The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-06-20
T..,.rty Of Planting Trees.

lsoesEEy Of I i0u'iDo
,elow an Interesting extract
| address before the Association for
ION Of Science and Art in New
r xss made by me Hon c. o.
4 ..or, 4 Kansas;
- husiness Of Chicago = az
' rs her grain trade. The COM
LIE f,.tern cites IN this line, great
7 r.iqnificant when compared
{. - lbiesgO. The question now Is,
p. -. ', .1simmense demand, now long
80 rr,r last. There has been a
:. W n l5ose talk upon the subject;
=. - accurate Information, | called
80 - In J. " Edmunds, Commits
General Land Office at Wash
- Edmunds commenced aie
.-Sltive forests Ct Western New
~ -,~oged at an early day to Mich
4 "a - h embarked largely IN the
'is.:,ess. There are no records in
0see 10 show the amount OF tim
4 80 soyr,ry as compared with prairie
-or pubIic lands, a fact Of itself
!, - prove that our Government, as
,.s feople are profoundly uncOn-
A = he importance Of the timber
commissioner Edmunds, how
A ~ his broad comprehension Of the
. N internal improvements, has an
4 .,5.be iponirv. and is now awaiting
4 ,.om lj. subordinates, which shall
..ant he raeis 10 The cases. ! de-
-1eb valuable Information from
4 gimaels. which be kindly permits
y TpOn one point he Il quite
!. "a Wit. that there Is more TIM
II he state Of Michigan, 1T 10 be
.-.sported and used X the con-
\ Of houses, bridges and vessels,
II an TIE other States east OF the
Mountains. Think Of L, those Of
ave supposed that the supply in
Pspnsylyania. aud IN the Southern
Fls .neyhausiibie.
f,hat IN our stare and that largely
arl cleared. there j. mere mer-
II lamber than IN all the other
Z. u the backbone OF The cOatl-
E-therm0re. the best OF this tin
be found on the northern half Of
- peninsula OF that state, where
r VII yielt As much wood or timber
|m1e northern peninsula. Judge
Is SAYS the timber along the shores
1kes on TIE British side. and on the
III Tile streams there entering. is Of
quality. the soil being IN places
ta. Tres sweep over thousands Of
.4gas he trees ike grass before
-le The papers last week con-
90 alys0n 10 the destruction by tire
lie thousands Of acres Of timber in
IL Letrs -ewpmher that the loss )
laoe tWoLid take two centuries
| D. .gcl trees as are now standing IN
L. When cotton or corn is burned,
90 actual loss 20 the owner ane
tNfl OF the amount in dollars AM
ELl,he articles was worth. becauS,
I srplaced by the crop of another
Bot these burning ierO,s cannot
lalin centuries. and all the vain.
I ls.O which civilization would apply
/ Der i ~ SO much retarded.
/ b are in Minnesota vast forests OF
Ole value 10 the State. but the
sad by dealers 10 be quite infe-
al Of Michigan and Eastern Wis
know al al events that most OF
Used or sold in St. Louis is
-om Chicago Pennsylvania has
SEM abroad large quantities OF
Il she has now no more than will
needed for home consumption /:
\ forests of Western New York,
Indiana are known 10 have been
\ ito MAKE room for farms. There
/ stern New York single wildwood
I'd 500 each for lumber; and,
/ Ally speaking, there Is no timber
/ lhern states which can be spared
i ped up the Mississippi.
/ see that. Tor the supply OF the
Of the Mississippi Valley, a re-
800 miles square. the supply of
-1le lumber is 10 be found alone
Ass Michigan and Superior. Even
+ eoa's are hreasting the turbid
+ Alen with pine which was cut in
sDn- shipped 10 Chicago, thence
e and now up the Missouri, per-
|. -ols4nt miles, % DacOtah. When
+ Inefs and dealers vii. be ready
ssns 10 haul il one hundred or
IN miles into the interior. II
Ni Title, but transportation and
/, : O dealers runs il up 20 SIS 10
isaAd feet when finally used.
- constantly going on in Miss
"a Nebraska, exc. Now. how
f. As demand, VIII The limited
-" H. Thomas. editor OF the
nan, has stated the period
- laTe talked with no gentle
siaihe subject who put the
80 Alote than 80 years! The
Alas :, not that all the bard
80 O our country VIII be deS-
tine, bat that the supply
Nl and the price so high as
. PIT il ont Of the market.
GRon Of Commissioner Ed
y. q what has now been said is
We would make the needed
-.sf ;ae demand which will soon
-.uef, We must al once COM
--'s trees on q large scale.
we Tree now growing east OF
AsN More than VIII De demand
Improvements within the life
p Low present. What * 70 be
.ss.sos east OF the Mississippi!
We can do is 70 plant trees. and
Sore trees.