New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
CALL HAS BEEN HEARD.
SHOW A BIG SUCCESS.
Need of National Forests East OF
the Mississippi RiUer.

When the sportsmens show held under the d.
recton Of the Forest. Fish and Game society Oh
America if the Grand Central Palace came to an
end last evening the demand for a genuine exhfo'
ton of those things intimately associated with the
life of a sportsman had been demonstrated beyond
question That the undertaking should have secured
the Endorsement and cooperation of such orsanfaa
tons the Camp Fire Club OF America. the Ex-
piorers Club the Arctic Club the Audubon Society,
the New York Geological Society the fish and
game commissions of number of states and OF
several of the Canadian provinces, as well as the
United States Bureau of Forestry and Fish Conn
mission was evidence at the outset that the show
would be strictly high class This implied promise
has been kept the letter by those in charge OF the
exhibition.
The absence of contests Of various kinds open 70
professionals and semi-professionals only less
than the refusal of exhibits and trade offer
ings which did not directly relate to high class
sport. The show liberal education in all
matters pertaining to the out of door world: ap-
pealed directly the naturasts to the hunter
fisherman.
The difficulty of making plain the objects and
purposes of those responsible for the exhibition
pronounced but from the opening two weeks
ago until the closing last night the show attracted
more persons each day. Those who attended II in
the first few days became missionaries to spread
the of how much of interest there was to see.
Preliminary work is now under way for the show
next The management announced last
night that endeavor would be made to raise the
exhibition to higher level each succeeding season
Undoubtedly the educative value of the show has
become generally appreciated and this should help
to a considerable extent in insuring the of
the undertaking in future years.
William L. Hall, assistant forester of the De-
partment of Agriculture from Washing
ton and delivered lecture Appalachian and
White Mountain National Forests He said in
part:
One OF the questions which is pressing for So
e aDS hs e the ef
ene e Wes Of hs b h e M the be proe
de sGxed 80 9y M the M action Of the m m
properly speaking. national forests These lands
are all under the full protection and management.
and with forest lands in private control they in
for the Western half of the country a fairly
forest. Here reside three-quarters of our popula
ton, and here much more than three fourths of
our great wood using industries. So heavy has
been the draft Of these industries upon our wood
the best estimate, will not last more than fifteen
nearly all our industries it is OF great Importance
TO find some means to extend the waning supply
which rise in great numbers in the Southern Apps
lIachians and which are just beginning to be wide
The mountain ranges of the West which consti-
grazing land Grazing can go on, and does go
to extent not dangerous to the reproduction and
G5 sS
grazed the national forests, and the income from
grazing for the season was 1851. S56 49, Under
agement the range is rapidly improving. Its carry
ing capacity may be expected to increase constantly
for number of years.
LAUNDERING also goes on in the forests belonging to
the government as enc of the prime objects of the
national forest is produce wood 1t follows that
this timber when mature must he cut and used.
During 1906 the income from numbering $685.,
S12 r.
Altogether s1.500,321 IS received
from the forests in 1897 which shows considerable
on the part of the people The should and
will greatly Increase. For 1907 the income from
grazing SS57, 900. against $3.50, 900 in 1906.
The total income for 1907 so per cent greater
than in 1906.
Not only these wild lands being used-they
being developed. The which is being made
of them by the public results in development Rail-
roads, wagon roads, trails. canals, fumes. power
and telephone lines reservoirs and bridges being
built. many of them at private expense. In addi-
ton the government itself is constructing many
1t will construct 100 miles of telephone lines
% 600 miles of tra 100 bridges 500 rangers cabins.
200 miles of roadway and 500 miles of fence.
The Importance of national forests to help the
Eastern timber supply, especially the hardwood
supply. needs strong emphasis Although the APP
are essentially hardwood region. They prob
ably contain more than half the nations availa-
BILE supply Of hardwood, and in 1905 they fur
nished 4S cent of the country hardwood lumber
The Appalachians the only hardwood region we
shall live in the future. In other regions hard
wood stands upon agricultural soil where the
forest must rapidly give to farming The APP
palachians fundamentally a forest region
They profitable for no other use. Farming fails
fruit growing fails, and likewise grazing, because
in the prncipal mountains the cover of is in
sufficient hold the soil in place.