Word: drained
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Dates: during 1911-1911
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...time, for we have been using each year two and a half times as much forest produce as the forests are annually producing, and are thus rapidly reducing our forest reserve. The forestry bill provides that the states must meet the national government half-way, in order that the drain on the national treasury may not be too great, and that $2,000,000 a year for six years may be used in buying lands for forests. If at the end of that time the plan is unsatisfactory it will be dropped, but it is the firm belief...
...spirit and purpose of the Fund will be destroyed, if anyone regards it as a drain, and in this connection it should be remembered that the final payment will not be due until June 1, 1915. A. SWEETSER, Treasurer...