Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-16
CITY AND DISTRICT.
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wooDHES sFAsE TIE THIS,
ii:or of The EVENING STAR.

wooBHES SFA9E TIE TEEES,
&c the Editor of The EVENING STAR.
loUr article in a recent number G: TT, SFaG on
the foods and their connection with TIE r:.ar.,; OF
the foTes'siS w Just aEIjleiy, and Cos res 20
be tHlhlai-t J. Is YOU say: 1.-THE tI1eIy int
The greater V!aic@1y & floods IS caCse - tie CT
ting away Of the forest is such raasclo; BE o:'.
and the issues at stake are so c:cat That tie 'ip-
IumbIrmen may sCout the theory a. tAe! please,
In Their eCcrneS> to convert our forests OF pine aGd
boz more entirely 2Ef-'i upon any pom, til tiiS:
that the presence 81 iO:e~rs, Ca tie EcadW,tc G:
rivers and streams has a GiTeSt iu"utEct "a tie
prevention Cf t"H!H ana cEo!gd;N ;tfi'' ia pro
Ctucilc an eGuahIc row Cf Water. II any
one vii! take The maps published by the
d,tion Of our pine. forests he Vii So. At
glance that the forests on tie headsrrinES Of the
Aliecharv ana ,!GHrHc.Ec and o, ;r t;t;t.ta az
the ohio liver have 10 y great extent. ECC.l To-
moved The consequence Is that The IaiEs Cr the
melting SHOWS. :l.s,es,d Of hein2; taken u by the
spcnEy SOL Of the woodland ana pouring into tie
nlain streams gradually tnrCUg: q succC-> ION Of
many weeks. and being gradually carried 10 the
ocean. rash swiftly into The river beds In q few
Eoni1 or day at the utmost. The river beds. taxed
thu rEo nd their capacity. are UEahc to Gerry Of:
IN safety the surplus water The banks axe CG;.-e-
queh'IE oFertGWcd and widespread damage and
obstruction ensje. Travel and tTafi" arr s..ke
imptdtd. commerce Is Suspended cl thrown Into
great confusion mills are St0.peC or carried away.
tanned And thus The great pIhc e.Htr year after
year as the consequence OF the cafe!s@-siless and
Time against the threatened danger
We had a large convention here last week ~ per-
sons interested! In the protection CT the valleys 81
Inc Mississippi and OHIO rivers fro.n The disastrous
effects Of Hoods. wei! as ctIicT distinctions 20
coilEerce, but, :" Ear as the speeches and rrSo!ii-
tons OF that convention have been reported, no
thought seems TO have been given to
TIE MOST PROMINENT Gauss OF TEE FLOODS,
namely, the removal Of the forests frrin the mead
waters of the great rivers of the We. The Prcsi
Gcat, in his late message, very wisely recommended
the Withholding from stie of the timber lands be-
longing To The government situated Gt I'll" sO:.rt"S
Of thr Yellowstone and Columbus rivers. tbs con
Sent:on should have urged Upon congress, OF upon
t infi!i dldi states. The duty or TAXING measures
To- Cih the DIES riCfon Ci The fGTG<t the upper
Mississippi and C:ic. ana To- restore ,Ecm iii places
f.uin which they have. ncCn :iIt... rrfjGf.t No
Nor. important wurE can he undertaken thar This
The !UIbcr men VIII have tEe recon oi thc u;s;fr
Mississippi nakti III less than tci. years ii tnec cen.
tlDue Them operations - they nov carry ~
Them
TIE WAY THE Tiy3sE GOES.
81. Paul paper has recently p.t4i-hcd an ex-
Ea'E tive review OF tie lumber ans. !cl1fac C.er-
athens ia Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin
during the last summer aud the present winter.
From TINS ltapptdrS tht TIE last st,.i.iiicr
by me Mills OF that district Wa: Of Humber,
!astS"H1o feet: OF shingles, 81 g+b 80; 81 atS,
but il addition To these II is estimated that the
tHt Oh new hogs this winter Ti.l aIno,.lt TO
g-2ioD,eD feet- This draft the forests i,
douDic lit iLGc Iii 1876 In the eager competition
OF the linferInen all ever the country the forests
are going down Ike grass before the mowers
scythe fhe conversion of the trees into lumber
Is altogether In excess of the demands; CT business
IL Is reckless waste which ought 10 be stopped
possible The present food on the Ohio and It's
tribnsarifs and the threatened food Oh the Mis-
sssl!ii are. in large part, To say the least, the
result or the reckless and imprCvi1cnt cutting off
OF the forests: They are WARNINGS which ought to
DC needed They speak with louder voice than
any convention clanoring for nlliicnS from the
puDlc treasury These Hoods Will continue 20
forests E