Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-05-03
TIMBER GOING
AT FAST RATIO
United States Is Consuming
It Three Times as Fast
as 1t Grows

WASHINGTON, D. G., May g.
Every person in the United States |
consumes six times more timber a
year than the average in Europe. |
Each year, the United States con-
sumes three times as much timber as
the yearly growth Of the standing
! trees"
r. S. Kellogg, forest inspector,
makes these astonishing statements,
after spending many weeks in gather
ing data on the subject. and offers
his assertions as the consensus OF
opinion among instructed lumbermen
and statisticians.
"All such estimates, In the nature
of the case are estimated, and are
not offered as mathematical accura-
cies." Mr.. Kellogg said to your CORES
nondent "But, so near as 1t is posi-
Bile to reach correct conclusions, be-
1ieve have presented them in this
statement"
Timber in Several States.
Mr.. Kellogg is not one Of those the
4 OTISISt WnOS0 0CNObAOA " 1OACStAy AAdS
been within the four walls Of a WASH
ington office; he is well educated
young man, versed in the science Of
forestry, and who has "hoofed it.
along the trails of the western noun
tains for years, and has come east
from his native region-the Pacific
coast Here are some of the interest.
ing facts which he presents officially:
Wooded areas of Pacific coast states
Oregon, 34,752.000 acres; Washing
ton. 30,52S,000 acres Montana, 26.SS0
acres; idaho, 22.4Oo,oOo acres; wyom-
ing, s,00O.oo acres; California, 2S,6ss,
600 acres; Utah, 100000 acres; Arr
IONA. 100000 acres: Nevada, 1904
900 acres; total for Pacific coast IT.
744.000 acres of forests.
: Texas has the largest forest area,
: 40.960,000 acres; Oregon comes next
, Minnesota next with SS,000000 acres;
Washington follows with 10000, 900
and the total wooded area for The
> United states is TOO, 40s,0 600 acres The
1 Pacific states. therefore, have one
> fourth Of that Of the entire country.
J, In the Wooded Areas.
Arriving at the wooded areas wa
/. easy; estimating the quantity o
standing timber was not. So nearly
however, as possible for him, Mr.. Kel
logg has ascertained it, as follows:
Oregon, 225 billion feet board meas
ure; Washington 1876 billion; Cali
: fornia. 1870 billion; British Columbis
: $50 billion; Idaho and Montana, 10
billion.
! Many Pacific coast authorities wi
question the accuracy of these figure!
and If they do Mr.. Kellogg will nc
a take violent issue with them. althoug
he is disposed to believe that hi
!. figures are approximately correct.
:. Previous government surveys hav
u credited standing timber as follows
~ Oregon. 1875 billion feet; Washington
. 2S5 billion: California, 100 billion; Ida
= no and Montana, $50 billion.
"a What is to prevent timber famir
" in this country" Mr.. Kellog asks. II
= answers: forestry intelligently at
j, ministered: framed so as to profit
err the experience Of France and Gel
ID many, where for 1850 years the govern
=; ments have been engaged in perfec
e. ing the science"
Pc Experiences Abroad.
er Mr.. Kellogg tells about the exper
nk ence Of France and Germany. II
lie former permitted absolute denudatis
Of the forests: disastrous floods
spring and drouths in winter cam
o. Agriculture waned. Husbandry TAI
r. guished. Conditions were deplorabl
ret Forestry was established, and wo
d. begun to reforest the timber lands.
a. Germany did the same. Her peop
faced disaster. National forestry W
cir resorted to- and further disaster w
IN averted