The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-11-16


for game Torth o tee dollars TO N,
dividual hunters forest trees WctH
thousands OF dollars are burned 10,
The second cause for incendlari7n Is
the desire OF native farmers q gst
early and good pasture tor their hfm
stock. In one province last year ".
600 acres we're burned over. 10 ssoW
the difficulty ~ stopping this men
darlsm by punishment Il Is narrrcl
that ono man that had set hre .
forest and burned up 1900 acres 81
valuable trees was fined ten rupsi
-t2.O7. according to the present VNas
OF the rupee. some OF the natives ~
Gre to large bodies Of trees for NJ .
sake OF smoking out the rata. whlsA I
they use for food. India today u a.
poverlshcd In her forests and the yen /
~ faminos are widespread ana =
structlvc. There are few forests D
.arge trees IN india. There, as heia /
II IL Ore that destroys the timber
the United States the annual grown |
OF forest trees creates more lumM
than is needed for commercial ut
one government official said, In "
presence OF the writer. II have seen
single Gre In Colorado that burned y
more timber than was used In u
United States in that year, and then
have been several such fires In Co
orado In my day" 0ovornmena
everywhere should make laws TO pre-
tect the forests and then they shoull
make sufficient appropriations TO e9
force them.
Australia Is taking preliminary sten
10 establish fruit trade with England
and other European countries. AMI
promises to be an enterprislng riyal
OF the United States. Tho Australian
fruit growers propose to import into
England In large quantities not only
apples. pears and the harder fruits, but
such soft fruits IA peaches and grapes,
They have gone about u in q system.
attic manner They FIRST laid a plan
for shipping good-slEcd consignment
In the refrlgcrators OF the steamers
sailing to England. The outbreak OF
the Bocr war necossitatod giving ~
the plan for last season. as the refrig'
orators OF the steamers we're taxed "a
their full capacity for other things
The Australians had planned to send
10 England over 5000 casos OF fruit Of
different kinds. As they were shut
of at the last moment from actually
making the conaignmonta. they deter,
mined TO make a trial on land, put.
| ting the fruit In chambers where tn,
temperature would be kept as low as 4
would be In the refrigoratoru OF th'
steamers. Tho time required In max
ing the trip from Melbourne to Liver
pool 10 about eight weeks, but the frui
men made the limit ten weeks TO pro
vide for delays In shipping and dis
charging The trial proved com
plote success, with the exception o
peaches. about one-haif OF whlol
spoiled. Hence. we may expect tina
another season viii see some larg
ahipments OF Australian fruit TO Eng
land. American producera OF fruf
will have 10 be on the alert II the,
wish 10 prevent large part OF thell
very profitable foreign fruit trad,
slipping away from them and Eolns
into the hands OF the Australians. Tn,
fact that the Australian summer be-
gins in December and that their hui
Is ready for gathering IN March NJ
April gives them peculiar advan 4.
over us. Their shipments win AZ. lyl
In Liverpool In May. June. July ant
August, and their winter apples ma,
be depended on 10 keep a. late a
Christmas. II tho Australian applei
are equal In flavor TO the American
apples the EngllRh buyers will not b,
very hungry for fruit when our ship
ments arrive. OF course the thin,
works both ways but "a wo have N,
bulk OF tho trade nov any change mus
work TO our disadvantage The mora
OF the situation IN that we must grow
the quality Of fruit that aults the Eng.
liah market, at least enough OF Il /,
MI the demand for export goods. w,
also believe that the United statel
government should take seine such
stopa to foster our foreign fruit trad,
as Denmark has taken TO build IN
her butter trade. An agent should b.
permanently located IN England tc
look after the trade and see that Am.
erican goods are up to demand ia
quality. We know FROM reports from
England that some OF the fruit sent 70
England has disgusted buyers there
The yellow innipld peaches from Calf
fornia that were last year dumped on
the London market did much damage
TO the American trade In export
peaches. and II Is against our Interests
that such Incidents should frequently
! occur,
CannonadlnK Hail storms.