2940 PROCLAMATIONS, 1928. Increasing duty of NOW therefore I Calvin Coolidge President of the United cotton rag rugs, known , ." . ' . . as "hit-and-miss." States of Amenca, do hereby determme and proclaun that the rate of duty shown by said differences in costs of production of rag rugs, composed wholly or in chief value of cotton, of the'type commonly known as "hit-and-miss", in the United States and in the principal Rate. Vol. «, p. 952. competing country necessary to equalize such differenced, WIthin the limit provided in said section, is the rate of 35 per centum ad valorem based and assessed upon the American selling price as defined in subdivision (f) of section 402 of said act, of similar rag rugs, composed wholly or in chief value of cotton, of the type commonly known as "hit-and-miss", manufactured or produced in the United States. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this thirteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL] twenty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-second. By the President: FRANK B KELLOGG Secretary of State CALVIN COOLIDGE February 24, 1928. By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA America.n Week,1928. Preamble. A PROCLAMATION Forest For several years a special week has been set apart for public dis- cussion of our forests and of what must be done to safeguard and restore them. Amollg the agencies making for progress in this direction, American Forest Week has proved its usefulness and I am glad to proclaim it again and to announce that Canada is again concurrently observing a similar week. The rehabilitation of our forests demands first of all that the forest fire evil be suppressed. Many of the forested States, with the cooper- ation of timberland owners, have undertaken organized protection against forest fires; and in recent years, under the Clarke-McNary law, the Federal Government has gIven its support to the movement. This great cooperative enterprise must be extended and strengthened until every forested county in the United States is safeguarded against forest fires. But we are still far from the goal of complete protection. Every year, on the average, 80,000 fires scourge our woodlands, steadily undermining their vitality. For this bad situation, the blame falls equally on us all. Public agencies rarely provide adequate protec- tion against fire, t,ne timberland owner is too often indifferent to his property, the forest worker is too often neglectful of the future forest, the avera~e citizen is too often careless with fire in the woods. We must all gam such respect for the forest that its destruction through indifference or carelessness shall be unthinkable. We cannot permanently abuse our forests with impunity. The soil i~ the ultimate source of all our wealth and of life Itself. One-fourtn of our American soil is best suited for forests. Much of this land is already idle. More of it is being made idle by destructive logging and fire. Yet we cannot safely permit our forest land to lie fallow and useless any more than we can permit our farms and factories to lie idle. To make our vast empire of forest land fully productive of con- tinuous crops of timber will have momentous consequences in our
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