Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-07-28
70 SAVE THE FORESTS
South Overlooking an Important Fac
TOR in Lumber Production.
ENORMOUS GROWTH.
Tie Annual Output Increasing at Such
a Rate That Timber win BE
Exhau.od In a Very Few
Years if Not Checked.

Baltimore. July 27-In 1880 the
Southern Lumber mills bad an outpui
valued nt s9s. s.ilG.0n In 90 years thb
has advancod to si0l55ssi9. Since
shnn there Nas bcen steady incroass
in production, until today IL may b
comparatively estimated that the value
Of the output, including the material
used for cr'ssiics. fuel and fencing and
the naval stores hy-produeis is between
S8e5. 10000 aud e2700o0.0)9. With
no chang in ths methods which have
been generally followed ia numbering
operations the ogtput iu the south
might be- expected CD reach at some time
a point whore an annual decline instead
OF an annual incgeaso win b. reported,
/ hut this may Go prevented and tb.' tim
/ Der of the south nay De made per-
( potual source oi wealth In this weeks
+ issue of the Manufacturers Record Il
noted the beginning Of a plan fora con-
feryative handling Of southern forests,
wlfch, generally applied win mske
them permanently productive. On this
point the Manufas.urcV' Raeord says.
"F0r several years George W. Van
I drrb.lt. on his estate at Bltmnre. n. O.,
has been giving % ths south and g the
res. o, che country q magnificent object
lesson OF scientific handling Of forests.
I Much of tho advance made hv the south
as u producer of lumber has bsen due
% the failure in other rarts Of the coun'
Try 70 adopt plain, common sonsemeth-
DDS in numbering operations Immense
tracts Of timber land have been deuudod
by tho wholesale, with a great waste oi
timber. destruction Of younger growth
and an absolute Disregard Of the future.
With the transfor ~ energies 70 thi
I south aud an aoceleration Of those al
ready therr. like carelessness and lach
OF foresight have been manifested
"The efforts Of the forestry division
OF the United States department Of a.
ricuI;uro eliminating in the plan for
yast forest reservation AZ the submits
Of the Appalachians in five or six south
ern states and the work of such pro-
rressive men a. Mr. Vanderbilt hav,
done much 10 fasiof attention upon the
Necessity for a conservative handling oi
the forests still standing in the soutf
and restoration Of woodland in r.
eions devoted wholly 90 agriculture, OF
left % waste after thu turpentine work
ers and lumbermen have wrought then
work
zone state in the south which has
come to the trout NJ a lumber producer
seems destined % become the leader in
the adaptation OF common sense and
science % numbering undertakings. In
connection With the organization Of the
SEQ. O.OOO. 900 Houston OIL company IN
Texas the statement wus made that Il
had entered into contract with the
Kirby Lumber company, organized al
tho same time for the salo and manu-
facture Of the timber standing on the
i.OOO. 900 acres Of its oil lands This
contract involves the cutting of 5000,
oOO. 900 feet ~ timber at the rate Of not
less than Sso.OOO,0OO feet a year. Il
the minimum only shall be- cut nearly
% years will cover the contract.
"Uuder ordinary conditions DO might
be expected that the ciose of those p
wears would show vast tract of waste
land at tho mercy of the Clemeats. The
contract between the OH c0mpany anc
the lumber company coutcmp.a,ts nl
such thing. It looks % The exploitation
of the forest and. at the same, % &C.
/ indefinite urservat.nn. l uot cuinva
tinn. 30 tree Dos, than one zoos in ai.
amotor is to ba cur ani care is tl bt had
that arlings and other young growth
are to bo uniuiard. Ihero.ulfs of tns
undertaking NAV he estimated ior Che
particular trncL They moan a soarc.
of steady wealth %
In spite of the dCreaso of pino in tm
rcst Of tha country there are hrr
INMINNr NN NAAHAlN Na.I...a '' tt'' '-.'tt
several states toward which Che siw mil
and tine lumber railroad are advancing
Increasing demands ot agriculture mag
require permanent ciurlugot sole o.
the uncut forests, bat tAoro arc vas
tracts best suited to forest growth, NOT
only a. sources OF lumber supply, bat o.
regulators ol tho Gow of streams imlor-
tnnt to commerce and manufacture anc
a. e4uahle moiiders oi climate. At che
same time the uss of such iudus'r.h
conters as High Point. N. Co with o.
woodworlQug utera.-s. especially iurui
ture making. a- tla-r --.---.-.-..-.-.s-., s- in-
crCas.rc the necessity .or 8 $500 ly sap
ply from taa 1T miL tar many r'ts'
ous, thercfoTc. che succcss ot tno Icsa'
experiment sl1ad le.ll io SIMILAR aefiln
in.o,hcr parts 10 ito .'a-h