The Green Forest tribune., 1909-11-05

Keep pace with the expenditures but return to the |sernment the entire cost of maintaining the forest Fvlce Private owners of grazing lands in the same elons ask and receive very much higher return per Rd Of stock for the of their lands than the rest service The national forests which contain or the standing merchantable timber in the coun- furnished last year about 13 per cent of its lumber resulting in the removal from forests of about eelghth of one per cent. of the stand. Of this atvey insignificant cut one-fourth was not sold but Is given to home-builders and communities; yet the les brought in nearly $900000 If the chief object forests were to produce immediate income. the punt received could be multiplied several times gre is actually going to waste in the woods each r, through decay and other natural causes from five ten times the amount of timber being cut
 With adequate force of forest officers available fh of this waste might be prevented. Timber sales i've, for marking, scaling and supervising the work bst to the of about 30 per thousand and the amount sold cannot be much increased bout increased appropriation There is also the e of the productive power of the forest, which be brought into full play until the removed to make room for growing crop.
 lost of the forest timber is beyond reach unless y outlays made to obtain means of transporta- Such timber can be sold only to those who com large resources of capital and even then only at atively low price. On the other hand where the nd for the timber is good and competition for it's base fairly brisk, it is generally necessary to go because of the certainty of future requirements. ort the question of the timber that can safely or be sold is local The fact that timber is E in the woods in distant regions will not help puntes which find their home supply exhausted.
 pr these the sales of national forest timber arefully guarded The amount of national forest r sold during the year slightly over 1000 or not much onethird the amount sold the bus year The falling off directly due to the ls to make large sales. Under such sales the ac- utting is allowed to extend several years The ht of timber cut and paid for during the year, how 1sere than doubled the cut of the previous year,
 .ot of not quite 393 100000 feet The receipts Timber sales were about $850,000 against not $67O O0O for the previous year In addition there ut under free use 130,000,000 feet of timber,
 at about $1700O0.
 timber lands of the west, outside Of the national
 are mainly in strong hands. Were the national timber offered the market to every purchaser, ain scene of western numbering would be quickly
 to the public holdings It Is sometimes asserted
 e creation of the national forests has played into
 nds of monoposts of timber lands. It was on
 ntrary an eleventhhour halting of the process
 would have made the hold obtainable by such bly, complete To permit the owners of standing
 to preserve their stumpage intact while supply fir business needs through purchase from the gov
 1t would simply invite the hoarding of private
 for further high prices while the public supply $be disposed of without an adequate return.
 er the timbersale policy in force both the
 and the future interests of the consumer are
 n mind The needs of those dependent on the
 are supplied up to the limit set by the power or
 ion to maintain steady yield. It is recognized
 at the removal of mature timber to make room
 lew and growing crop is the only way by which
 lsts can be put to work. Small sales are. now