Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-24
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AoeSsUSs O"0 S"eatT if"Hs tNe z, "Ne'
FxA>xroRr-oN-rH THE MAIN. October 81
There is probably no country from
which America can learn so useful a
lesson in regard 20 the value Of forest
trees to man as Germany, for nowhere
has the result of ignorance OF their
worth been more felt and at the same
time more accurately noted. Science
and experience have long since proved
the great climatic influence OF the tor.
ests, and their importance to human
welfare i'll regulating the extremes Of
temperature-toning down the exces.
sive heat of SINNER by their power OF
retaining the evaporation OF the soil
which they cover, lessening the cold
of winter by hindering the radiation
of warmth from the earth's SUI tace
ard atfording shelter against the
northern winds. A country totally
barren Of forests, or but thinly over
grown, ind cates an extreme Of tenn
+, per;..ure. In the regulation OF the
tall OF cain they Ore OF incalculable
benefit.
| Many interesting facts bearing upon
these points have lately been hrcugh,
together by . German wrt2r in .
pamphlet entitled "The influence Of
the Forest, being lecture deliv. rec
before the Leipsic Polytechnic Socie
ty, by DR.. H. Coutzen, OF the Stutt.
gard Polytechnic School. His fac.
are drawn not only from Europeau
| but other lands.
T. would almost appear, he says
!hat nan has it in his power to regu.
La the temperature, toa certain ex-
tent, oi the country in whichhc dwells.
In Cairo, Lower Egypt, number OF
years ago, rain fell but very seldom
only once in three or four years; but
since the time Of Mohammed Ali
twenty to thirty millions Of trees have
been planted, and the result is now
that the people have from thirty to
forty rainy days every year. In Up
per Egypt the reverse is the case. In
the beginning Of this century it Ger.
talnly did not rain there very much,
yet there was enough; but since the
heights have been deprived OF their
covering of palm trees, the rain has
ceased to fall, and, in consequence.
fields ard me adows are rendered un.
fruitful.
From South America Alexander
Won Humboldt brings an interesting
instance. In 1900 lie visited Vene-
zeula, and reports that the natives liv.
ing in the valley Of Araguay had re-
marked with great establishment that
a lake which lay in the middle of the
valley had decreased IN volume with
every year; the cause of this he clear
ly traced to the telling of a great
number trees that grew upon the SUR
rounding mountains.
In Europe itself many parts of Wur-
temberg have been rendered almost
barren by the telling OF the forest. In
Hungary the periodically returning
drouth is universally attributed to the
determination ofthe forests. The recent
| great floods in Switzerland have also
, been attrih uter in part, TO the noun.
tain robbery, III January, 1868, the
Canton Tessin alone lost six-hundred
and seventy-five thousand francs by
the floods But the Project OF the
Drome wrote, as early a. 1904: III
Valence and Crest there is no NOR.
! wood; the mountain declivities are il
consequence cut up into millions o.
ravines."
Still, the author by no means advo
Gates that the forests should be per
manent, only that there should Law
to prevent their total extirpation
which, unfortunately, has come about
| in many countries.
Many celebrated Germans hav,
earlier recognized the grand use fol
which Natureintended her forest trees
Rlehl, the historian, said: Cut dowr
the forest and you destroy the histor
leo political society" Alexander Won
Homboldt said: by the telling Of
trees covering the mountains and hills
man prepares, Under all zones, for Tx
coming generation two-told plague
lack OF fuel ard lack of water Ths
! patriot, Ernst NORTH Arndt, uttered
!. the prophecy: Nov will the Ak lait
to the tree in many parts OF Europ,
become an ak which will be laid t.
the people, Dr. Coutzen attribute
the deterioration OF many races to tn,
loss OF the forest, and says: "Amon,
the woods We find a fresh, healthy
strong people. The oaks Of ancien
Germany w,re as celebrated and pow
erful as its inhabitants, who were tn,
terror Of the Romans. The oaks ar,
now seldom seen, the giant oaks hav,
disappeared and given place to pig
miles,"
! The Mongols aud Arabs of A STA ar,
also cited as examples of deteriora
ton.
The CONCLUSION arnvedat apart from
the Importance Of forests considered
in their aesthetic and poetic relations
in their inestimable value for the pro
duction Of water power, and in rela
ton to industry and agriculture. is
that man cannot safely disturb tn,
harmony OF the oarth's organism; tina
he cannot carry far the devastation o
the woods without mourning the pen
atty OF his imprudcnce. In the taking
away of the forests man deprives tn.
earth OF an irreparable magazine o
valuable materials tor the nourish
men,, development nd identifying O.
lis own life, and the most perfect, ele
,ating and beautiful picture OF The
vegetable creation. He attributes ths
present nnfrpittulness of Asia Minor
and Greece to the destruction Of the
woods; for where once reigned the
greatest fru.tfulness and highest cul
ture, are now only steppes, ruins and
tombs. Sardinia and Sicily, once the
granaries Of Italy: have suffered The
penalty Of their thoughtlessness in ex
terminating their forests. The ancient,
have related to, US the wonderful pro.
luotiuonocs of Ahosa londc tua 4Lous