The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-08
TIMBER SUPPLY
is DISAPPEARING
16l76,ooo,ooo Feet Have Been
Cut in Virginia Since
1880.
LOWER RATES FOR EXPOSITION
LOWER RATES FOR EXPOSITION
President Anxious TO Go Out OF
Office With Good Will Of
Southern People.
,.,r,,n EDWARD HARRIS.

WASHINGTON, d. c., May six
4eon hilton, one hundred and seventy
sly million feet OF lumber has been
cut in Virginia since 1880. This does
NOT include the amount cut last year,
nor the amount cut in the four months
OF the present year.
The amount cut in Tennessee in the
period Indicated was lb,0oos5S.0oO
feet
The total cut Of North Carolina In
the period from 1880 to 1906 was co.
As6 100000 feet.
The total cut Of the United States
from 1880 to 1905 was 7oG,712,00o,o0o
feet II is estimated that this amount
of lumber would mako a floor one
inch thick over, the States or Vermont,
Ehodc Island. Massachusetts, Connects
cut and Delaware. an area III $4,000
square miles.
Since 1880 Michigan the great tim
Der State Of the Union. has produced
over 93,ooo,00o.ooO feet OF lumber. or
1872 per cent. OF the output of the
entire country: Wisconsin. 1c.ooo.ooo.-
600 or 10 per cent. OF the total; Penn
sylvania. $4,000. 100000. or 7.G per cent
How long will the timber supply Of tho
United States last? Is a question FREE
auently asked 1t is not answered by
the experts Of the Forestry Service of
the Department. OF Agriculture. The
days of white pine are rapidly pass
ing. they say. and in a very few years
It will cease to be large factor in
the timber supply of the United States.
The present annual cut is about 3,0O0,-
100000 feet in the Lake States and
1000 100000 In all other States COM
bincd.
The estimated amount OF yellow
pine standing in 1909 was 10000.
10000 feet. The estimated annual cut
Is l9.oo0,0oo,o oofeet. At this rate the yell
low pine will have disappeared in about
dozen or SO years.
PREVIOUS estimates of the Forestry
Service fix the limit of the life of our
lumber Industry at from twenty to
twenty-five years, provided steps are
MOI taken to prevent the cutting OF
the forests.
The remaining forest areas of the
various States total 7oo4so,7Go acres.
Inc present wooded area Of virginia
estimated at nearly $1,000, 900 acres
NoTth Carolina's forests are estimated
at upwards OF 22,O00.OO0 acres. Ten.
ncssee's at over. 100000 acres
~ IL estimated that each years GU
.! lumber at the present rate take
three years growth. that Is. Will,
the annual Increase In forests. tn,
natural growth. Is about ten cubic fee
per acre. they are being cut at the rat
OF thirty cubic feet per acre. But tn
Forest Service maintains that It ia in,
possible to bring our forests up to
point where theEannual increment Wi
reach thirty cubic feet per aero.
10000 Guests Day.
An official OF the Treasury Depart
ment makes the statement that the dc
partment is watching tho Jamestow
Exposition closely. and that the com
parf will be held to strict complianc
OF the law authorizing the loan Of
million dollars to the exposition com
pany. The department figures that
daily attendance of 10000 Will be ncces
sary to make the exposition financis
success.
Those acquainted with the plan
which tho exposition management ha
set on foot for the further financing {
the enterprise declare that they ar
em!nently sound, and that whe
carried out Will put the exposition o