The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-17

u, besides, the author Of severn. very impor-
tant engineering books, Their elaborate report
Fl f@ ialSSslSS i sSa h paSfrSsJ g'E p 1g sSs pEEH ss4Is nv 4,
State, and did much toward creating the pubic
This commission was continued. reduced to
one man. and made a division OF the Depart
ment OF Agriculture. whose chief. Secretary
Edge, hns always lent an earnest, helping hand
SS Sao forces have SSI been %sctiSeiy at W En" The
newspapers over tho State, with scarcely an ex-
ception. earnestly supported the new move
t hSF we're S SfSs8rYSs 81 0 b. BRSag SisRFf IN FSSi fnSTaSt
summers they became so popular that the hail
MAS not large enough to hold the audiences.
American Philosophical Society OF Philadelphia
and were paid for out OF the Michaux fund,
Under the inspiration Of some Of the public
the publication at once Of Forest Leaves. a mod nod
@ HS5 iibilo a'S SdHF Was S SIrSala GgH'fiT Fse 2pG oven n the the
state and still does effective work. Public
tRs SeSSae lSfG SSnS'fi S% %fS Of sSS hhTIT|hsiiSSsss s 6f ESd
State, we're given before. crowded houses
under the auspices Of the State FarmeEs'
COUNTY Of tho ConmOnweSltSn. IN the same
cooperation OF the Department Of Education
and before the tsachers' eonveptions. The
meulcal ana henlJn authorities nkeWise called
for these same. lectures, until from one end OF
the state to the other the forestry cause has
been brought before tho people. The Pqnnsyl-
c%ieties. and the various commercial orGaniza-
tions Of the State have petitioned the LeRisla-
reforms in connection with woodlands, noun
aov. Hastings has most earnestly seconded
and wisely directed the laws that we're passed
at the last session of the Legislature. Indeed.
i Is not too much to say THAI this has been q
fsS tSte nsort Su u Mason and bIxGS's I line. rf fFoa n
the Atlantic to the Pacific. which is not now
s ssP1SlSSi r @Syii9eI an 1e4FiRrfi a SSt 9 3as ReGiit tS add IA the f@G
the progress OF Pennsylvania has been recog-
niEed by them all. AS an INSTANCE of the APP
the last report Of the Chief Fire Warden OF
But It was reserved for the State of Pennsyl-
important move in forestry. She advanced all
al3%Phg the line on the double quick" u,.,
favor 81 forestTy, by, the, last Legislature, and
Club and IN the State Fed!e.rHStion Of Women.
active operations will be conducted for the res
~toration Of the Pennsylvania forests ? First OF
al, forest fires must be suppressed or greatly
diminished IN. frequency and severity, and we
may reasonably hope that it will DO accom-
plished. We know from actual observations
brief period the underground will start which
will end. in a Spontaneous growth OF full-Sized
trees. which will restore to Pennsylvania, for
the second time, q forest crop which will be q
source OF wealth to the State. Where these
forests fail to grow. planting will be rcsorted to
In the forest reservations OF Pennsylvania
the future water power OF the State will be
boarded and the sanitariums Of the Common.
wealth will be located. The higher civilization
the size or the liberality by which it bestows its
magnificent charities upon those whose in
hrmities make, them charges upon the Com.
monwealth, will act still more wisely by fur
nishinG health resorts in the life;giving woods
where legitimate recreation and pure air viii
nip disease In the bud and prolong the live:
and usefulness OF those. who would otherwise
have passed away or become perpetual in
valids and non-producers. Game restoration
will rapidly occur as the forests are reproduced
and thus the %sportSmen of the State will hay,
the opportunity of following their old-timt
pleasures. Game and fish protective associa
tions are a unit in their cooperation with tn,
friends Of forestry"