The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-03
Imperfect Pare


the line Of settlement, new sources Of
timber supply have been opened.
Hereafter the advance of the settle
ments but increases the demand upon
the already diminished and diminish,
ing reserve.
lit should be borne in mind that
to this time our great forests have
met the demands and destruction Of a
gradually increasing population FROM
three to thirty-three millions of peo-
pie. while they were nearly for the
whole time diving deeper into the
recesses of the nnbroken primevai
supply. We have now gone through
AMI surrounded this great timber
reserve, and we enter upon the mar
gin OF the great treeless waste with
our original store three quarters con-
sumed, the demand accelerated. and
the consumers 10 rise rapidly from
thirty-three to fifty millions Within
the last third OF this century. ! lit
lie common arithmetic will satisfy
any thinking man OF tbs eonse-
quences, and Of the proportion which
the demand and supply Will bear to
each other at the close as compared
with the commencement Of this CEN
tury Extend the time for another
| fifty years, with the added population
ana it Will be fortunate il our people
get boards three inches wide, as in
China at the present time. Is il not
apparent that we should at once
cease to destroy and commence t.
pr0dnceaN
Having. as l think. demonstrated
the vast Importance OF the woods To
the members Of the human family.
and especially TO that most important
part Of the human family. the agri-
cuitNrists. whose labor is the basis Of
al the wealth, industry, prosperity
ana happiness OF the world, turn to
the next branch OF the question.
IIt,--cAN FORESTS BE CREATED BY
THE LABOR Of MAN
The experience Of the past cannot
fail to give to this question an EN-
phatic and affirmative answer.
Forests have been created from the
earliest times.
Ordericus Vitalis tells us that Viii
liam the Conqueror destroyed sixty
parishes and drove ont their inIabi-
tants, IN order that he might turn
their lands into u forest. TO be re-
served as hunting ground to him
and his posterity, and he punished
with death the killing Of Il deer, Wild
boar or even a hare within it's limits.
His successor. William Rufus. ac-
cording to the Historic d, Dies d.
Normandis e. des Rois d IN gi1tsrre
twas hunting one day i'll Il new forest
which he had caused to be made oat
of eighteen parishes that he had de-
stroyed. when by mlscliance he was
killed by an arrow from the bow
Of Sir Walter Tyrell."
III France great desolatirn and de-
population resulted from the en-
croachments OF the royal forests over
the cultivated country. and much OF
the violence and bitterness that
marked the great revolution arose
from the cruel game laws made to
protect these forests and their inhab.
ltants.
In Europe SyiricuH&rc. or the
growth Of artificial forests. has given
hirth 10 an entire literature, embrace
ing many great and distinguished
names. They divide the science into
the taSHis or c0pse treatment. and
the fufaie or full growth system.
Great care is taken to ningie the
various trees iii the proportions
found IN the natural forests. to ex-
cl'tie domestic animals that browse
upon and destroy the tender shoots.
and to select such localities ~ are
fitted for the growth Of forests and
Which al the same time can hest be
spared from agriculture, There is no
primitive forest il Europe many
Of them are altogether OF artificial
grow til, while the remainder have
been greatly changed and affected By
the labor If man.
In Scotland and in the south Of
France many square miles OF forest
have been created. IN Egynt. Ma
helnet Mi planted more than twenty
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Beethoven OF the cathedral 1t Alt.
werp, saw. not long since, on the
opposite side 81 the Schelde only !,
vast desert plain: now he sees II forest.
the limits Of Which are eonfoundeGi
with the horizon. Let him enter
within It's shade. The supposed for
est Is but system Of regular rows ii
trees. the Oldest OF which is not over
forty years OF age. These plantations
nave ameiiurated the.climate which
had doomed to stertilitv the soil
where they are planted. While the
tempest is violently agitatng their
tops the air a little below is still. and
SANDS far more barren than the pla-
seau Of La Hague, have been trans
formed, Under their protection. into
fertile ields.'
! still stronger proof is afforded in
the following extract:
"WhileHBritain retains her lawful
situation among the nations of Eli
rope, says Isaac Disraen, father of
the present prime minister Of Eng
land .'the sylvia Of EVELYN will
endure with her triumphant oaks In
the third edition Of that work the
heart OF the patriot expands ut it's re-
suit. he tells Charles IL. how many
millions Of timber trees, besides
infinite others, have been propogated