The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-30

waaHInEton. Dec sa--A number -
geu mcaninK. but apparently mlsguid-
20 People have recently Undertaken n
crusade against the chris mas tree. n
Is not that they are Treiuftced against
fhs Yulatide custom so deeply rooted
In the hearts ~ millions 81 Ameri-
Gems. hut AAsY point ont the fact thai
each year between teo0 zee and b.80o.-
GOO .auaF ledarE sprucfs. Gre and
pines are sarrlfced to give q few days
&c pleasure Go the country These con-
srF,atlonisls believe that the rrosCrN-
alton of The forests ca % more import
ause tflu fhc continuance ~ the
chr sfutas tree custom.
Tho agitation against ne Christmas
.ree has been stronger tI's year than
ever before and e. is beginning 90
draw the attention az some 20 the lead
inw members Of congress Were the
moyemrn. ta spread. % la not at all un-
likely that federal legislation might
forbid thr cutting of Christmas trees
on thr watershed ur rivera and the
indivfzssl states mlEht follow thc cx-
ample In which gase the Christmas
tree custom would anguish.
Fortunately. however Cor chAorcn
and grown persons Who have kent
their hearts caldilke. tbis crusade is
not ukciy 60 srFeads because souc 1f
the foremost experts in forestry ia the
government service heartily disagree
with The conaervatI0nisis Who zee dan
scr Goo the cutfirE ~ Christmas treeF
one - these IL lieurf =. Graves caisf
forester 81 the United states ~ Ger
many. as Pc points auL forestry has
been brought Co HH highest end mgat
"A
tT1 0Bserler fha Christmas tree cus-
Fafnrrinnd.
The yaltinH OF Christmas ffsra I'M
der uraner raefrnda te rsrfacuf rsm-
ratIble Nirh trs welfare IF thc forest
said 81 Graves Ir fact. WIEN Be II
dHrr inteWErnfIy. If - an a~ius1 means
or .u1nruEfna fhs forest and a means
~ brirErg : lesulrsste rsrenus from
90 o. GERMANY there arc denHf Hfanda
- vigorous vouns evergreen frees
which are tnInura ouf annual ~
eutt.ur ulfufifuf supply ~ chris mas
greene vffrnut rausiu a. depleted
stand 80 large trres when me ANAL
ones rrrN 90 maturity.
#AH ~ ere Christmas trees u~cu en-
nuafF Iu thIs country could Ee grown
on o. frH shausaud arres. an area 70
a4nan cows pared without total forest
area fraf f Ia rrf worth eonzidera1iun
frun fhf STANDPOINT of timber supuiv.
ThraurH eur InaInarrars ~ forrest hrvs.
us burn HT annuarr - fasf'r nreatsf
uH-rhfr ~ EHHrE trees than would SUP
rIv ere CrrIHfrssr frea marker lf the
entire rnurfr. Or e decade d. u1uia
o. more fa the prIrt e. rHnUHrr our
seIfra about forces protection from
rrr char 81 undertake Is bind 1rusads
AGAINST O. custom which gives ua aa
MUGS enjoyment aB tEr Christmas trus
cslehraffrn
FORESTER Graves alFn commented as =
au the quarantine ON Christmas trees
being maintained bE thr Department
90 Agriculture This year iu parts %
Nr=g Euaiand where fhr hrUWmfa led
and Efpsy uofh 10 causing dr#ruetlon
81 the forests. He said that hIH GUAR
autlua would turn attention CD the res
sfbIutIss In KrovtuE Christmas trees
commercially Cor TIE market instead n
cutting them I'm tire forests A. Go is
now. When q man goes futo ths north
eru forests fa cat the green's ~ the
zine ne Frts them % the railroad -
can sell them Ter little mere thau his
labor Gel worth.