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Excerpt from Proceedings of the Southern Forestry Congress: Held in Asheville, N. C., July 11-15, 1916 This Congress was called because it was felt by those who had given serious consideration to the timber and lumber situ ation Of the South, that something is needed to protect the forests of the Southern Appalachian region and to conserve our timber resources while at the same time we are utilizing them. It was felt that the South needs the advice and assistance of those who have solved successfully similar problems in other sections of the country, and that, by bringing together for esters, lumbermen and conservationists from all sections of the country to discuss questions of importance to the welfare of the timber industry of the South, a policy could be outlined by such a representative body of men as could be put into successful operation in the Southern States. The most important economic question that had to be considered was: Can the forests be protected and conserved without seriously handicapping the development Of our lumber trade or seriously crippling lumber companies who are oper ating or wish to Operate in the South? It was also felt that the bringing together Of such a body of men as composed the personnel of the Southern Forestry Congress would focus the attention of the people of the Southern States as never before, on the need Of enforcing adequate measures for conserving our forests. It was realized that an acute situation does exist in these States, and that some legislation must be enacted in order to prevent the extermination Of a very valuable industry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.