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THE PASSING OF THE AMERICAN
FOREST.
NV. Frank Mcclure In the December
Booklovers Magazine.I
Despite the rapid passing of the
American forest numbering still stands
in fourth place among the industries
Of the United States. Nearly three
hundred thousand men are employed
In numbering occupations. and more
than hundred million dollars are an.
nually divided among them in wages,
Although the forests are falling faster
than they can ever be restored. the
demand for timber is increasing. The
result seems inevitable, and presents q
problem as far.reaching as the area
Of the United States itself.
The picturesque logging regions OF
the northern woods, which once pro
duced nearly one-half our entire sup
ply, today hold In store but little Of the
valued pine which made them famous
and the cedar is also rapidly falling
before the sawyers. The cypress trees
OF the southland, once despised by the
builders. are from necessity going In.
struction of handsome homes. The ia
nous logging scenes Of Maine will soon
live In history only. while all eyes
turn to the Pacific slope for a nation
supply. This gone. all Is gone as far
as the United States Is concerned. ex.
cept as the efforts of our national and
State governments along the lines of
scientific forestry succeed In coping
with the situation.
The national forest reserves now ag.
gregate more than sixty million acres,
all of which have been provided for
within the past thirteen years. Most
of these reserves are west of the
Rocky Mountains. The Bureau of For.
estry has been making large strides of
late In the direction of better manage.
ment of timber lands and likewise In
the actual growing of trees. In Ne.
braska last year the work Of planting
two million seedlings In the sand hills
OF the Dismal River district was In.
augurated. State legislatures are con-
sidering the exemption Of timber lands
from taxation. Schools of forestry are
growing in number. Arbor Day, with
its lesson, is observed in forty-four
States and is a legal holiday in seven.