The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-07-15
c4hs DeStruction OF our Forests.

ss III lfNe lDlleu States, the ueStfuCll(
Of the forest, Is going on at an accelera
ID, rate. The lumber trees of Maine,
accessible POSITIONS, are nearly eXhaus
ods and twenty years will accomplis
tho Aame result with regard to the e!
teAiive lpineries Of Michigan and wi
cA4lsin. 'T'iie white pine is the mo
SHiHsh,c i,hnbpr trees of America. RI
ease With which il is wrought it's fire
dom, as compared with most trees, fro
Shrinking swelling, aud warping; all
its durability. when properly prot, cite
hN paint. make it tile principal tire
employed in the construction of II va
lnajnriiy Of houses and even fences an
sidewalks. TO one who realizes ho'
rapidly the sources of supply are becon1
ing exhausted, and the prdiga!ity wit
which 1t is used it cannot but be dis
bearte1iing' Tt is tree of slow growth
ana the surface on which 1t grows
When disrobed, is untitled for protitabl
Agriculture. The annual receipts a
Chicago alone Ia city which has sprun,
Oh within The lifetime of a generation
are ia excess of 13O, O00, 900 feet of lum
Der, 400. l0O. 100 Of shingles, and 200,
QUO Of lath. Possessing material within
essv reach, and OH the banks of a canal
kp0wus as the Athens limestone-a
diyWhle compound o. carbonate Of lime
and interchangeable for tagging
ana building, and having river who's,
dretigings are capable of conversion into
bffck, II Is singular fact which strikes
every stranger within her gates. that
Chicago should exhibit such an extent
Qf,piAnk walks and wooden tenements-
STRUCTURES of the most superficial charac
ter. which must soon give way to those
4 -, ,...t.H
0fifhe lake pineries are distributed over
nearly hat IA continent. From them
ARE built the farm houses of the pioneers
utasA the solitary prairie, and the
bridges which span the waters Of the
Ka,rsas and the Platte.
-a"1hc destruction of hard wood timber
isgoiug on at Il rate equally rapid. The
railways require, annually, in construc-
ton and maintenance, at least 10, 00O,-
dDO of Ties. Nothing strikes the emf
grant from the Atlantic Slope, on re-
turning after Years of absence, so forci-
bly,, Us to see those hills which, in his
youth, were forest crowned, now bare
H1ilf fesoiaie, and the streams which he
was accustomed to fish dwindled to
mere trickling Iills. The Pacific rail-
roads which traverse, for long distances,
the valleys of the kaw aud Platte, have
consumed in their construction nearly
every stick of timber, aud in four years
will have consumed nearly all the fire.
tvo0d. Transportation Is econOtniZed
by stripping each tie of its bark, and
allowing il 10 undergo the process of
seasoning, before its conveyance to the
place where required. The beautiful
black wainuts OF the Kaw Valley, tit
for gun-stoek~ and cabinet ware, have
lsen -remurselessly sacrificed to these
base purposes. Public policy requires
that this wholesale destruction of the
forest be arrested. AS II sanitary meas
ure, i'm thronged cities, the sidewalks
should be firmly laid in stone or brick,
instead of plank, which serve ~ cover
tugs, 10 reservoirs of staynant waters,
screened from the evaporation of the
sun. "a "baIioon' house. as proven
bially known throughout The West, can
be Hastily thrown up, but one of brick
or stone Is, IN the end tar more durable
and Economical. Ties can be treated. at
an inconslderable expense, with kreo-
sote.or ats,al tar, so that their durability
shall be protractetl for aquarter of IA cen
tury but, we have yet to learn the
n:inie oftlae corporation that has resort
cdtQ the process. The managers of such
roaesa particularly, AS the tnion Pacific,
where trausportion is so tar and SO eX-
peisive, would have consulted the true
interests ofxtAeir steck holders il they
had placed the iron Oh Ties thus pre-
pared.
IN the first settlement ofthe country,
so far a> relates to the Atlauli. Slope, .
the Appalachian Region, aud The Chic
Valley, the forest wis the great obstacle |
10 he encountered. The settlers attack |
ed ii as though i! We're Il common enemy. /
IX ir., to glrdle, 70 log, aud to burn
Neutrality-suspicious. Of vegetation whose
on = i've iSt~t~s back 10 remote a.es
WAS "A preliminary work 10 that of plant
Ing, sowing, rtaplng and harvesting.
But that necessity no longer exists.
Our people tind themselves possessed |
Of country vast III resources, but inn
perfectly developed. On every side, +
they see avenues leading to the eXertion
Of human skill aud energy. They are
restless, eager III pursuit of gain, and
bound by few local attachments. In
their investments, they took for imme-
date returns. II they build a house or
sl4,daeA klrn1, it is in reference to its
nIrkttAa al ", Should they desire to mi :
CRATE. If they plant trees, say they.
two generations must elapse before they
attain their growth. If appealed to. !
that theiracts will be commended by
posterity. they will probably answer, in
the language of the bluff statesman, |
'Contnund posterity. What has it ev-
ehdane Tor uso' But this is "A narrow
selfish spirit. The future has claims
upon the present gcneraliou-lhat they
shall not despoii the fair heritage which
Is Entrusted To them rs an usufruct. but
transmit it To future generations, not
oul y 'unimpaired, but beautiiied and
adorned"
Vncle Ben Wade, who came so dam
gerously near being President, is doing
the Pacific, Railroad. \ correspondent
says that he is literally inspecting the
road. When the train is in motion he
sits at the door Of the rear car and watch
es the track as if he had lost something
valuable and expected every moment to
discover it. On one occasion, night
coming on, Mr.. Wade ordered the train
to lun on a siding and leave his ear
until morning, ~ he was determined to
go over the road 10y daylight. As soon
;sIle cpuA see, "A. special engine was
sent up AMI attached to his car, and the
old fellow having properly adjusted his
spectacles, set sail westward.
The Helena Post in the course of
some curiou, statistics relative to "what
we drink o'mornings,' states that the