New-York tribune., 1905-01-05
THE FORESTRY CONGRESS.
Many Papers on Importance of
Preserving Timber Supply.

Washington, Jan. 4-The American Forestry
Congress continued it's sessions to-day. In the
absence of Secretary Wilson. n. w. Mcleod.
president of the National Lumber Manufactur-
ers Association. presided. The papers read at
the morning session related TO the lumber in
dustry and the forests.
Mr.. Mcleod delivered an address. in which he
said that unless the forests were reserved for
use, instead Of being sacrificed to immediate
low cost of production, the entire circle OF sup
ply, far IT could be considered CONNER
cial factor must disappear.
THE Changed Attitude of Lumbermen Toward
Forestry" the title of a paper by J. E.
Defebaugh Editor of THE American Lumber
man."
The Importance of forestry to woodworking
industries was discussed by NJ. c. Moore.
retary OF the National Slack Cooperage Manu-
facturers' Association He said there was one
fact which seemed generally encouraging TO the
principles OF forestry as set forth in the present
convention, and that was that on many hard
wood tracts which had been cut over a few years
since there were trees of sufficient size so
that the mills were again going in those sections.
He submitted for solution by the congress the
proposition, What can the principles of Scien-
tific forestry do for these industries in a prac-
teal businesslike way which will place no hard
ship upon the manufacturers but which will
still preserve the timber indefinitely for their
use?"
John L. Kaul, of Alabama, commended the
Bureau of Forestry for having demonstrated
the eminently practical character of it's work"
Discussing Pacific Coast forests. George P.
Emerson. of Hoquiam. WASH said that appIi-
cation of any method of forest perpetuation
adapted to Eastern woods impossible. He
severely criticised some features of the home
stead laws, saying that the General Land Of
flee had eased the consciences of settlers in per-
fecting their proof by declaring all land mot
stony gravely agricultural" although.
he said never in the lifetime of those settlers
did they expect to see anything grown on the
land but timber. Public opinion he added, had
approved such evasion of "a ridiculous law"
and he said that the government not the set
tiers, should be investigated The Timber act
he characterized as having been framed in the
interests of land grabbers, while still more
ridiculous and criminally wrong" was the Lieu
Land law, by which any claiming within a
forest reserve renquished to the government
and selected equal areas outside the reserve.
Captain ]. o. Ahern, chief Of the Philippine
Board of Forestry. gave an interesting review
of the work Of his office, and the steps taken to
utilize the timber resources of the Philippine
archipelago
Other papers read were 1.-THE Lumber Deal
ers' Interest in Forest Preservation" by George
w. HotChkiss. secretary of the Illinois Lumber
Dealers Association, and 'Cooperage and It's
Relation to Forestry" by John A. McCann of
Philadelphia
At the afternoon session F. ]. Hagenbarth,
president of the National Livestock Association,
presided the subject of discussion being THE
Importance of the Public Forest Lands to Graz
ing"
Discussing the practical results of the regula-
tion of grazing in the forest reserves A. r. Pot
ter, OF the United States Bureau of Forestry,
said care had been taken to avoid any unneces-
sary disturbance of business by sudden changes
in the manner of using grazing lands. He added
that the regulations had done much toward
preventing range controversies between cattle
men and sheep men.
THE Protection of Home Builders in the Reg
ulaton of Grazing on the Forest Reserves" was
the subject of a paper by E. S Gosney presi-
dent OF the Arizona Wool Growers Association.
Professor L. H. Pammel, Of Ames Iowa, read
paper on sheep Grazing in the Reserves from
a Laymans Standpoint"
On behalf Of the Appalachian Park Associa-
ton, w. 5, Harvey, of Pennsylvania, made an
earnest plea for the establishment of a. forest
reservation in the Eastern States.
General Fitzhugh Lee was introduced amid ap-
plause. He said he did not come from a section
OF country where there much timber be-
cause the armies of the North and South had
used 1t all for camp fires. His purpose in an
tend hearty invitation to hold the meeting of
1907 In Norfolk, some other city I'm that mart
Of Virginia, in order that the delegates might
take part In the jamestown celebration
At the close of short open discussion the
Congress adjourned until tomorrow.