The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-01-21
P|NCHOT REPORTS
ON THE FORESTS
Shows How His Service Saves
Money for the Govern
ment.

Washington, Jan. 20.-Listing receipts
and expenditures n explaining them
in plain English much as a railroad
president reports to his board of direc-
tors, Clifford Pinchot, forester, has just
made a retrospect of the work of the
United States forest service for the
fiscal year 1908.
For the administration M protec-
ton Of the 1872 national forests in II
states and territories and Alaska, the
government spent 81, 526, 098.02 or about
1h cents an acre. Permanent improve
ments, including the construction OF
3,400 miles OF trails. 100 miles of wagon
roads. $500 miles of telephone lines, $50
cabins end barns. 900 miles of pasture
and drift fences, ESQ bridges, and 40
miles of fire lines cost 1892, 1853. 10. Tele-
phone wire to build approximately 400
miles of additional lines was shipped
to the forester. but with the funds
available before the close of the year
the work OF construction could not be
completed. Some OF this work was done
on each OF the forests in the United
States.
Although many needed improvements
could not be undertaken, the benefits
of what has been accomplished are seen
in the more convenient and economical
manner in which the forest officers are
enabled to carry on their work and in
the opening up to forest users OF ter
ritory hitherto inaccessible. The re-
naming 1927, 1904 of the total of 3d.
416, 107. 81, disbursed on account of work
of the forest service was used in forest
Investigations costing $235, 855.14, and In
diffusion of forest information and fed
eral cooperation. ~
Where Money Is Saved.
The forest service is one OF the
branches OF the government where ev-
erything is not outgo. Last year the
receipts from sales OF timber, grazing
fees, and permits for special uses of
forest iii amounted to 81, S42,-
2S1. 81, an increase of 1921. 222.4S over the
1907 figures, The per acre receipts from
the national forests were a little more
than / cent, less than 8 mills under the
per acre cost of administration and pro-
lection of the forests.
The amounts paid the states and ter
rttories, to be expended for "a and
public schools from the years receipts,
amounted to SAT-, 063. 20. Chiefly be-
cause of increasing the revenue to the
states from 10 per cent in 1907 to 25
per cent last year, there was a total i'm
e OF 1924, OBJ so in the amounts pay
able to the states.
In addition, the national forests yield
ed heavily to the public in free use.
There were ria permits granted for
the free use OF timber by settlers,
SCHOOlS anu CnufCneS, curing the year,
against 1899 in 1907. TIL number of
board feet used In this way by the pub
lie amounted to 131 .5S2. 900.
Tree Planting.
About 700,0 900 trees were planted last
year Oh forests in the states of Ne
braska, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico,
Arizona, Utah, Idaho and California.
There are now growing at the planting
stations over 2,200, 900 trees which will
be ready for planting In 1909. Sufficient
seed was sown in the spring of 1908 to
produce 1900, 900 seedlings.
Besides administering the national
forests, the forest service renders, on
request, expert advice and assistance
to other parts of the executive govern
ment regarding the practice of forestry.
Work of his kind was carried on sew
.eral military IND Indian reservations
In various parts of the country. Co.
operative state forest studies were car
,ried on with Kentucky, Mississippi,
New Hampshire and Illinois.
The forest service conducts inVesti-
cations Of forest products along the
two lines of wood presentations and
wood utilization. Some Of these inves-
legations aim primarily to promote bet
ter use of national forest timbers; 9TH
ers seek results either Of general ap-
plication or contributing to the best
use Of the forests of some special re-
gion, . .'. ..