Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-03

furniture White oak is being used to
such an extent that the supply Is showing
oaks. are being used extensively as sub
stitute but they do not do exactly the
work or fill exactly the same niche as the
white oak in the trades. Then there are
other woods greatly in demand, such as
the hickorys, the expresses Of the south
and the poplar.
lone of the greatest uses to WHICH the
white oak is put Is that of stave timber.
The demand for such timber comes from
all over the world and our white oak finds
it's way to the markets of the universe.
great proportion of the quantity I'M
ported is sent to Germany and Holland, the
great beer manufacturing countries. 1t Is
used there for slaves upon casks and bar
rels. Many buyers are in the country from
those two localities every year purchasing
all the white oak they can lay their hands
upon. The amount that is exported ~ the
beerm& king countries is enormous.
Scarcity of Black Walnut.
There are several other kinds of woods
which are becoming exceedingly scatce.
The black walnut is very rare. for III
stance, and steps must be adopted at once
to increase the supply. Cedar and cherry
are two other woods which are greatly IN
demand and whose supply is short.
Our black walnut is also shipped TO Eng
land and Germany, and. In tact, 10 Po'il .
throughout the world. The advantage Oh
our woods in the exporting business Is That
they are shipped in semi-rough shape 80
that the payment of tarin duties IL aNoliei'
They are not planned before being eXpotIeu
They are simply hewed into a semos;.uce OF
finished FORM yet not so treated as 70 DC
classified as the finished product. lhev
are admitted abroad as the raw pr oduct
so that duty is not required to be pa.d.
This means a great profit to our exporters.
Forest Reserves.
"It is a source of much qualification to
Of fY11h q
lands are placing their tracts under a pro-
tective management proposed by the ior-
estry bureau In this country there are
some 5OOOO,OoO acres of federal forest re-
serves, owned by the government ana not
by Individual citiZens-and recently a re-
quest has been made upon the secretary
of Agriculture to have the bureau OF for
estrv outline working plans for the protec-
tion of these reserves against losses Dy
fires and other depredations of human
agencies. The people of the country are
at last aroused to the Importance OF pro-
tecting the forests There can be no doubt
about that. Owners everywhere are adopt
ing the bureaus suggestions and the gov
eminent has placed police forces. In the
form of squads of rangers. throughout us
reserves. who have been assigned to the
task of protecting the trees under federal
ownership. The insufficient appropriations
made by Congress in years past have not
allowed the authorities to perform their
be desired but a great deal of good has
been accomplished a small amount of
funds and the efforts to prevent fires In
the forests have been attended with par
ticularly gratifying degree of success.
Then there are the state forestry COM
missions, which have been doing excellent
work. These include the commissions in
Pennsylvania, New York. Massachusetts,
Michigan. Maine and other lumber states.
'Of course the lumber of this country is
scattered all over the nation north, south.
east and west. The greatest losses in the
past. however, l believe have occurred in
the south and west, where numbering has
been carried on largely and where the for
est fires have been frequent and destruc-
tive. Our plans contemplate the preven-
ton of such fires and it will not be long
before stringent means are adopted which
will largely preclude the possibility of for
est destruction by flames.
1.-THE American Forestry Association, a
general organization, will hold a meeting
In Denver late next month at which some
interesting discussions concerning the pro-
lection and regrowth of the forests will oc-
cur