The Press., 1898-03-31
A LESSON FRom MEXICO.
Destruction of the Forests Has Brought
Drought and Dissolution.

The early conquerors of this country
and their followers of today have been
very wasteful and careless i'll the dispo
sition of their forests, with the result
of aocelerating the date when they will
be compelled to face problem of forest
preservation at considerable cost to
themselves. DenMens of the northwest
are familiar with the rapidity with
which the valuable timber areas have
been denuded, until now there is scarce
ly a merohantable tree between Ar
kansas and the Canadian line Many
notes of warnings accompanied this de-
struction of the northern soft wood for
ests, but they fell upon unwilling ears.
Only after it was too late to stop the
mischief did tine country begin to recog-
nize the indirect value of forests to agri
culture and that no high degree of civ
ilization can exist permanently with
out some systematic and adequate forest
In India the obstruction
of the forests commenced 1000 years
ago. and that country, having at last
seen the folly of such waste, is now en-
gagged i'll the expensive undertaking of
reforesting large areas.
The effect upon rainfall and the pro-
ductiveness of the cultivated tracts has
already been acknow lodged by investi-
gators. When Cortes first saw the val
ley of Mexico, it was covered with
woods, not dense, but abundant, from
the timber line OH the volcanoes down
to the waters edge. The reckless cut
ting down Of the forests by the Span
iards in the first century following the
conquest in 1921 increased evaporation,
caused the lakes to dry up, led to FIRE
quent droughts, followed by occasional
floods, and changed the climate of
Anahuac.
Any old rancher will tell stories of
streams that flowed when be was a boy
and will show the dry arroyo now.
They all claim that the tableland8 had
timber i'll considerable quantities. where
now there are barren deserts.
This government has taken some ps
in the matter, but it is also necessary
for the landowners to assist in this
work by planting trees and irrigating
them for few years until they lave
taken good root. By using good Judg-
ment i'll selecting the trees and in plant
ing in a few years the complaints
which are now so frequent of years of
droughts will soon become fewer and
fewer until they finally cease. Mon
terey Globe
mister, said Meandering Mike,
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you wanted?'
.'Of course would, was the natural
reply
well, then, kin approach you as
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It's a good deal to be able to depend on
sympathy an cooperation i'll advance
All the money | wants fur the present is
10 cents, which is somethin you could
help me to without missin. = WASH
ington Star
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Nine. Chossegros, who died in Paris a
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Although Greece has an abundance of
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Ethnologists apropos of the statement
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woman found in the last century by Fa-
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Of Asia.
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