The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-11-05
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TO keep pace with the expenditures the
government the entire of maintaining the forest
service Private of grazing lands in the same
regions ask and receive much higher per
head of stock for the of their than does the
forest service The national forests which contain
n1tn or the standing merchantabe timber in
try furnished last year per cent of it's lumber
cut resulting in the the forests of about
one-eghth of one cent of the stand Of this
paraVey insignificant cut. oneourth not Sold but
was given to home-buiders and communities; yet the
sales brought in nearly 100000 If the chief object
the forests were to produce immediate income, the
amount received could be multiplied several times.
There is actually going to waste in the woods each
year. through decay other natural causes from five
to ten times the amount of timber being cut
With adequate force of forest officers available
much of this waste might be prevented Timber sales
involve for marking scaling and supervising work.
cost to the of about 80 per thousand
feet, and the amount sold be much increased
without an increased appropriation. There is also the
waste of the productive of the forest which
not be brought into full play until mature trees have
been removed to make for a growing crop.
Most of the forest timber is beyond reach unless
heavy OUTLAWS made to obtain of transpora
ton. Such timber be sold only to those
mand large of capital and then only
demand for the timber is good and competition
purchase fairly brisk. it is generally necessary go
slowly because of the certainty of future requirements
In short the question of the timber safely or
wisely be sold is a local The fact that timber
rotting in the woods in distant regions will help
communities which find their home supply exhausted.
For these reasons the sales national forest timber
carefully guarded. The amount of national forest
timber sold during the year slightly 386000000
feet, not much onethird the amount sold the
previous The falling off directly due to the
refusas to make large sales. Under such sales the
tua cutting is allowed to extend several years. The
amount of timber cut and paid for during the year. how
than doubled the cut of the previous year.
with total of quite $685. 100000 feet The receipts
from timber sales about $S50,000, against not
quite 100000 for the previous In addition there
under free 130 100000 feet of timber
valued at about $4,000
The timber lands of the west outside of the national
forests mainly in strong hands Were the national
forest timber offered the market to every purchaser
the main of western numbering would be quickly
shifted to the public holdings 1t is sometimes asserted
that the creation of the national forests has played into
the hands of monoposts of timber lands. 1t was,
the contrary, eevenhhour hating of the process
which would have made the hold obtanable by such
monopoly complete. To permit the of standing
timber to preserve their stumpage intact while supply
ing their business needs through purchase from the
eminent would simply invite the boarding of private
timber for further high prices while the public supply
would be disposed of without adequate return
Under the timbersale policy now in force both the
present the future interests of the
borne in mind. The needs of those dependent the
supplied to the limit set by the of
the region maintain steady yield 1t is recognized.
Also that removal of mature timber to make
for new and growing crop is the only way by which
the forests be put to work Small sales are how