The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-07-24
lend OF THE CORNELL SCHOOL Of FORESTRY
from the Springfield Republican.

Front Spring. Repill
The New York college of forestry university
suspended instruction and operations Prof Fernow and Prof Co
have resigned and their designations have been accepted and Pe
dent Surman has reported to the trustees that this is because the
state has not furnished support the college This
than should have been expected when made public that the
operations of the college totally msapprehdg the OF
the reservation purpose which
the of the Hudson and the Saranac the Black Auab a
other rivers which have important feeders from the mountain springs
The school able
fernow trained in the German schools of forestry and perfectly
conduct any system Of forestry but doctrnae for there
doctrnare this line we'll economics sociology
who believes the scientific forest for profit and apparently does
conceive the entirely different idea keeping the original for
quite other than much lumber and paperm stuff Presi
cent Schurman says in his report:
He outlined plan for the conducting of scientific forestry the
tract of the Adrondacks which the had
signed college forestry purpose The plan grew
OF the actual condition OF the tract in question was scheme to
substitute valuable soft woods for old and hard woods This
meant denudaon and reanng But there is general prejudice
against cutting even old trees and an Impotence to wait as long 50
for take their place Both feelings have been nvok
led by the critics of Director Fenows work the Adondacks And
without going into further detail the result that the
speaking through its organized authority desires to have the work
stopped The university stands by its expert But the university has
the had power the absence appo
praon, carry the work OF the college of forestry"
long so years There is indeed Just the
work of the Cornell college described and stated with
the lumber sold MUCH wood
much and the and made merchandise for
swept clean as-nay, much cleaner tanhe lumber
would do it, the public made its remonstrance The fact
that the thus denuded replaned with coniers
largely, understand spruce and fir, which papemakers
make for the wholesale destruction.
Half will replace by the growth of these sofwooded
a committee of the Assembly stated the very honestly:
The theory advocated obate the forest by cutting sections
annually and follow by epanng that the forest will produce
marketable products succession the last portions OF native
removed practice however, the cutting be accelerated
and the planting retarded that with avong conditions this
tract of forest will be eXpaed less than with chance
restoration within 100 an excuse for the present unsasfac
tory condition the made OF the Cornell
forestry college that the them by the
all the valuable soft woods had already been removed by the
mbermen and only hadwoods mostly rotten remain Upon in
this the committee informed that the
the university after inspecting personally the several lands offered
some of which we'll mbered with virgin forests selected this
particular tract"
The Engineering News in reviewing the that the col
held blameess 1t proceeds thus:
VERY likely the plan adopted by Director Fenow the correct
from strictly commercial of but serious
Public opinion New York values these state lands forest
and OF proSpece and to
result disaster Had the clearing and reantng been undertaken
small scale would have been equally valuable for instruction to
the Students and obecesson the public in future and
public opposition would have been aroused cannot be seriously
either that the removal of the hardwood forest and epn
ing with coner the only possible No
why the might not have been gradually removed
necessary the growth specimens and the
whole might have been to preserve and perpate
the growth the valuable species OF hard woods without clear
ing any considerable portion at all"
The failure of this enterprise in behalf OF forestry much
TO he regretted because there call for scientific epantng
lands and such should be u
lied The followed in this against protest
of the natural forest well as from those who simply rec
the value of forest reservation not nme
revenue protection for the springs which immediately be-
gin dry and disappear when the woods are cut Off dollar
the the worth doabut great forest carefully
preserved worth millions of dollars The Engineering News ads
and they amenaby Fundamentally because
there is room for good work in that line:
The unfortunate OF the whole affair THAI the persistent
of public opinion and the stubborn adherence to the course
first laid down as were the only possible one TO pursue mas tended
bring scientific forestry into dsrepute New York lew years
prospect seemed good that all the New York state lands might
placed under management but would now be dhcu to
corpora guard the state Legislature to favor such
course.
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