Abstract

of new discoveries having been made in (to him) unexpected places and, on interview, he maintains his own cheerful optimism by expressing belief in our boundless and inexhaustible resources and his confidence in the inventive genius of our people to meet any emergency when it shall arise. The people like to read such an interview; it saves them from all thought and worry on a subject they do not fully understand. No doubt fifty years ago there were lumbermen who took the same view of our timber resources which today have almost disappeared. The second plan is, of course, that of the pessimist. He can figure the exact extent of the seams of coal we are min-

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