Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-19
Conservation Of National For.
ests Costs Less Than 2 Cents
Per Acre
GRAZING RECEIPTS ARE LARGE
Government Derives Considerable Rev
snue From stookmen and From Sale
Of Timber = Forestry Work Includes
Building Roads to Public Schools.

Washington, Jan. 19.-Listing re-
{ ceipts and expenditures and explaining
them in plain English much as rail-
road president reports to his board OF
directors, Clifford Pinchot, forester, has
just made retrospect of the work OF
{ the United States forest service for the
fiscal year of 1905.
For the administration and protec-
ton of the 1872 national forests in
seventeen states and territories and
Alaska, the government spent s2.526.-
09S02, or about one and one half
cents an acre. Permanent improve
ments, including the construction of
3,400 miles OF trails, 100 miles Of wag-
on roads, $500 miles of telephone lines,
$50 cabins and barns, 600 miles OF
pasture and drift fences, $50 bridges,
and forty miles Of fire lines cost $780,
1913. Telephone wire to build approx
imately 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.
Attic many needed improvements
could not be undertaken, the benefits
of what has been accomplished are
seen in the more convenient and eco
nomical manner in which the forest Of
Z flcers are enabled to carry on their
work and in the opening up to forest
users of territory hitherto inaccesst-
bile. The remaining s297,S40.40 of the
total of $3,416.107.61 disbursed on ac-
count of work of the forest service was
used in forest Investigations costing
1926, S55.14, and in diffusion of forest
information and federal cooperation.
The forest service is one of the
branches of the government where
everything is not outgo. Last year tbs
receipts from sales of timber, grains
fees, and permits for special uses of
forest resources amounted to $1,s42,-
281.ST, an increase of $271,222.43 over
the 1907 figures. The per acre receipts
from the national forest. were a little
more than one cent less than five mills
under the per acre cost of administra-
ltion and protection of the forests.
Money for Roads and Schools.
The amount paid the states and ter
ritories, to be expended for roads and
public schools from the years re-
ceipts. amounted to $447063.79. Chiefly
because of increasing the revenue to
the states from 10 per cent in 1907
ITO 25 per cent last year, there was
total increase of $294.0S1.62 In the
amounts payable to the states
In addition, the national forests
yielded heavily to the public In free
use. There We're 30,714 permits
granted for the free use OF timber
by settlers, schools and churches. dur
ing the year, against 1899 in 1907.
The number of board feet used In this
way by the public amounted to 49,
$4,000, valued at $16S.720.0o. COM
pared to $4,000, 900 feet, valued ct $75,-
300 in 1907.
Grazing Receipts Large.
The grazing receipts for 1908 were
2,s29.40, and We're paid by the hold
,srs OF 1885 permits to Craze 1,3S2,221
cattle, horses, and hogs, and Of 1882
permits to Craze 7,0s7,11 sheep and
goats. Receipts of ss49,o27.24 from
timber sales were paid by approx
3mately $3.50 purchasers, who cut the
equivalent Of 392,7S2,000 board feet Of
timber. The receipts from special
uses amounted to $30,425.23 and were
paid by 2,065 permittees.
The years receipts represent profit
able use Of the forests by some 10000
individuals or concerns, in addition to
more than 10000 getting free use of
timber and other. resources. About
.Sne-fourth of all the timber cut from
The national forests was under free
Use permits.
Sfi Some Timber Sold.
! 4 The total receipts from timber sales
each year since the national forests
have been under the administration OF
fhe forest service have been as follows:
1905, $6O,136.62; 1905. $245,O13.49; 1907,
1905, s13.12; 1908, $S49,02724.
n AT the end of the last fiscal year.
when business was heavier than at any
.5ther time during the year, the 1872
national forests were cared for by
an executive and protective force of
twenty-nine inspectors ninety-eight
forest supervisors, sixty-one deputy
supervisors, thirty three forest assis-
aants, eight planting assistants, 941
rangers, 521 forest guards and eighty.
eight clerks.
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