New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-21
DESPoIG1YG THE ADIRoNDAcK>.


TO the Eaitor Of Tho Tribune.
.lr. In Your editorial note, Of sunday you refer 70
tho mention by Eek County newspapers 81 the Big
cost lumber deal ever made IN Northern Sew lorh, aud
y0u ask What do those interested ln the preservation
Of the Adroudachs say 10 thisi7 wish 80 pp"eriu!
a journal as The Tribune might have great deal to
s,y about H. have Just returned from trip through
the Adirondacls. shocked at the sight Of wanton DO
strc,on of timber the cutting OF forests on such
a scale Of recklc that the most Intelligent ana
persistent tree planting, II begun at once could not
restore them for generations 10 come
II docs seem 10 If We IN this country had run
mad ON the subject Of wasting our timber, and az
tcntlon las 50 often called 10 the evil That we are
NOW Going ahead with our eyes open. II is well known
That AT the present rate Of destruction c"mparatN'N
few wears Will finish up our forests Norm ana '""''
Eycry reason appeal, 20 for the preservation of
what We have Icft-cmatc. the more even distribution
~ our rainfall the avoidance OF drOuths and irc,hcs'
The public health not 10 mention aesthetic reasons al
ALL In a portion OF the co,ntry travelled through J
VA, fairly sccucd the sight OF large tracts oil mag
uCccnt timber fclcd for clearing purposes, ana te I'm
r rtIcd ND and actually burned where II fell the only
bcncht derived from IL being the handful OF "oou a7n'
for fertllizing the thin aud sandy soil Land Ike TINS
l. practically worthless for agricultural purposes. but
~ grcat value for the public good If allowed 10 remain
a. forest. ~ .
An old native Of the country, an Intelligent OBJ
.ervcr Informed that the rainfall and water supply
I'm lakes and streams j. no" IH' lc70 ina" ~ We"
t,ycntv or thirty year, ago. Honest and intelligent
,o.rv LEGISLATION is the only thing We can look 10
and there's the rub" The rapacIty oil lumber COZ ,
,,i.. # left 10 pursue their selfish PurPo'''' ""tl
Pt ,,u siurt of the destruction Ot every u'c III tho
,,.rofdacks. know, Of course. thdi lI' 9li'c uH ~
largely lu that rrrion and = SUPPOSE I" Plo,". M
~ ~, i- Lut IL should either own all or lrEul,l" ny
,..r,r forestry laws the eating by lhdlNluuilN anu
49,. ttors 80 one should have rlEht 10 carry on
ID destruction simply because he happens 10
- ..ti. to thc land any more than man may huf1l
i,,r ms horse because he owns II, ui> 'hudhFcrin-
NV ,,'',crfy nl h- ncighhor,. can 90 noiNng hut
,'' Pig trbI voice I'm protest but II the great papers
- tto lonntrv take hold Of the subject III earnest
.,tiic sentiment MAY be created tiat nelthrf III"
ti. i,tnra nor lumber companies can anou 10 IEhWu
',n Ia. but 10 travel over the lc oI lhe 'paalSt
ir,.d ~ see hundreds Of thousands OF acre ol WId'
,'a. once stately forest turned INTO the ab"nnauoh
" dcsn,ti0u" Nothing but stumpS ana bplhcrs a.
~, -, the eve can reach, no vegetation no asIl.lt
,"hG,g Lut a drciry waste. ANA th' VIII bc Inr Ia
-. al tnlrr lands controlled by lumber companies,
30 fuftiue f. not regulated by law TN" tlmc WI
[ vrtrI We As a people. will be sorry shch sense
/ "'' ,,d wauton destruction 81 timber should nave
Icon continued all these years and not one tree planted
| "a repair the waste. 800 = 80 ."
| New York, July Il. l5DO.