The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-17
FOREST Sc yIC:
.. 6. Bureau aas Changed
Its Name and Advanced
the { Scope of Us Work.

The United States Bufean Of Forestry
is now known as the Fcres$ Service. Tie
change was made by Congress last yin-
ter, when it provided for the Govern
meat work in forestry during the coming
year, and sigaal;zed an important adj
vance in the scope Of lhat work. The
scteal control and administration Of the
national forest reserves. formerly under
the charge Of the land Office Of the lie
partnent Of the interior. is now in the
hands of the Forest Service. the only
branch of the public service possessed
Of the scientific and technical knowledge
necessary for the enlightened care and
/ use of the forests. This means that the
reserves are to be made to yield to the
people of the country the largest benefits
which intelligent management can get
ou Of them. Use, not reservation from
use. is the essential purpose for which
they exist-but use under such conditions
as shall make their benefits permanent.
/ Control Of the reserves was trrned
over to the bureau Of FIRE r. lar Fsb-
rualy. and the necessary reorganization
is npw Well advanced. In tlking up is
n wt4k. hoAevsr, tae ore sesyi .
Will not aban lon amy part Of the old tie q
Of The huteau. lis broad ru psse WI
eoatinue to be the furiherance by evely
possible means of .he movement to intro
dnee practical foretry everywhere. It
wi'l do It's utmo to assist this movement
amorg pr.vaCe owners and in the several
States not enty by scieEt fc inwe gu
toms. but by ailvice acsd Co psration iu
the actual work Of applying forss ~.
This IS impegative'y demanded if the gem
eral welfare is not TO sufftr profoundly in
the future from shortage of timber sup
ply. The forest sa vice will continue tie
stHd'es Of forest products. of methods ef
making timber mre du abls. cf tr
Z rlMt.nS. ana of al ibj cts which can
promote wiser ami more profitable use Of
our second greatest resource-for in the
vaiue Of their total con ibutf n 10 or
needs There can he no doubt that rest
products slland next to thcse Of aglicu.-
ture.
The field of the bureau Of forestry has
expanded remarkably in the past few
years. The first government recognition
of forestry was in 1876. when congress
made an appropriation for a skilled man
to prosecute a study of forest conditions.
needs. and uses. and make report to
congress. This office was continued until
the division of forestry was created, July
/. 1886. Then from mere office of IN
formation the division stepped suddenly
into the field of actual operations dcmoa-
strating by example how forestry could
be made to pay. and thus furnishing tie
one argument needed to convert private.
owners from seepticism as to the pracsi-
cableness of a theory TO the acceptance
of proved fact. When this was aeeola-
piished new epoch in the histery Of
American forestry opened. Since that
time no single step forward has been
so important as that which the use Of
the new name, forest service, now marks.
This the people of the country. and lier-
ticularly the people Of the west. whore
the reserves are. will come to realize rs
they grasp the fact that. scientidea.sy
and efficiently administered. the 'reserves
will soon reach their highest etficieneS ~
contributors to the wealth and permanent
development Of the regions in which they
he