New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-14
EOpEST PRESERTATIONIN PENNSlL|ANi


PENNSYLVANIA is confronted with the problem
with which our own state has been wrestling
for several ycars-thc problem of forest prcser-
vation. The Pennsylvania state Forest Asso-
citation has done much good servicc-iho"clh3
the Keystone woodmen to spare large mum
bcr of trees and arOuslnS the general puphc
., tho necessity of institutng prompt meas
ros for the preservation of the forests when
rom.in and for the growing OF new ones
o.hor organizations have been useful along
49, .oro limos while the annual Arbor Ia!
.,o,.atiors have Mt least served to impress
,,nor the rising generation OF PcnnsIlVai'ia
that about the worst use one can pun
=, forest to-a forest in the midst OF civll'H',
t;on-is To cut it down. But the commune"
ogo,ts If these public-spirited agencies nave
NOT brought on anything approaching rd"-
zeal reform. Realizing this the state mas gone
"a work. as Newly ork has, to sec What 1t can
,ccomnlish by means of Il Forestry ComihlS-
sion. ru.;
In commenting upon the appointment 81 'hS
Commission "Thc Philadelphia Times directs
o,torton 70 several hard facts which may wen
stimulate the members of that body to make
n thorough
necessary remedies may be applied Without
dcIav .Thc Times" reports that Ill me co"h
-;cs Of SCHUYLER, Luzcrnc, Lackawanna al"
C,rhon the timber long since disappeared from
rho mountains. having been converted INTO
supports for the mines. In other SECTIONS VI
the State the deSpollatlon has been 80 N'"'
snrcad "The Times" asserts, as to cause di'''m
oven among the residents ot inc tcIri'oi'
covered For the first time this year the cl'A
of Iocl, Haven. once a thriving centre OF inc
,mbor interest. finds itself with scant supply
os Iocs for its mills, and, in fact, the great
boom is practically closed" Alter showing
that another lumber centre Willamsport' mas
hccn reduced to the condition OF Lock haven
.. The Times" makes this statement ana utteiS
this warning:
r,v.u,,tion will Introduce facts to the commission
,o.ic. ,nat Penn,ylvnnias once ncXhausiibe sup
~ ~ timber hl, really such thing as hmi'' ann
,,, IN. lime has comc to save the pine ana hehio'"
wherever the course of salvation can br Iu"'''o"'N
pur,u.d only a. far back Is the year l7'i' ".,"
John f. Dubois penetrated the wilderness r"n p''.'
vood along I,ennc,ts Branch to III" SANDY h''N' ~
,a an miles Of close growth In pine ana hcmioch
a, ,fraizt a, an arrow To day there Is l"r"ly >u"
left worth cutting. and his chlm that inc "'''''
,r.,,,, W., incNhaustible comes as warning cry
10 care for that which remains
All this ha, a familiar sound TO New-l ofk-
crs. We've "becn there" as the phrase lS
We are well aware what the scliShnesS OF man
* capablc of when it comes 10 trees. lour
average t,cc.cu,tcr is IA yclitablc iconoclaSt :;
he DESTROYS bat scornS TO replace-as the his
tory of the Adirondacks abundan'ly teStlheS'
The PENNSYLVANIA Commission VIII ina 1t 10
It's advantage - examine recent legislation Ill
Ncw-Yoik in the interest OF forests. Governor
Flower in his last annual message well said
that the preservation of its forests and the
consequent protection of IFS watercourSeS had
hecome the established policy OF the state.
The Pennsylvania Commission VIII ma mat
although we have not yet succeeded Ill put
ing such a policy in force 80 as to afford the
forests the protection to which they arc en-
t,lcd we have made considerable progress IN
that direction