Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-03-21
AMERICAN INDUSTRIES
National Associations Of Manafactur-
ers Make ptbljc Resolutions.

ers Make Public Resolutions.
In support OF President Roosevelt's
1 proposed conference in May at the
White House to which he has invited
the governors Of the various states
! TO discuss the question Of forest pre-
servation, the National Association OF
Manufacturers makes public the fol-
lowing resolutions
t Whereas, An. adequate supply Of
wood and timber Is necessary to the
/ permanence and prosperity of many
Of our most important industries, and
Whereas, The country as a whole
/ consumes every year between three
and four times more wood than all
the forests of the United States grow
! IN the meantime an q II IS estimated
that the enire commercial supply OF
wood and imber in this generation
viii not last over twenty-five years mn
less ystematicallya5eons and re-
plenished, and
Whereas. Deforestation menaces the
river valleys with increasing danger
from destructive foods. and ,teadily
lessons and renders more irregular
the flow of streams used for irrigation
and water power and
Whereas. The repeal of the timber
/ and stone act has been repeatedly
urgred upon congress by the president
! in his messages to congress and By
! the secretary Of the Inferior, as well
as in the report of the public lands
commission.
Therefore, BE it Resolved:
l. That the timber and stone act
I shall be repealed and that ali pub ic
timber lands shall be included in per-
manent forest reserves. the title to
the land to be forever retained by the
national government, stumpage only
of matured timber to be sold. anu
Young timber to be preserved for fu-
/ ture cutting, so that the forests viii
be pegpetnaed by RICH use; and that
4 the National government shall, by
4 the reservation Of purchase OF exist
ing forests VII be perpetuated by
I the reservation Of purchase Of exist
! ing forest lands. and the planting OF
new forests create in every state ma
tional forest plantations from which.
/ through all the years to come, a sufIi-
cient supply OF wood and timber can
be annually harvested to supply the
I needs OF the people ofeach state from
the forest plantations in that state,
and that the necessary legislation
should be Immediately enacted By
congress to create the national forest
I reserves known as the White Noun
, tain and the taalachain reserves.
~ That the census department and
the forestry service Of the agricultural
department. should be authorized to
take a census Of the standing timber
in the United States IN 1910 when the
next nationl census is taken.
In passing these resolutions. the Ma
tional Association Of Manufacturers
I puts itself on record definitely as ia
vcring the Presidents policy of crea-
ting national forests IN all parts OF
the country. The recent reports from
the forest service of the department
agriculture indicates that drastic ac-
ton must be taken IN the very near
future to protect the manufacturing
interests which ara involved in the
| threatened famine in wood for manu-
featuring purposes It's members in
clude representatives OF such interests
as the Builders association, the Ag-
ricultural Implement and Vehicle
Makers, Furniture and Cooperage in
trests whose business Is seriously
threatened Thee industries. which
use hard wood primarily. arewarned
tina the supply OF this material will
be exhaustened in fifteen years. The
water power interests represented by
the association are confronted by
losses of millions Of dollars due to-
the non-regulation Of rivers and
streams on account of improper for
estry methods. The cotton mill men
OF the south and east and factory own
ners in all parts Of the country sun