Great forests of pine stand desolate and purposeless because, since no one needs the timber, it simply falls down and rots away. It is worth asking whether it would be worthwhile making tar and pitch from it. The answer is that the great distance involved would render the effort unprofitable, but this matter should be decided by an expert. More could be produced here than in the whole of the rest of Sweden. Would it not be possible to transport it the 130 miles in winter?