The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-01
SMALL TIMBER
SALES THE RULE
Now Exceed the Larger DispOsals By
Fifty to One.
SOME NEW REGULATIONS
ExASPERATING DELAY A THING
OF THE PAST.
SOME NEW REGULATIONS
Especial to The Herald.)

Washington, Nov. 30-One OF the
most fruitful of the newer regulations
governing the use of the products OF
the national forest reserves il the
provision which enables the small user
OF timber TO procure what he needs
promptly. Before this provision was
made, every would-be purchaser or
timber. regardless of the amount he
desired, was forced to wait for refer
ence Of his application to Washington.
The formalitiea which attended tnia ar
rangement under the law often worked
real hardship, and tended to discour-
age legitimate use of reserve timber
by small applicants and sometimes TO
encourage its illegitimate use by tim
Der users of all classes. It frequently
happened. for instance that appliea-
under the free-use privilege by those
who were not entitled to free use, and
small users generally were inclined 70
avoid dealing with the government on
account OF unavoidable formalities.
Made Without Delay.
Except in California, sales OF TIM
Der amounting to less than $10O are
now made on the ground by the for
est officers without delay. In Cali
law is the only exception. The
purchaser is required only TO transmit
the purchase price To the special fiscal
agent, at Washington, and he may then
remove the timber, He is, of course,
assigned timber which il il most de-
sired TO dispose OF, and in compelled.
like all other purchasers of timber.
ia observe strictly the regulations of
the forest service, which arc fully eX-
planned to him by the officer in charge
OF the sale. There are q very large
number of persons who purchase tim
Der in small quantities, either for uses
not included in the free-use privilege
or for manufacturing at local mills 10
supply the demands OF small agricul-
tural communities. The prompt, busi-
nesslike consideration which IL as
sured them has beer welcomed BY them
as boon. There are fifty applicants
for small quantities OF timber Ia one
applicant who requires 100000 board
feet or over.
| Business Increasing.
This sort Of small business is con-
stantly on the increase, both 1oso-
lutely and relatives, TO larger bust
ness, and there can be but little DOUBT
that the regulations on which i: is
based may be counted among the chief
causes which have SO much strength
eued the sentiment in favor CT the fCT-
est reserves and thei: administration
in the last months. Rather q striking
fact which has developed is that sim
ultaneOusly with the increase Of small
timber sales there has come q de-
crease in the relative number % APP
plications for free use. The legal bar
riers in the way OF legitimate use Of
: timber by those who most need il have
been removed, and as 2 consequence
it has boone advantageous for those
using small quantities o. timber To Duy
it from the government.
The restrictions under which the
telling and hauling of lOgsis done are
az light an Is consistent with the well
fare of the forest Just how import
ant these restrictions are ia becoming
better and better understood. and pur-
chasers who have completed Q con-
tract to purchase under them have
sought and secured timber a second
or third time, showing that logging
methods which secure the safety and
reproduction OF the forest are never
theless capable of strict observance in
practice without loss or material in
convenience to the operator.