The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-06-19
FOREST AREA OF
ENGLAND

rhStahu, Win u snaaifer percentage
of forested area than any other civi
lized country, IS importing enormous
quantities Of wood in various forms,
About ninety per cent of all the timber
she uses comes from her colonies or
other countries, and for il she must
pay yearly some thirty milioa pounds.
The United Kingdom, contrary to the
general impression, has a great deal
of waste land that could be praftablv
devoted to timber production and made
TO supply much of the demand fer
timber by her varied industries.
That the neeessity for further devel-
oping the natural resources is now fully
realized by the leading English states
men is strikinglv evidenced in the
budget which has recently been intro
duced into the house of The
chancellor of the exchequer. Mr.. Lloyd
George, made a speech of nearly four
and one-half hours in explanation of
the many items and new provisions If
the budget. According to the London
Daily News, this speech marked a rec
ord unparalleled since the achievement
of Mr.. Gladstone in the hfties,
In outlining the budget proposals
for foressatien and national develop
ment. the chancellor said that it might
net be the function of the government
- create work. but that il is an Is.
sential part Of its business TO see that
the people are equipped to make the
best Of their w country. and, if
necessary, help IL to do SO. A state
can snd ought 10 take a larger an
wider view Of its Investments than in
divid0sls. The resestlement Of de
serted and impoverished parts of its
w territories might not bring to its
Golfers a direct return which would re
imharse ii fully for its expenditure
but the indirect enrichment Of its re
sources would more than compensate
fer any apparent OF immediate loss
Any man who had crossed and re
England from north to sonth.
and from east to west. must have been
perplexed st finding there wss 50 much
waste and wilderness possible ii sneh
= crowded little island.
This brings me straight" Mr..
George continued, ITO the oaes
ton Of s~fforestation. There Is 8 very
agreement that some steps
be taken in the direction. l will
SAY Of aferesting. huf Of reaf
foresiing the wssse land Of this c0un-
try. Here. again. we are far behind
every civilized country in the world.
In Germany, for instance. cat Of 3 To-
tai area Of lss0a0.MaA acres. $4,000
600. OF nearly twenty-five per cent. are
wooded. In France. cut II lSaosa00a
seres seventeen per cent are wooded
In the United Kingdom, ous of 7-.aaa.
600 acres, only S,oa0.0a0. a. four per
cent, are under wood. rhe nsnsher a.
directly employed in forest
work IA this eoantrv Is enlv 10000. ard
yet the climate and soil Of this evan.
try are Just a well adapted for the
growth Of marketable trees IS those
Of the estates Of Germany.
Recently we have been favored
with = striking report of a RIVAL com.
mission, which outlines 8 very eonapre-
hensive and fav-reacAing scheme for
planting the wastes Of tASs country
The systematic operation which thA
commission recommends Is a gigantic
one. and hefare the government car be
to il in all its details. it
viii require very careful consideration
by = body II experts skilled in for
estrv am informed thar there Is a
good deal Of preliminary work which
oaght 10 he undertaken before the scv
enrvnens can safely hegin planting 4
TIE large scale indicated IN sA&t report
II win tel the koase What we pre-
Eose 70 de- There is g certain anncan.
II money. nct very MACH spent in this