The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-11

The New York World returns to Its Argyll
mant that the Secretary of the Treasury
would facilitate the resumption Of specie pay
ments by canoeling as many gold certificates
AZ he can. canceling the rest as gold comes
IN, and refusing TO Issue any more. The Sec
rotary now has the gold with which TO can
eel three-ffths OF the certificates outstanding,
and could soon cancel the others. The World
says:
BY doing this, and refusing to Issue any
more gold certificates, the Secretary would
give to the legal TENDERS value which they
cannot possess SO long rs he Is willing 10 Is
sue aratuitUusly his storage or warehouse
receipts for gold deposited with him. The
case Of those, whether individuals or corpora
tions, who have used the treasury as place
Of free storage for their gold is entitled 10 no
consideration whatever; let them make pti-
waite arrangements for the custody of their
gold coin OF bullion just as every one does
with other yaluables or securities. By con
tinung TO Issue gold certificates the govern
ment discredits Its own legal tender notes,
and the present is an excellent opportunity TO
break up once for all 80 bad practice.
PROTECTION or TIMBER AND IRIS CULTURE.
The extravaganza with which the people of
tile United States are In the habit Of drawing
upon the bountiful supply Of timber which
nature has bestowed upon the larger portion
Of the country, is In strong contrast with the
means adopted by some pf the governments
Of Europe In protecting their forests. What
ever the percentage of lands now under wood
IN the United States may be- 1t is notorious
that our timber decreases with rapidity
which has of late years begun to excite serl-
GUS alarm; and the urgent necessity OF guafd-
ing auainst such wanton destruction OF our
forests as have been notorious during the last
thirty or forty years, is coming TO be very
generally recognized
Some Of the prairie States OF the West have
adopted laws for awarding premiums for tree
planting, which is step In the right dree-
tinn but something ought TO be dons Tor the
preservation of our forests. We find In the
boston journal O communication from gen
tleman OF Massachusetts,, giving the result OF
| his experience In forest culture In that State.
| 1t appears that land which twenty-five years
| ago was worth only $40 or $40 per acre, has
| now on IL timber which can be sold Tor Blb0
| per acre standing, and there have been no
expenses for cultivation. The statistics sub
| mitted show that systematic tree-planting Is
| not only benefit to future generations, but Is
| practically remunerative in the present.
| German scientist has demonstrated that
| IT from the soil OF an open space 100 parts Oh
water evaporate, from the soil OF forest tree
| free from underwood 0ighty-three parts evap-
| otatr and from soil covered with under
wood only fifteen parts. The teaching of ali
history aud observation Is that there is nc
| shOrter or quicker way to reduce a fertile re.
gion to bleak and barren region than TO cul
| down the trees and leave the unprotected sol
tn the free action of the elements. On the
other hand frequent experiment has shown
that even the most des0late country can be
redeemed and brought back to cultivation by
systematic tree planting.
The effect of forests In the increase Of rain
fall, In the equalization Of the temperature
In the fertilization Of the soil and In the pre-
servation of health is no longer matter 0
theory, but Of dem onstration If forests hat
in themselves no immediate and intrinsic
value. their cultivation would be worth whit
for the sake Of securing the changes which
they bring about in the climate and soil
Even the desert of Sahara was once o wei
watered plain, and the now intolerable climat'
of Tripoi was once salubrious, the change u
it's character being directly attributable to TIN
destruction Of the forests.-LN. Y, shipping
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