Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-05
PRESERVE THE
AMERICAN FORESTS
PrCst Roosevelt Addresses the
American Forest Congress
On the Subject
HAVE BEEN WANTONLY WASTED.
Their Preservation Necessary to the
Health, Wealth and Beauty
OF the Land

Washington, Jan J.--The American
Forest congress today held the most
important of it's five days sessions The
morning meeting was devoted to dis
cussIous OF the relation OF railroads
and The forest. The afternoon proceed
iugs win consist of a special session
marked by addresses by President
Roosevelt. the French ambassador
President Hin Of the Great Northern
railroad members of both houses OF
Congress and representatives OF educa-
tionaf insdtutons lumber aud live
stock interests. President Howard Ell
Lott. Of the Northern Pacific, presided
at the morning session The board Of
directors reported action looking TO the
creation Of an advisory board Of the
forest congress to consist Of represent
atlves ot various Industrial bodies and
10 meet annually I'M Washington.
Charles j. Manderson. general solicitor
of the Chicago Burlington a. quincy
ana former United States senator from
Nebraska. characterized the preserva-
lIbll % TIC lllllUtl INDUSTRY Oh the tONIl-
try aus The paramount issue and
urged the planting and outstanding Of
timber wherever trees can be grown.
lie spoke Of the enormous demands for
ties
"Of the ties now OF the railroad
tracks Of the country" he said, ten
per cent have to be replaced annually;
their average cost is 90 cents, making
an annual expenditure for this purpose
of $4,000 600 which is exclusive OF the
labor employed and cost OF local trans
pOrtation No feasible substitute has
been found for the wooden tie"
He urged the su, ju cation Of private
rights to public necessity the study OF
means for eliminating waste and mis-
management, and the repeal Of the tim
Der and stone land sale not other adj
dresses were made by ]. T, Richards,
chief engineer maintenance ur way,
Pennsylvania railroad; President l.. y.
Johnson Of the Norfolk & Western, and
Hermann Won Schenk, OF the bureau
Of forestry. The latter detailed the
good results already announced in the
preventative treatment OF railroad tim
bers TO prolong durability.
MT Won Schenk also gave some facts
adduced IN recent experiments by the
government showing that contrary 10
many reports, the Injection OF croOs0te
into wood brings about no brittle or
weakened condition OF the wood
Snoy. Of the Navy Morton WIS ex-
pectad 20 make an address ON tho dc.
pendence OF the railroads on forest
preservation. but was unable To- attend.
PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
II is pleasure TO greet the members
az A
have made, by your coming. q meeting
which Is without parallel lu tine history
Of forestry. For the first time the greut
business and the forest interests Of the
nation have Joined together, through
delegates altogether worthy Of the or
Eaui1ttions they represent, to consider
their individual ana their common IN
tercsts In the forest This meeting may
well be called q congress Of forest users,
fot that You are users of the forest,
come together 10 consider how best 10
combine use with conservatism f. 10
me, fun OF the most hopeful possible
promise for our forests.
SOLVING A PROBLEM
The producers. tho manufacturers
and the great common carriers OF the
nation had long failed To realize their
true ana vital relation TO the great for
ests of the United states, and forests
and Industries both suffered from that
failure. But the time OF indifference
and Misunderstanding has gone by.
Your coming "a a very great step to-
ward the solution Of the forest problem,
problem which cannot bo settled UNI
III 10 rs settled ripht. Aud it cannot be
settled right until the forces which
bring that settlement about come. not
from the government not even from
the newspapers and public sentiment IN
general. but from the active, Intelligent
and effective business point OF view,
because they use II and It's products,
and whose interest IL therefore concrete
instead Of general and diruse. I do not
I'm the least underrate the power ~ tho
awakened public opinion. but IN the
final test II VIII be the attitude NJ the
industries ~ the country which more
than anything else will determine
or not our forests arc
to ho preserved This is true
because by far the greater
part ~ an our forests must pass into
the hands OF forest users, whether 81
rectly or through the government,
which VIII continue 10 hold some N
them, but only as trustee, The forest
is FOR use, and us users VIII decide lts
future
SIGNIFICANCE or CONGRESS.
The great significance OF this Con-