The new South-news., 1909-03-06

7 '"'NiiN'H ffblftftt ihai btHtf lafe% y
people can i've on what the American
ihfuH away.
Al any rate the destructive dispoa.
tion of our peogle is sirlklngIy seen II
ihe determination Of the Wild buna
Ioea. miiiioDs Of which rcamed upoi
no Western plains Of this countrl
ralln the knowledge and experience
et many persons of tho present gen
rtIipa, oui of which today not one
etl't in ihe Wild state, and but few
aee'f private ownership.
iae pfp-igaiHy with which the vasi
elHf'ie@a forests are being cut down
'tn.ii any eHoft az reioreesaiion is
ny 'AA,np'e or "hoi'~ale Ameri
Mnen me hiHi English SET
'N american H'ii ihfee cen
rs' .-e e'Nre iesion iFcm the
20 ine alissitsippi, ana
Z" ''''''''' ~ 'h' Ahoiea "i
N'-- covered
lvl.s' me great
VIDA f'r f'ti'" oi one mt
. N, ''.N' unler .ne
N Pug mas netn eehNHeu
'H' . '''tf lh' ioie''
'N N A', 'h'cna westward ioI
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tie" " f3s1 nitss p !. ~ - s.-s'"s
i". l,e'i"I ot fVies'a H. D heiloes.
1913 report SHOWS that inc value OF
tne annual gntnut Of forest products Is
about enc billion dollars or more. He
shows that the country now consumes
every year between three and four
Nmes more wood than all It's forests
grow In that time. Actually. there
fore. we are exhaustlng our forest cap
iial az a terrific rate. and though the
total supply continues to be enormous
certain kinds OF lumber are rapidly
decreasing and great sections of fhe
country have passed the maximum of
their producing power and are on the
decline.
Az ,ccards cora,,,,+,on ana ooo,,t,
lion thera IL the foIlowing ata,an,on,.
Rsnidly na ,he ncn,lat3o, 80 ,ha
rnltsd statas haa ,nr,eosed ,ho Inn,
ber eonsnmn,ion of the cornt,v nas
Increased siill moro ranldlv In ro,,na
numbers ANA aliowirg tor ioco,,nla.o
ropn,fa no u,he, cnt In ,Sen 49, ,o
o0O ooo ooo foet. IN tsqo "a oon ana noo-
ooo qeet ana IN laoo "a ooo ooo ooo ooo
feet Tho tncroasn In n,,,,,at,on s,.o,,
1880 to 1900 Was "a uercen, b,,, Ia u,n.
bci cut "a percent The tinted S,atas
Us now nsinc annually 400 hoard feet az
lumber per capita. while the average
for Europe Is bat 80 feet per caoita.
As the timber lands belong chiefly
to privete owners. there is no l,w TO re-
strain those owners from cutriny and
DESTROYING the trees M their Measure
and II Is only whore there are govern.
ment lands rtill bearing forests that
any public care can be ViNfu them
OF course the Northern forests have
received the worst treatment. ohio
Indiana and Illinois were first CLEARED
OF theld forests hcieay to omen the
land to agriculture. The trees were
cut down. aud TO a large extent burned
in vast piles TO ge, rid Of them hut nm
to the present. time the chief Northern
timber suppl, has been drawn from
Michigan. Wisconsin. Minnesota and
Pennsylvania. which since 1880 have
had an aggregate output Of nearly e5e..
ooooooooo feet. or SO percent Of tha
couniry's production. Until 1870 the
Northeastern states dominated in lum-
ber production, ranging from 54.5 per.
cent In 1850 10 S6.S perccu, IN 1870. and
then declining TO 10 percent in 1900.
To-day large drafts are being made
on the southern forests. Texas standing
first IN Southern production. Arkansas.
Georgia. North Carolina. Mississippi.
Alabama and Louisiana following in
the order named. The passing OF the
dominancy from the Lake States to the
south has been about cOinridauf with