Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 44 Part 3.djvu/1184

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2602 rnoomrmrrous, une. the foreign discriminating duties-of tonnage and im within the United States are susfpendedi and —discontinnekl,1i°si3>t fur as respects hhieveseels ofmich dreign nation, andthe produce, manu-

faet¤res,;’orsmerehandise= into the United States from

such foreign mation, or from any other foreign country; the sus- pension to take effect from the timeeof meh notiicationbeing given to and to continue so longas the reciprocal exemp- tion of vessels belonging to citizens of the United States, and

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WHER ,. satisfactoxiy proof was receiveliig by me from the Gov- ernment of Finlandon e ruary.1, 1926, that no discriminating duties of tonnage or imposts are evied or uiiposedin the waters of Finland upon vessels wholly belonging to citizens of the United {States orupon the produce,°`;mau¤1factnzres, or merchandise imported m such vusels, from the Umted States,·or from an foreign country:

°¤du*;{_dj)j NOW -—THEREFOI§.E, I,   jCoolidg --¥resident xofs the

vensuogauxsua. Umtedétates of Amer1ca,.hy virtue of the nulfliority vestediin me by $ect1on four th0usarid»-two;Ehundred and twenty·eight· of the .Rejnsed.Statutes the;Uuited=St,atee,·do.lre1·eby declare and pro- clg that thojoregi discriminating duties of tonna.ge·and»im sts within the United; tatesgare Suspendedend discontinued so as respects. the ywsels of _F1l!l&Dd]&Dd the`pro¢i.uce,s.man11factures, or merchandise imported m said vessels.into-;the.:United States f1·om Finland, orfroni. any other foreig1`oo1uitry;¢theis11spension to take effect from,Febx;g£.l, ,1926, anddotconunuasolorgas thereciprocal exemption of;v belonging toicmzens of the: mted States and

 shallbecontinued, andnolongerts.   - ·.  . .

IN TIMONY WZHEIQEOF, I have hereunto set. my hand and caused theeeal of the States tobe auitxed., ¥ — . Done at the City of Washington this nineteenth _day of February r . . H1 the year of ourjLord one thousand nuie hundred and [emu.] twenty·six, and-of the Independence of- the United States of America the one hundred and fiftiethr; ~ Cnvme Coonmen. By the President: ‘ FRANK B. Knnmoc, Secretary of State.

 BY run Pnmsmnnr or rim ’UN1·rnn Sryms or Anmnrca

A PROCLAMATION. F°‘°‘“"°°°°“°“”“d IN again rocl ` ` American Forest Week it is fittin that Ar 0 rvan V — ¥ 1*%;:; me 0% while givingpfuuiiirileiingt to the evils resultingl from imcpovgrished °° forests and 1dle land,lI should lay stress upon t e outwar spread of forestry in industrial practice and land usage. Too long have we as a nation consumed our forest wealth without adequate provision for its wise utilization and renewal. But a gratifying change is taking place in the attitude of our industries, our landowners, and the American people toward our forests. The wise use of land is one of the main fcundatiom of sound national economy. It is the corner stone of national The waste or misuse of natural resources cuts away the groundwork on which national prosperity is built. If we are to nourish, as a peoupie and as individuals, we-must neither wastefully hoard nor wastef y exploit, but skillfully employ and renew the resources that nat1u·e has entrusted to us. America’s— forest problem essentially is a problem involving the wise use of land that can and should produce crops of timber. ·