The Republican journal., 1909-04-22
arcT CONSERVATION.
If Much interest in New Eng
iatlei land

Much interest in New Eng
!. AafI'' land.
,.;rc has always been, and still
-bJp1lp' tsa leading industries of New
pe Oh sai,l Clifford Pinchot, Chief of
ssa'p', tos Forest Service, in a letter
tta' ~, W. dedication of the Myrick
i /" Home Building in Springfield,
% ''' when our forefathers after
y ages in wooden ships first
q r5r coast of New England,
p58l dressed them more in their
ts9s ,bsr the great stores of wood
a.' England forests. They saw
~ At once; they wrote home
n they would not allow them
" .J or burned. For they had
Y n country in which the for
q ivinied and wood was dear
n'' he protected and carefully
y rhey explored the forests far
p' ts,rber and found no end, they
'.+ hon. they had more wood than
'" .ilf,,r nope to use. So their care
f,rss, relaxed. Instead of pro-
~ te., began to attack it and to
as forests receded and the fields
,'.,s fins was well, for the farm
R'' 4+a ariug as much land as they
s4 tae blow. But while the
f.ts arms is a good thing, in
....t5 .rr forest can never be any
n...ul 1t is possible to have
.,r.,r. ii is only too possible,
a.,. 600 little. AS long as the
nme -ra timber from true farm
sr,.NcI. but when they began
.. ,.. axe up the mountain side
w.. 1pes where only thin soil
-... mock it soon became plain
...a.s us gained and that great
rs. m ;aking away the forests
attn. a.5ng in their place.
rr. without meaning it and really
.r. i5rs any, thing wrong, the dan
,r sac ,pached in forest use in
Er,4o! and that is where we are
rt-r- ary few parts of the coun-
rr.F rur- greatly need to take a
,m.. of view in handling the for
tn. u.r. o3 view of Conservation.
i; -uer industry is to go on it
q d mr-.. get the logs, and for
es,re sounds plausible to argue
.F s- the forests you will stop
,-.. ,tastry. Yet this would be
.- ia atest mistakes any one
n.,.., w4ke. 1t is true there is
nj. 4g hat you can't eat your
sHsh.- II TOO; but the important
-gaug ..l@ laying is that it applies
..-s a. other things which do not
IS. winch once gone are gone for
+. G.st- row all the time, and the
wu+ llept the more wood can
gu # them in the long run.
g. pc, merchantable forest
y tu-- aooody any good-not even
a7. hey are made to use, and the
ea scientific forest management
I'd. IS Il Use them best for the lon
th7 Ih-refore, the best thing that
.lapg for the lumber industry is to
.u-sf} tn keep the forests going.
3m forest conservation is the life
1s tnr lumber industry.
gl a that the New England
@ roJ3 be conserved because the
0e -.atd is to give only one rea-
z. -r.sts should be kept to main
-- r',o powers OF the streams
lt #eeels Of the navigable rivers.
,u rm. wealth of New England is
a.wras. and her centers of
..a.e ar on the rivers which rise
e. Htr forests. These noun
H.- winch are natural reser-
Us ...lr yaluable for the protec-
Fa ~, to the streams than for
sr.- To lumber them in the
e which leaves no hope of
KY g,pWth, is not only to eX-
N BIZ poi. it is to make the water
@ ."> and rivers irregular in
7-'- uaa,ahie for use, and, for part
.As . Their entirely useless or eX-
'-@s' jas ructiVe. In a billy coun-
Z "-oi' Lorests you have first too
S''a'eF then too little. There is no
a& RG the forests of the White
'1ta1s aHa Of the Green Mountains
.-A as' henade to yield up their lum-
'art proper way.
.-- lr'I5le is that you can not de-
--P'' ordinary numbering to go the
'N, way about it. These forests
1 situations where only the ut
a- Ioined with the skill of a
l '''ester, can take the wood
'N@ fipe at present without leaving
's slopes barren for many years,
'HS 'oreFer, If you can not have
'i'-rng, with provision for the
w. would be far better to leave
'gSDS QnTouched. rather than risk