Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-06-16

800 pages. His contentious are quite
in line with those of Professor Moore.
and he has recently been made a
briga6ier general for his excellent
services for the government, of which
none We're more brilliant nor more
conspicuous than his recent publica-
ton. NJ Belgrand, French engineer,
who has made an extensive study of
The basin of the Seine. France, arrives
at similar conclusions to those OF
General CEittenden. NJ. ST. Clair.
French engineer, after extensive
study, does likewise. Herr Ernst
Lauder, chief of the photographic
bureau Of the Austrian government,
recently made an extensive study OF
The records of the Danube river cov-
ering a period of 500 years. His con-
illusions are that deforestation of the
country has had no effect in increas-
ing the frequency or augmenting the
height of the great floods. Among
other Things he showed that the flood
of 1899. which was summer food,
was the SevereSt where it came
from the heavy wooded districts.
At the tenth international congress
Of navigation, held at Milan. Italy, in
1905, papers were presented by rep
resentatives from France, Germany,
Austria and Russia, in which the writ
ers favored the protection of forests
and their cultivation, but these writ
ers were unanimous that forests ex-
ercised little influence upon either the
high water or the low water of riy-
ers. Colonel Z. P. Roberts, United
States assistant engineer OF Pittsburg,
in a recent article on floods in the
river Seine, published in the last num-
Der of the proceedings of the Engin-
GERS society of western Pennsyl-
vania shows that the recent floods in
Paris We're largely due to that part
of the Seine watershed which is for
ested.
Il might add" continues the cap
tain, that the forestry people have
been very fond of citing the French
as people who had forested a great
deal of their country, but l have mot
noticed this as being referred to so
much since the Paris floods
A. F. Halves, Vermont state for
ester in the Engineering News, New
York, April IA, 1910, says: 1T is very
regrettable that there seems to be a
disposition on the part of many en-
Slneers to oppose the whole forestry
movement because they believe that
forests do not affect stream flow"
This shows that he knows many en-
glneers do not believe in the forestry
stream flow ideas. Other authorities
and other engineers could be cited
who do not agree with Mr. Pincfrot.
1t is difficult, however, to cite genu-
Inc authorities who do
In conclusion, Captain Alstaetter
quotes further from Professor Moore:
In every country the general tend
cncy with growth of population is to
convert forest lands into cultivated
felds, and this tendency should not
be discouraged unless it can be shown
that defOrestation has augmented
thoughts and floods, and | believe
that 1T can not be so shown. | be-
lIeYe that forests should be preserved
Tor themselves alone or not at ALL"
Again: There are so many reasons
why forests should be protected by
cne state and the nation and econom.
really conserved in the interests of
Ehe whole people that it is doing an
INJURY to good cause to bring to it's
support false reasoning and mistaken
conclusions of enthusiasts no matter
how well meaning they may be or how
devoted to high and lofty purposes.
This last quotation is the whole
thIng IN a nutshell declared CAPTAIN
Atsfaetter. Forests should be pro
tected, but they should stand on their
OWLS merits and not ON fictitious ones
They should not be improved by fool
ing che people into thinking some
timing rs true which is not, but instead
the people should know the truth and
then DO the proper amount of foresta-
tom to meet the real conditions"