The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-29
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deals wBth thr eimbeg supply II the
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circular inset lead directly 60 ibe
cons snslon that she rate at aEieh tbs
forest products In The lniSed States
hay. beeu and are being consumed
ls far too lavish and that only one
result can follow unless steps are
promptly taken 20 prevent waste IN
usa aud 90 Increase the growth rate
81 every acre of forest IN the allied
States This result is q timber fam
inc This country IS today IN the same
position ~ith regard 20 forest re-
sources as was Germany $50 years
ago. During this period of l50 years
| such German states SIS Saxopy and
Prussia. particularly the latter. have
applied a policy Of government CON
troll and regulation has immensely
increased the productivity Of their
forests The same policy viii achieve
even better results In the United
States, because We have the advan-
fage of all the lessons which Europe
has learned and paid for In the course
OF century of theory and practice,
Lest It might be assumed that the
rapid and gaining depletion of Am
erican forest resources is sufficiently
accounted for~hy the increase of pop
ulation. ii is pointed out In the cir |
culaf that the increase in population !
since 1880 is barely more than half /
the increase in lumber cut in the /
same period. Two areas supplying !
timber have already reached and
passed their maximum production
the Northeastern states. in 1870 and
the Lake states in 1890. Today the
Southern states, which cut yellow
pine amounting to one-third the to-
tai annual lumber cut of the country,
are undoubtedly near their maxi
mum. The Pacific states will soon
take the ascendency. The state of |
Washington within a few years has !
come to the front and now ranks |
first of all individual states in vol
ume of cut
At present but One-fifth of the to-
tai forest area of the United States |
is embraced in national forests. The !
remaining four-fifths have already |
passed or are most likely to pass |
into private hands The average age !
of the trees felled for lumber this |
year is not less than $50 years. In !
other words. if he is to secure sec
ond crop OF trees of the same size,
the lumberman or private forest
owner must wait, say, at least one
hundred years for the second crop TO
grow. As a rule. such longtime in
vestments as this waiting would in
volve do not commend themselves to
business men who are accustomed To
quick returns. But the states and the
nation can look much farther ahead.
! The larger. then. the area of national
and state control over woodlands,
| the greater is the likelihood that the
forests of the country will be kept
permanently productive.