The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-02
STATES FORESTRY SCHOOL.
VALUABLE WORK BEING DONE
M THE ACKNOWLEDGES.
More Good Trees Planted Thai Poor ones
Removed Making a Forest CONNER
ciaIly Prontable-Training True For
csters-A Defence OF Cornell's system.

esters-A Defence OF Corncll's system.
To THE EDITOR OF THE Sun, Sir: For
many years friends of the forestry move
ment in this country were few. Moan
Webster completely ignored the word.
and. although the art had been practised
on the Continent of Europe for generations,
only the most recent editions Of the Ameri-
can photographers have defined 1t. Enc
mics OF the propaganda were In plenty
and until recently were found principally
among lumbcrmen, through heedlessness,
ignorance Of its true business import,
and a tendency to confuse the personality
| Of some of its apostles with the creed itself.
For at least thirty years and perhaps more,
the agitation OF the matter has been car
ried on mainly by tree lovers pure and
simple, with the gratuitous help Of a few
trained experts, who understood the iuil
economic scope OF the term and a Govern
ment bureau working with the full an
tagonism of Congressional contempt and
jealousy.
The potential impetus given to the study
and practical application Of applied Tor
estry principles In this country dates from
the recent enormous development OF ac-
tivity In all trades consuming forest prod
ucts. The great advances in prices In
the market for these products are not alone
due 10 the excessive demand. as any lum-
herman knows. They are due, az well,
10 a growing scarcity OF raw material
standing forest Of commercial excellence
which scarcity Except in the case OF
the forests Of the Pacific Slope) is being
felt ~continentally.
The lumberman (the term Is used In
it's widest significance to denote the pro-
Queer Of marketable forest wealthy now
seems TO grasp tho situation at last, and
to realize that the visible source OF supply
Is threatened In the near future; the owner
Of forest property sees the enormous pos
sibilities Of his advantage in the market and
wishes to make that advantage a source OF
permanent income. We have seen recently
in the ranks of these two classes men, in
fuenced almost entirely by n regard for
the future value Of their properties and not
by sentimentalities or msthetic considera-
lions, inquiring and consulting the authori-
ties as to methods Of forest conservation
and removal. The able management Of the
Bureau OF Forestry at Washington. at pres
ent as in the past, has lent a willing hand
and has furnished trained foresters to pre-
| pare ttutIltt VI pun anu 6Nblp N"bA hiAk
plans they are called for the most eco
nomic business administration of such
properties.
Before the present epoch the efforts
for forest conservation have been acad-
emic; or they have been directed either
at watershed protection. rs in the case of the
splendid work accomplished by executive
order in Withdrawing certain mountain
lands in the far West from public entry;
or by individuals and associations in buy
ing forest properties for protection OF
game and for purposes OF recreation. These
efforts, highly praiseworthy, have con-
tributcd but little force to the real objects to
be accomplished by the practice Of forestry
which has for its chief Gu y the conduct
Of numbering and its affiliated trades for n
profit, not only immediate. but for all time;
that a crude crop shall not be torn from the
woods, with desolatiOn in it's wake, but that
this great industry. second in the value
Of its annual product only TO that OF the
farmer. shall not languish from a temporary.
exhaustion Of material. but shall be- a per-
petual source of wealth 20 the nation. to
the investor and 10 the wage Garner.
To meet this coming dcmand, schools
for the scientific education and practical
training Of forosteTs have been ostab-
lished. In 1888 the Legislature % the
State Of New York passed a n act authorz-
ing the trustees Of Cornell University ~
found A College 81 Forestry, TO be called
the New YORK State Collage 81 Forestry.
and permitting them 10 purchase mot
60 exceed 1900 acres Of land In TIE Adiron-
dack forest and have title, possession and
control ~ said land. TO conduct upon said
land such experiments ~ forestry ~ they
may daam mOst advantageous 10 the in
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