The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-05-16
AMERICANS
PLANTING
FORESTS
Growing Timber to
Become a Near
Future Industry
The Man Who Plants Early
Liable 10 Make all Kinds
Of Money but Mostly
for His Children

Washington. ID. c. Letter: Young
men who are in search Of a profession
not already crowded TO the limit. and
which contains the possibilities of a
good livlihood. are advised by the Of
ficials OF the department OF agricui-
ture 10 carefully consider forestry be-
fore they make their final choice.
| There Is a great scarcity OF foresters
| In the United States. IL is said there
/ are ten good positions open TO every
/ American who Is able to MI them. and
/ the demand will increase as lumber
companies. railroads. paper compan-
ies and other institutions interested
In the preservation OF forests realize
| the necessity OF changing the present
wanton methods OF the woodchopper.
Requests are received al the depart.
ment almost every day for foresters
10 which are attached salaried offers
so inviting that IL Is with difficulty
that the department keeps intact lis
own force Of experts. Private con-
Germs are willing to double. triple and
even quadruple the sums the govern
ment Is willing 10 pay It's fOresters.
The demand has been growing for the
past few years and il has now entire
ly outstripped the supply Unless
young Americans III themselves for
the profession these desirable posi-
tions will go TO Europeans. who long
have had a chance TO become profci.
ent In the science OF forestry. as the
universities across the water give
special attention TO the subject. Eve
ry year hundreds OF foresters are
turned ont by the German schools and
these graduates are coming 70 Ameri-
ca.
Until the establishment at Yale OF
a college Of forestry by the Pinchot
family our young men who desired 20
become proficient In the science had
10 go abroad 90 complete their studies
The success Of Yale's plan has
tempted two other educational insti-
tutlons 10 include a course OF forestry
but these schools have not been able |
20 turn out enough competent men 90 !
supply the demand, Il Is estimated
by the department that 20 per cent OF
the foresters In this country are OF
foreign birth. and of the remainder
fully SO per cent were educated
abroad
In the Northern states the lumber
companies have played such havoc
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the scientific woOdsman 20 do except
to outline a program OF numbering 10
be followed ont ln years 20 come
when the small growth of trees have
reac he'd a commercial size. The situ-
alton In the Southern forests. which
have only lately been attacked by the
AK. Is different The Central South
ern states are now the largest pro
ducers Of hardwood lumber In the
world and IN lumber companies
went into the vast supply there In the
same wasteful. oNtravagant manner
as they did in the Northern woods. I
There has been such an outburst
against this that thcy have changed
their tactics. and there is every rea-
sou 10 believe that before the South
ern forests are depleted OF their trees
scientific numbering will prevail 10
such an extent that the supply win
be maintained for generations 10
come
The railroads ar probably more in.
terested In the preservation OF the
forests than the numbering companies
because or the permanent character
OF their Investment Nothing has