The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-02

to remove II, to be delivered TO ran IN niteen
annual installments. In consideration OF
this, the cooperage company mas - % r,I,isa
the logs and n wood alcohol plant 70 use
up the cordwood and has built a line OF
railroad from their plant into the forest,
the college having only such spurs as VIII
reduce the hauling distance. - ,.s
caused much criticism. IL was III where
II Is as a part OF tho necessary scheMe
of successful management. In these days
the plant must seek the timber ana not
tho timber tho plant. The wood aicon2i
works consume the ~cordwood that Is mace
from the tops and branches OF the trees,
which. in ordinary numbering operations,
are left TO rot In the woods and 10 Ieel
forest fires. Under the CONTRACT a Tree
hand is left to the college AZ 70 what .rees
It shall and shall not cut; felllns ns ,aess
with its own crew. 80 as TO insure the Least
wasteful methods; sparing such timoeI
az Is necessary for protection, Tor seed
and for aesthetic purposes. IL Is require9
70 deliver an amount Of logs ana
annually, within maximum and minmn
limits, at certain points on the consunniie
company's railroad.
So much for the claim that the college
IL embarked In the lumber business other
b the administration OF the y
demands as an experiment in American
forest policy and for the instruction and
training Of foresters. Under the law, all
moneys from the sale OF timber on tne
forest are turned In to the State Treasurer,
and are drawn against. as the expenses
OF administration require.
II Is further claimed that there Is mo
evidence Of replacing OF the cut-ov,er
areas by planting, &c, as called Tor IN the
working plan. In the first two years OF
its management the college has planted
not less than 255 acres, or nearly the acreage
it had cut in that period. conditions,
.r,.r a-,1nt..1Aa tNrnxvant N Clt-ONnT
area being planted In the spring follow
ing the winter In which the clearing Is maze.
This fact may give rise TO the complaint
Just quoted. In the season OF ls0l there
were planted 81 CTS plants and Us Pouhds
OF seed. Altogether the number OF seed
lings SGT out by the college since its opera
ton began is over 292 900; or. II but ha1 OF
them lived, ten times as many trees nave
been planted N are now growing as nave
been cut. This should show that repro
duGtion Is being carefully looked AFTER ho
The claim Ia also put forth by some who
use the Adirondacks as a hunting, health
and summer resort, that this policy OF
forest mana cement threatens the existence
as at present Of the Stnte Forest PresetNe.
This is a most outrageous bugaDoo, "hich
seems to be encouraged by certain as
ingenious persons 10 aid the crusade
against the management of the college
Forest. 1t Is not true that the college
Forest IL a part OF the State Preserve, ex-
cept so far az the operation OF the game
and fire protection laws apply TO II, ana the
law expressly. states that II is not suo}oc,
to the provisions Of the State Forest law
where the latter is inconsistent. with the
provisions OF the act under which the Col
lege Forest was established. In other
words the policy Of the College IL para
mount on the College Forest. but In no other
part OF the State Preserve.
The State Preserve was instituted as a
great playground and game preserve a
luxury forest. The problems presented
there are not those of the College fofest,
which is primarily n business forest, the
widest scope Of a forest; so required by
law and by the necessities OF the training
Of students of the art. -,
The hampering of this great educatlonaI
work on the part Of the authorities at Al
bany 10y the Withholding OF sufilGlent iuio;i
and by the attacks Of people VINO iall
To grasp the possibilities Of the futur" IN
this great educational experiment ls TO DE
deplored, not only in the menace TO the
Improvement TO the tract itself, but also
because one OF the most useful OF educational
institutions is handicapped by such a course,
The waste Of our tinIbered wealth has
been frightful beyond description, IT'S
economical use under forestry methods
would nave given wealth beyond the dream
Of avaricc, and the careful and economic
OF what We have leit ana
reproduction Of what we use VIII anofu
one Of the safest inyestnlents OF the iuture'
and an enormous market for labor. An
institution that il preparing. young men
10 face and solve this problem should awaken
patriotic pride and interest It's soIu-
ton will he demanded by the plain people
Of the country, the true force in all great
reforms. the owners of luxury forests 20
the contrary notwithstanding
JAN 20. 1902. WILLIAM II WErMoRt'