The San Francisco call., 1908-09-20
LUMBFRMEN BEGIN
TO PREVENT WASTE
Assistant United States Forest
er Tells of Improvement in
Methods in Woods
While Shortage Seems Probable
for Years, Supply May
Be Made Ample

WASHINGTON. Sept ls.-"All lum-
hermen are not wastefEl, far from 1t,
SAYS r s Kellogg, assistant forester IN
the United States foresl service, IN
speaking about the progress OF forestry
in this country Just the contrary Is
true in many cases, and the number or
men in the lumber Industry awakening &
10 the necessity OF conserving the coun-
rvs forest resources Is increasing each
dsx. Progressive lumbermen realize that
they must adopt conservative methods
or live TO watch the slow death OF their
great Industry.
Vast stretches Of territory have
keen made barren through, as we think
the careless and almost criminal meth
DDS Of the old time lumberman- Prac-
tically every section Of The country
bears scars left after ne had skinned
the land and left what remained open
20 the ravages OF fire The waste IN
the WOODS was terrific; the mill waste
was almost as serious In many cases
the percentage Of the tree that was
sent 10 the market in the form Of lrm-
her was so small that would be
ashamed TO mention the figure X was
considerably less than hslE
All this. however. was more the
fsnlt of conditions than Of the individ-
ual lumbermen- While some OF them
were without doubt unnecessarily
wasteful. the majority operated as eco
nomically as they were able TO and still
make z profit Lumber was cheap. and
many times only the best grades could
he sold. Things have been changtrg z
during the last few years however, for
tne timber supply is dwindling and
prices OF forest products are rising % a
point thai permits fuller utilization OF
tin1ber.
Waste has been reduced because
conditions now make 1t profitable TO uss
much OF the stuff tina. formerly was
left in the woods ImproT ed s2vmiii
machinery also is playing an important
part in the matter OF the closer uIiiiza-
ticn % the tree Better work IN rae
woods reduction OF nil waste and pyo-
tectioa % timber holdings from Ere are
going loag way toward conserving g
cur forest resources
CONSERVATIVE WAYS PAY
DO NOT think from this that ali OF
the OLD time practices have ceased o.
that all who are cutting eu- forests
are pracicing forestry-not all, no-
maybe the ma jority, but the number
IS increasing, for the wide awake men
arc learning that conservative Ium Der
ing pays. A progressive Pennsylvania
firm manufacturing lumber. lath and
shingles outlines its policy as follows:
We have always pursued a con-
serVatiVe course IN numbering. taking
care OF our timber and striving to
keep out the fire. Any timber tha,
blows down or should be burned we
gather up aI once. and always, so "a,
- possible, all trees struck by light
ming
We manufacture with thin saws
hand and gangs. We strive 10 do oul
work as well as anybody can, anC
take pride IN the fact that we car
furnish anything in white oak white
pine or hemlock that any fra can cas-
OF the Rocky mountains and al any
lime
We make agl our iath from the
slabs and edeings. making about six
and d halr millions a year The bal
aHce OF the hemlock slabs and edgings
after taking out the latl. we load az
snd send 10 The pulpwOod mill, about
t.eo9 cords per year.
our shingles are made from broken
pieces. forks and hollow butts, about
six million per year. We also gather
up The tops and breaks and limbs o'
The hemlOck and hardwood timber lefi
in the slashings. using all but the
oak. hickory and chestnut. and senc
that 10 the pulp mills. about 5000
cords Of $50 cubic feet EACH per year
T-his gathers up the refuse in the for
make a destructive forest fire
ORDERS TO FIGHT FIRE
Every man in our employ for tn
last 80 years has had positive orders
when he sees a smoke start on GU
lznd or any one elses, to drop hi
work al once and go put that fire out
II he hasn't help sufficient 10 do il, L
send TO the Office and we will Civ
him men enough 10 put il out In thi
way we have saved nearly all on
land from devastation b. FIRE. 1t Il
coming up we'll in second growth. o
which we do not cut any.
The question OF taxation is a ver.
serious one. Timber land has bee
assessed and taxed so high that tn
owners have been compelled to cut
Of and could not hold 1t. our recen
law permits some concession on 3
acres OF land only to one owner wher
kept in growing timber.
IF taxation of growing timbe
wete lower owners would not be com
PEELED to cut It so rapidly. So far W
have not succeeded in any Legislation
Tor the prevention of forest fires ths
amounts TO anything. II the fire ca
be kept out and taxation reduced wit
judicious cutting there is no reaso
why Pennsylvania should not have tim
Der sufficient FOR all time
SUPPLY MAY INCREASE
Statements like these" continued tn
forester. show that practical men c
the lumber industry At present al
different from the old timers, wh
went into the forest. sIashed ava
20 their hearts content, and told til
world that the timber resources OF III
United States Were inexhaustible.
Although a considerable proportio
OF our future supply viii come frol
national and state forests, the gres
hulk OF our fimberlsnd is in priVal
lands, and much OF the lumber use
by the next generation will come fro
II. While there are unquestionabl
short years ahead for as we can event
ually produce all the timber we reall
need il we go at il IN the right .fashio
This Pennsylvania firm is on the rigl
track and Hany other tim5erland owr
ers VIII Introduce. similar methods
conservation and wise utilization Z
soon as conditions become such thu
they can afford 10 do So"