Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-04
A CuRIOUs sPECULATIOE-rHERK's
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MONEY IL 1T
Railway construction and absurdly
fn5auitous laws in civilized commuui-
ties requiring each farmer to fence his
fields against his neighbours cattle,
when the neighbOr should be required
tokeep his cattle at home, are destroy
ing the forests of America, and the
country, finally stripped OF vegeta-
ficu. Eill become ss rainless as Atri-
can deserts. Californian hills and
mountains are wanting in vegeta-
4Iou. and the meteorological ef-
fects OF this bsrrenness have been
so disastrous that the State pays
the supervisor Of forests" Sl5,-
600 per aunum. 1t Is becoming a
greater crime TO kill tree than q man
In California, and yet our people CIR
die giant oaks, cypress, pecan and
4wainut trees with a ferocity that Is
criminal as it is amazing. When de-
cav follows the extinction Of vegeta-
HE lie and autumn leaves wither, the
torch is spplied and Ithe " clearing "
made. In Nebraska the 10th OF April
is designated by State laws as tree
planting hoIidsy-oi rural sports and
5estivities-and this tree planting time
Is more delightful than +" harvest
homesD in older States. An ag-
ricultural society Of Nebraska
offers a premium Of 500 to the FORM
era society which plants the largest
number Of trees on the 10th Of April
next, The value Of trees cannot be
exaggerated not only for use. in the
mechanic arts but because OF their ef-
facts upon hygrometrical conditions
of soil and atmosphere, and If there
were no other reason than that found
in this value Of forests the laws COM
Mailing the construction Of fences
around growing crops should be re-
.pealed. Every italian peanut stand is
very suggestive Of the inesdma-
bie value OF extensive forests
sust across the river Of walnut
and pecan trees. They flourish and
hear valuable nuts, consumed here
and the world over in vast quantities.
I,st Alcorn's levee bill become the
law, and within twenty years the dis
trict OF country between the st. Fran
1ss and Mississippi rivers-ffty Dy
two hundred miles - will produce
more cotton than all the present cot
,4ou.9rowing States. Walnut and pc
can trees, planted there In endless
Hnes by q forgotten race, who dug arti-
Ac,aJ lakes paved with Mexican bricks
and lifted uD mounds made silent by
tho lsuse of successive centuries viii
disappear, and endless cotton and
cornaelds will supplant dense forsts
that overshadow and enrich the low
lands.
Let us preserve the trees. Why not?
We came of a race Of Druids. Their
GODS were Of the oaks-the monarehs
n the wild woods, their temple the
Fended heavens. II sentiment VIII
not induce people to spare the trees
let intelligent men become an incor-
Dorsted company, and, securing 6
broad district in the lowlsnds and re-
1noving worthless underground. plant
walnut and pecan trees, and In less
than twenty years the revenue nom
the nuts win make princely income,
and the timber Itself for mechanical
uses win be invaluable. The mack
erels Of the next generation viii gather
the nuts and commerce pay for them
pnoruous profits. at least to the chill
5ren Of those who conceive and per
sect the scheme. Ask the nutyendel
af the next street corner.
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