The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-25

.cu.llpg and the Rainfall
@o =. ,osrs,l orConn''eel !. ,,o,.r
forests ana ,olo, u discussion more or les les
i undsfg0,,REs nspsrs al this time. Ihe
Fen! ie ev'e from Nj, GFeeleys mack y,
dos Do ~ We groves Of "ChapPaqua' J., ,n VI
1p inths I'm, ~ tbspew song 10 the tune
o-hSill r1oort Il Nj. DSper, p o,eC,
nom @ 1s, ~ PARK Neurological ODseiv'
10Y Fn NJ. ~ DFspct asserts t Ia9.h t tSs
n@y II land does not diminish a, sIS
clearing y .t .sJ and claims that snch
: ls s' made BY himself and D . o!ns'
g.IO1 atudsn.s in New SOtk R BS;lGn
fhslass y HE continent he tipas .a aIu
lnaEMS Il tSo climate Of the AuanuS !,
20 change y a. .uT within q century, and
S say .n1iScs changes through agriculture
InM iI susS ia, produce no appreoisOi.e !.
dfAlnag ,io.i estcL NJ, Diapers TACT:
ias,siS Srs entitled TO degree oil FesPecs
isSS ~ 10 should not accord to opinions
WDiG g,,essiops, and it docs not become
on. ., on o1e not equally armed with 1 records SIE
AD S V.T 10 snecr at his position. inc
i iI.os ,t can be settled only by tables iS
v W. inpression In the matter Of tne
H ~ Should moi 60 for much, kecCl,
IaSiioos Of the weather are particularly
=, kult. A man will assert positively
Is.t'some months Of last year was m ~ u
sooIsr than a corresponding month Of
ISTs Turn the tables on him-such tables
:, NV, We pript-and he will be forced 70 aaI
Nh bis mistake. It Is COM
mon thing to hear Oh people
Il, llI- nj he much colder winters
nfloug AGO, and We have heard venera'
Me- AM amateur philosophers construct from
hi, rpmemberanCes of those bitter Arc.
n lines the theory Of recedIng glacial
snocb But the thermometer suStalns no
XXI supposition. The winters Of the
5s decade are as cold, in the same
l'Gmdes. as any winters of which the
, ta was recorded. With regard
N climate Chsnges-One OF the most i'm.
NJ Of which would be the diminuiOn
Sl rsin.fsIl-Nr. Draper has the best pos.
.bjs test in the case of the Atlantic
Si,,es for these States have been long
0rcupied and undergone more surface
changes than any other States or during
lbe same length OF time) any other por-
lion Of the world. Ifthese States exhibit
no sDprecisb.e modification in the wealth.
a. i might be regarded a tortioi that
olber States would be equally exempt,
whatever havoc the woOd-choppers may
m,ke among them. Those who dispute
M Diapers conclusions refer to lands on
me- Euphrates Galges and the shoresof
,hs Mediterranean, which history informs
u,were fertile thousands Of years ago,
but are now sterile, and they attribute the
change to the destruction Of the forests
there, They forget that at thetpe those
land; were most productive the forests
were nearly all cleared of 10 make room
Tor The crops and also, which is equally
lolhe point, that the lands were once in.
habitOd by vigorous and industrious races
Of men. Itisto the disappearance OF the
nces, not to the telling Of the trees, that
We should ascribe most Of the change for
the worse in the crop yield of those coun.
Iies. Diligent cultivation is as essential
Nnin tOpTOsperOus farming. Some dc.
Eee Of the reported change in climate
may be applicable on the glacial theory,
the gradual accumulation of leo at the
North Pole causing q change Of tempera.
Nte Of all climatic conditions, which
would be easily appreciable at interval!
d thousands years, although within the
brief compass Of century, or so they
would quite escape notice. There is NJ
question that the telling Of forests does
IeadtOthe drying up of moist lands and
The extinction Of springs; facts can be
cited to prove that; but when il comes 10
iaeprOpOsitiOn that such changes make a
material difference In the quantity ofraiD
hIling Ona given area, the facts, accord.
iaglO the Central Park authority, are the
other way, For our own part VIC have
loptliCular theory to advance, and are
willing TO follow the facts wherever they
lead We have inclined 10 ascribe the
changes noted in some measure to the
discriminate Clearings; but there are
other good reasons, besides those having
reference TO rain.iallS, why all the woods
u The country should not he cut down
They are wanted for shade, for comfort
IoF beauty, and for the preservation d
species, Therefore, whether wood cutting
dlnlnshes rain or not, we approve 81
every effort to preserve groves in region:
Slete The too Tree swing of the axe i'm,
peFils their existence,