Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-04

SeCTSCdTy WILSON.
ford Pinchot, the United States forester.
for their work along these lines. Strong
appeals were made for the care of the
southern pines, the far western fir and
spruce tracts Interesting facts about the
lumber business of the Philippines were
given.
President N. w. Mcleod of the National
Lumber Manufacturers Association pre-
sided at the session this morning. The gen.
eral subject for discussion at the session
was THE Lumber Industry and the For
ests," which was treated in its various
phases in over ten papers, read by the
authors.
Lumbermen's Attitude Changed.
Under the title of THE Changed Atti-
trde of Lumbermen Toward Forestry ].
E. Defebaugh, editor of the American Lum-
herman, Chicago, told how forestry has
become a practical study of great benefit
to lumbermen and other business men. In
introducing his subject he made mention
OF President Roosevelt as the chief for
ester of the nation, whom, he said, has
held communion with nature possibly more
extensively and certainly more intensively
than any of the rest of us here; he has
learned to know nature and, consequently,
forests from their romantic and practical
sides; and he has demonstrated his prac-
teal sympathy with the forestry move
ment has other in this country"
Mr.. Defenbaugh also complimented Sec
rotary Wilson of the Department of Ag
riculture and Clifford Pinchot. United States
forester in the same connection.
The speaker continued in part as follows:
THAT there has been a change of heart
within recent years on the part of Ameri-
can lumbermen toward the forestry idea
there can be no doubt. If you should ask
m a what I aSrriha this 7
say that the most important step forward
was made by the disciples of forestry when
they ceased to preach the doctrine of in
direct and deferred benefits and began to
demonstrate that direct benefits could be
made to result from forestry as a science
and as practice. Proper forestry regula-
lions and successful reforestation can never
be brought about except by a demonstra-
ton of direct results.
He defended the action of early American
lumbermen in cutting down trees, emphasize
ing the practical side of the question.
Il could paint a glowing picture" said
Mr.. Defenbaugh, in closing, "of the great
interest that has been aroused in forestry
work. The lumbermen of the country have
a keen interest in the work which has al
ready been done by the bureau of forestry
They are, and will be- quickly responsive to
any practical appeals along forestry lines"
Woodworking Industries.
Secretary NJ. c. Moore of the National
soidCh SOopeIdSe S1dlluIdCluIelS ASSOCld-
ton and representing also a number Of
other wood-usng businesses, read a paper
on THE Importance of Forestry to Wood
working Industries" He called attention
to the vast quantity of barrels and other
wooden packages used in the United
States.
Where will these articles come from
in the future? he inquired. He asked
further whether forestry will make this
business of Indefinite eyiStpDcp2 ~
swer he stated that one large cooperage
manufacturing firm is now cutting a great
forest tract according to the scientific
principles advocated by the present con-
greSs and expects to have trees to cut
for unlimited period.
Seventeen years of experience a lunl-
herman in the south led John l.. Kaul
president of the Raul Lumber Company
lumbermen in general to cut away trees
without regard for the future His par
ticular attention was given to long-leaf
pine, and the application of forestry to
them. Southern lumbermen have recently
begun to awaken to the serious scarcity of
this variety. according to Mr. Kaul. and
steps are taken to cut it carefully and fos-
ter new growthS.
Problems confronting the foresters of the
far west were considered by Col George r.
Emerson, vice president of the Northwest
ern Lumber Company, of the state of WASH
ington.
perpetuation adapted to eastern woods is
impossible in Washington and Oregon" said
Colonel Emerson, yet most of the country
where these forests grow is valuable only
for a timber crop, and could it be reseeded
with fir and spruce when cut, and fire kept
out, at the end of fifty years there could be
harvested a second crop of $1,000 to 100000
feet per acre. But the things necessary to
accomplish that end appear at present al
most impossible. They are: First, that all
timber growing on the land be cut; second,
that all timber be removed; third, that all
left be burned; fourth, that the seed of, the
| timber wanted be sowed in ashes"
Destruction of Western Woodlands.
| He sorrowfully told of the great waste of
| fine timber in these western forests, and
urged that the national government turn its
attention to some adequate system of pres
| ervation of trees there. These magnificent
| tracts of woodland should not be allowed
| to disappear, he said, since the treeless land
will be useful for nothing else.
The Importance of statistics of the lumber
| business in following the progress of tree
| cutting and for use in the study of forestry
| problems was explained by George K
| Smith, secretary of the National Lumber
| Manufacturers Association.
| 1.-The steady growth of all lumber asso-
| Citations having for their objective system
| attic gathering and compiling of figures
| said Mr.. Smith, is the best proof of the
| Importance of statistics and all manufac-
| turers realize their bearing on the entire