The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-02-09
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Man tears down ruthlessly for the
needs of to-day and lets the needs of
the morrow take care of themselves.
Blindly all over the country men are
destroying the forest growths only to
awake to a realization later Of the
mistake that has been made This Is
true in the White mountains, where
effort is now being put forth TO save
what remains of the forests there,
With no regard to their aesthetic,
health giving or economic value be-
yond that of the wood in the rees,
they are being cut down and dragged
Dental Range. Some of the hills have
been shaved almost as smooth as a
youths cheek, and there Is nothing to
prevent the devastation Of the sides OF
the very monarch Of them all, If one
may apply that title to the mountain
named for the leader in the historic
struggle against monarchs. The lar,
ger part OF Mount Washington IS
owned by private individuals, having
full power. If they wish, to dispose OF
the timber and make it as naked as
was Adam before he had eaten of the
apple Indeed, the forests on the
sides of the mountain have already
been threatened.
The wall of the lover of the White
mountains was voiced recently by pr
Edward Everett Hale these latter
days" he wrote, "arc years of mourn
Ing for us who love New Hampshire
because this new business Of paper
pulp is stripping off her magnificent
sent his surveyors around, and when
they saw tree ut for his ships they
marked ii with the broad arrow OF
the navy, SO when its time came It
was cut down in the winter, was
hauled on the snow TO the largest
stream within range and tlOatCd down
to the ocean | think It could be
shown that in all the great sea fights
in which the English, French, Spanish
or American nayios were engaged be
tween 1916 and 1890 the spars Of all
the vessels were from the New Iinmp
shire forests. 50 other shipbuildcrs
cut logs and nOatcd them down If they
were big enough for sDars o" wide
enough for boards, but the sluallcr
trees were left
Not for tho good they may dn now,
Eut win DO when They're grown up
SO that the mountains were still green
and 50 the forests suIl grew into
cathedral msles And with every
summer the wilderness was alive with
glorcs for which there IS no com.
parigOn.
Then. alas! Satan came walking
mp ana down And he devised meth.
DDS Of making paper from wood pulp.
Before him, when angels and arch.
angels presided over that business
paper was made Of such rags as busy
housewives minded to see the end Of,
AMI haply Of older paper which had
served its turn, But now, alas there
is not a tree in the forest big or lit.
tie. old or young, from which you
cannot make paper What follows Is
that you cntel your forests with your
axes In sun mer as yUn once did In
wintc and you cut down virtually
everything If yon leave fow
sumach bushes or blackberry vines,
1t is because they are not worth the
handling they are SO small Big pines
lifflc pines, big sprucoa little sprlcos,
big hcmlocEs, lii.le hnmlochs al1 fan
before the ak All Is grist for Satan's
mill
For which the remedy VIII come
as soon az The congress Of America
makes national park Of tho White
mountain SUBMITS The state has
surveyed the REGION carefully and a
fit plan has beon prepared Uncle
Sar4 must acquire so square miles. be
the same more or less, and put It in
charge Of bis fores'crs And then my
childrens childreu's children shall
see the great grandchildren OF the
pines that saw 60 years ago In place
Of tho sumach and other rubbish that
the pulp creatures have LEFT us to
day. We ought to have done this
years ago but 1t Is not too late fot
the tnontyhrat century"
/. truly has been said that paper
may 10 the winding sheet Of Tho
brave forests which ornament Oh,
sides u the famous group Of noun
talns IN northern View hampshire
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