Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-12

- VERY MAN today VINO has any knoWl-
Az edge OF the situation admits this
@9 fact, that as rapidly as the demand
"a for hardwood is increasing the supply
is decreasing. Roosevelt, Pinchot and
every expert in the national service have
said It, The situation is that Of a great de-
mand and no supply.
The price Of lumber has doubled In the
last ten years. and the extent of its future
rise only the Imagination can predict. Ev-
cry foot of hardwood timber procurable to-
day has its scheduled price, and the timber
barons Of the country form our richest class
Eucalyptus Fills the Want
We know that the use of eucalyptus for
every known purpose for which oak or hick
ory is employed is limited only by the sup
ply. Eucalyptus lumber firms on the Coast
are receiving orders from every State In the
Union for bank, store and office furniture,
which far exceed their ability to fill, and this
wood is being used in the useful trades as
extensively as the supply permits.
We know, on the authority OF the Gov.
ernment and every expert, that the euca-
lyptus Is the fastest growing hardwood in
the world; that In six to ten years 1t grows
as large as the white oak in 70 to 100; that
this phenomenal capacity for growth makes
eucalyptus the Nations great hope in the
coming famine; that, in fact the owners of
eucalyptus will have virtual monopoly of
a commodity which is as necessary to our
industrial life as iron steel or coal.
We Know It's Value
We know the market prices of oak, hick-
ory, walnut and mahogany, and we know, on
the best authority-namely, the lumber trade
that eucalyptus timber ON the stump to-
day is worth S25 per thousand. From this we
know that a valuation OF So per tree at a
timber age. eight or ten years, is ultra
conservative.
Think OF This
This means that an acre containing 500
of these trees will yield their owner $4,000 at
a single cutting-that five acres will earn
him $4,000.
There are the facts, impregnable unas-
sailable. No man lives who can refute them.
Beside them every other legitimate invest.
ment open today dwindles to littleness
What Does This mean7
The recognition OF these facts has started
a movement that is already world wide 1t
means that the eucalyptus industry is going
to outstrip in value every other industry on
the Pacific Coast. From the farthest States
in the Union, and from abroad, money is
flowing in an ever-increasing stream to this
investment-the one investment ever known
where overproduction is an utter impossi-
blity
1t means the introduction of new stand.
ards in the eucalyptus industry. No longer
may any but the best lands be used for
eucalyptus, nor may one essential condition
for its perfect growth be disregarded. 1t
is for this reason that
ClSnarden
created an epoch In the eucalyptus industry.
The one aim of eucalyptus growing as a
money-making enterprise is a maximum of
growth in the minimum of time. Anything
interfering with this end is defect In the
commercial plan. The necessary factors for
this result are: An ample, inexhaustible
water supply for surface irrigation; the
richest soil the State affords; the right loca-
tion with respect to the market; perfect
transportation facilities; the perpetual care
of the growing timber by the operating com.
pany, and forest of such magnitude that
1t commands every advantage in the lumber