Because of the advantages given in private commercial economy. The Department has the approbation of the commercial interests of the state in the promulgation and furtherance of its policies. This interest takes a moral as well as a business aspect although the moral aspect finds its adherents in others besides the commercial interests. The business interest sees for its pos- terity the redemption of a moneyed cause; the moral interest the well-being and pleasures of its descendants; the business interests depend on it for the continuance of commercial aggression, the moral interest for the dependence and stability of human wants. The commercial interests, of course, include the lumbermen. State Forester Wirt stated the attitude of the lumber- men very effectively after a recent in- vestigation of the matter when he said : "Lumbermen who operate largely are almost wholly reconciled to the policies advocated by the Forestry Department; the discontent is evident among those who do not understand the ; (6) The farmer is naturally interest- ed more in his woodlot, which ques- tion I do not intend discussing. (Let me say that I wish to discuss only the situation with regard to state land and tha
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