, 1879-01-13


The nassarc IN uox. Dishop's message that |
ought to arrest the attention Of the Legislature
nnd the ucorlc ot Ollo as Of the gtaycst tm- |
portncc IL TINT which relates to forestry. Ar
rortltnr to the statEstics Of 1s1D tle1e wcrc |
n.H0,E3 arrcs Of ttnlhcsc1 land In this atatc.
In 1871 t,cro were but 1,117 ,3lo acrea. II these
fo1,rcs nro CORRECT, they st.ow tho destruction
If orer 4.tOo, ,Do0 acres OF ttrnEcrcd land In Oh.o
In eeyen years, or ucnrlY onc'!,alf of Tho entire
acreage Of 1870.
these ogurcs arc 20 appalling that one Is IN
c,!nctl to doubt their accuracy. 1t seetns In
crcd.t]c that One.l,alf the timber area of Ohio
ah0u1d have been ewcnt away in 70 brief r.
riod. It Il not surprising that the tiovcsnor
should add, TINT "lhc tIny Il nut distant wttcn,
II thr present annual destruction Is continued,
ti,e beautiful and valuable forests III onr State
The Indifference Of our people to forestry IL,
III tie eyes OF every intelligent European., sin!-
pls Amax!ng. How our people caf' ttan,l ",
lie destruction Of forcsta the production Of
Which has been the 1nbor uf centuries, IL wholly
fucxplicablo u them. Ther kho~ whnt IT. Ia 10
suffer from thu t1carth ot lani what IL ii !" pay
Inc c1pstruction Of buildings whcrs tle uso OF
wnod becomes a question ot ctonoNy. Thty
a1su know-lt,osc nf them, ut lcast: who haso
been in san houtbeFn ffancs, a !,9ly, "say
srarcitv Of rainfall, recurring and Iun4sont'u.
,1c4l droutl1, barren fapds4 disappearance oi
sandy and unpro1nettrc tracts. The wr!nklcd
au,l sun-ba1ttt! slopes Of the pyrt'lces and Fen
| nine Alps, tho niora!nes Of ancient glaciers
whicl, werc otlca the fertile sources Of perennial
streams that irrigated ind frritltzcl tile plains
bolow, tell their uwn story TO cTcry Intelligent
| Traveller, The Roman conquest NJ Palestine.
| mud tho downfall Of Jcrnsalcn', "cre Intended
hy a destruction Of tho groves anu forests that
| Has Ina HfHtt FrI
aud In melancholy contrast with the t1u!tfui
country wItc!. lilo tptca Of Joshua reported Oh
tteIr return 10 tho eaat hank Of the Jordan.
W. are p,.rs'lnk se ,ae a,e,aa aaft"Sey ,h
Far West, whcrn the want Of timber. has forced
upon Fetllcrs tho tuportanee " planting anu
protecting forcsts Iii. nl tl.e titnber S1ates The
NJ and liz saw are nccssansiy at work, anu tho
Goycrument domain lttcll, In suite oi the cncr-
gctlc etfurss Of sccrctary sch1F11 ls hcinE
stripped Ut lint whel' fnakes Tue !nntis most
ypl,iabc. Tho destruction In Ohio ts not N CT,
crss Of the cfimusl folly In oshcF btates; nEta
ID very few yenrs, aud when too lutte. there
viii bo d universal lament TINT the forests arc
nj more. ., H.
appcarct from thu lelda and wuols, DnA the
6sil frou, the streams, 70 that what was once
comn.on hccnn,e an extensive luxury, tina. !
aer!ous effort was made to preserve tue VIII
animals and hiFds from c1ttiiGtio'. anu 70 re-
food TINT ought to be the cheapest. na Y Is tn
most wholesome, in tho market. We ar'
Indebted largely to the CuvIcr club, of this rttT
for The laws ps6tcctinR garnc and lat. aud hop
II may continue IN well-eoIng: out It Is Feal!,
i. | ilJau tho uaulo to 10 found III them. The l,re
digious waste Of tin,bcrstn maintaining hlaeoti
post md rail fences arulind farlns aud in tue y
vision Of fields must pf s1oppe1; Il VII rtea
cntlv atop Itself, after the m!srlfcf ie donc 40
lis timber is exiiauRtet.' We need laws rrRt
, iatlng forestry, encouraging Thy planting =
tInbcr-trces, aud Inspectors Of Forests, or OF
GERS whosc dutv It. shall be to survey The fofet
present co.dltIou, and give lnstruettnn to til
, people, not only how and what TO plant, hut no
: 10 preserve and what 10 DESTROY. 1hc peopl
Should bo luaslo alive 10 Tho fact that, nnlct
Fon1cthtpH ia done 10 arrest tho destruction I
:, the furests In Ohio, tlsoro will not be enous
! good tlmbcr.land III the State bT the end III u
: century to keep ha'f.A-tiozcn cntespstslng an'
mills III motion.