Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-08

alton leaves naked soil; then Outlying
cuts down to the bare rock; and mean.
while the rock.waste buries the bot.
tomlahds. When the soil Is gone, men
must go; and the process does not
take long.
This ruthless destruction of the for.
ests in northern China has brought
about. or has aided In bringing about,
desolation, Just as the destruction of
the forests In central Asia aid in bring.
ing ruin to the once rich central Asian
cities: just as the destruction of the
forests In northern Africa helped to-
wards the ruin of a region that was a
fertile granary in Roman days. Short
sighted man, whether barbaric. semi.
, civilized, or what he mistakenly re.
CARDS as fully civilized, when he has
destroyed the forests. has rendered
certain the ultimate destruction of the
land itself. In northern China the
mountains are now such as are shown
by the accompanying photographs, alb
solutely barren peaks. Not only have
the forests been destroyed. but be.
cause of their destruction the soil has
been washed off the naked rock. The
terrible consequence Is that II Is i'm.
possible now to undo the damage that
has been done. Many centuries would
have to pass before soil would again
collect. or wouId no made IN collect
In sufficient quantity once moro IN sun,
mort the old.timo forest growth In
consequence tho Monpo, Desort 10
practically extending eastward over
northern China Tho climate has
changed and is s,i,, changing I, bas
changed even within tbe last half cen.
fury. as the work If tree destrnction
has been consummated The great
masses of arboreal vegetation IN The
mountains formerly absorbed tho boat
of the SIM and sent nm currents or COO,
air which brought the moistnre.iaden
clouds lower and forced them IN nre.
cipitate IN rain a mart nj their burden
of water. Now that tbero 10 M vepe.
,ation. the barren mountains scorcb.
ed by the sun send nm currents of
heated air which drive awav Instead
of attracting tho rain cIonds and
cause their moisture IN he d,sson,,nat.
cd In copse,uonco ,n.,oad ~ ~,
regular and nIcn,,sn, ra,r, n,b,,h 90.
ist I'm these rng,on, M chin, uhon tha
forests were sill, In evjdenco The I'm.
fortunate inbab,t.nt, M tho daforast.
cd lands now GOO thar cro,s wi,hor
for LACY NJ rainfall, while M so,snns
grow moro ana more irrogn,ar. ana
ne IN, ai. hocon,,. a,,,o, oo,,aI,, ora,,a
refuse longer 10 grny n, al, IRE,
er,v 10 shown hv tho rao, ,ha, tha
Ieye, or tho wells al, ovor ,ha ,anS
has sunk nercon,ih,y many nr ,hnn'
having becoma totally d,y Tn aa,,,.
tion IN Tho resu,ting oyr,cn,,nr,, a,s.
tross tho wotarco,rs,s hnv,' oha,,n,
Eormorlv ,bov woro narrnn, al L.
with, an .hund,nco NJ c,oar wa,o. ~
wear around. for Tho roots ana hr,,,,s
nj Tho fnro,,. oama,, 49,, ,a,.,,.a.a.,
and lot n c.cano hv s,n,, ra,,,,,,.
seenap. They bav, nou -,oonn,a
broad shallow s,roan, Mods 4, which
muddy water trick,o. In .,,ndor ar
rents during the dry soasons ,,L;io
when n rains tboro arc srosho,, ana
roaring muddy torrents come tearins
down. bringing disaster and dostr,c'
tion everywhere Moreover thoso
foods md fresbots which divarsiSv
the general dryness wash awnv frnn,
the mountain sides and either wash
away or cover I'm tho yaI,oys tho r,oh
fertile soil which n took tons ~ ,bnn.
sands of years for Maine m ,orn,.
and II is lost foreyer ana mil ,ha
forests grow again n can not no 80,
rIaced Tho .ana ,,, ...,, -,