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waste " ihc tdesis n lhis
country, without any special NJ
rt lied eii'ft 81 fcpleuish thnu
Hmi predicts that unltiH something
d. one To replace the hrcrtt NJ
tue generations will fccl the loa
A. i, great calamity difficult, Il MOI
iu possible 10 remedy liz further
DEMONSTRATES nm Intimate c0nnec
tnn between the trees and The fl.
Ing Of rain, showing that when q
rogion becomes trcclcss, the guam.
tity Of rain greatly decreases, aud
IN some instances, ceases entirely,
thus materially affecting the agri-
cultural, rs well az all other inter.
osts. In the history " the world
Vc find that no matter how fertile
nd productive the soil once was,
ith the Disappearance ofthe trees,
Tie lands became sterile and worth.
less and finally were abandoned ~
too barren and dosolatc 10 support
and sustain either animal or vrgc.
table life. lfthis almost universal
destruction continues and nothing
h. done 10 replace the forests, this
sumo writer contends, and very
reasonably, too, that ultimately the
world will not only be deprived Of
trees for the purposes of building
honscs and the manufacture Of the
mnumcrablc articles used nj every
turn in life, but the supply Of fuel
viii be exhansted--coal as well as
wuod--for the former is formed
from deposits Of the latter. In
countries Of the old world necessity
has driven the governments TO N.
gage in forest culture, to replace
thu ravagcs Of the woodlands AK,
aud 10 insure future generations
against such a calamity as would
b. entliled by a loss Of the forests.
Ia this country We are glad to see
an awakening interest and some
fsnsof ~tI,e, organized effort In
The same direction. The National
Forestry Convention will meet nj
Cincinnati on April 18th and re-
main in session several days. In
addition IN the thousands Of prom
inent people who will attend from
all parts Of the United States, it !.
announced that at least fifteen
United States Senators, including
our own Lamar, will participate.
as well as a number Of Congress
men. Hon. James q. Blaine, Ex.
Secretary Of state,and Hon, RobcrI
7. Lincoln, Secretary IL War, vii
deliver addresses and the occasion
viii BE- a notable one. prcsiden.
Arthur promises To attend, IL Their.
/. nothing 10 prevent. We wer,
led to an examination If this sub
jcct by communication in anothe
column II the STAR. We thinl
our correspondent offers some yalu
able suggestions, worthy Of III
consideration II those most inter
cst-d in the lands Of this countr,
However, we fear that in a sectiu'
M thiekly wooded as Pamela cour
", II will b. no easy matter TO IL
duce our people 10 engage In fore'
culture; but II they, or their chi
drcn do not, the time will surcl
come when their poStcrity wi
bitterly lament the lack Of furcsigl
of their fofcsathrrt