Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-11-26

Public should Be Educated la Its
Various Departments.
from the Fores. service. u s. Departures,
Of Agricultural


According to =. r. Alien, OF Portland
Ore. IGmbering Is the greatest Americas
manufacturing industry, and Il exceedsd
only IS agriculture 10 Supplying the -.
senlsals Of life. In an address before the
con seFvation congress At Washington last
seek, AIR. Allen called attention to the
comparative lack oftaePuoHc's kno ledge
oi tue economies u suhgscAs saiea to.sls
each individual 80 closely as forestry ena
lnmssrsng.
sir. Alien is forester o. tire Western
Forestry and Conservation as ISOLATION, 81
organization OF inmocriaen whose priuci-
pal sctiEiiy is this protection OF tneas hol4.
inxs from Dire. A large part o. the assoc
cations efforts are dirteteA 10 mssi.ig
the public realize the less which each In-
dividnsI suffers, directly ANA inaiectis,
from forest destruction.
Iu tais connection he pointed out thai
Ioress preservation can not be conducted
wholly by business managers or boards
OF directors. lit is e mutual cooperative
enterprise, /" he said. requiring daily par
ticipation by all concerned. The Ameri-
can forest policy must exist NOT because
few say II should, but because q majority
of citizens understand what is needed aud
why it is nccded, and put the policy in
effect.
THE only reason the average citizen
does not realize the importance of forestry
and docs not give IL the same active aud
intelligent interest that he gives bis home
town problems is that he can not sec 1t so
clearly. The very immensely and irupor-
lance OF the lumber industry causes its
several processes of growing, nanufaesur-
Ing, and distributing to be conducted
separately, and this confuses the public
mind. Different communities sec differ
ent parts of the whole process, but get no
thorough zrasp Of forest economies
ain mary little German village the
whole community sees the forest grown,
cut, manufactured and used. Those "a DO
do not act usiiy participate serve or supply
those who do. Their forestry needs no
propaganda. The people could not under
stand the need Ter IL any more than Of
propaganda tor raising " beat and making
bread.
w saNN 49, s&ANA ARRSs AotN@sH hn
though they we're an end in themselves
We might just as well talk only OF land
when trying 70 improve agricultural con-
duions, or Of water when urging tho pro
rection and propagation Of food fishes.
The average citizen must be brought to
consider all forest production and all for
cst use as little or no different from toe
production and use OF any necessary crop,
obviously to he encouraged aud stabilized
on permanent bass profitable to ali con-
evrusd. Whether D. is privase citizen or
a lAs- maker serving private esttEaas. he
must be familiar with all the factors. A.
long a. be thinks "a uncut forest is for
estry, snd that suca forestry 10 good AL Z
all numbering bad, there will he no real
| progress
There il Iilt.e trouble ~ passing lsws
( fer tue protection aad aGya.seu OF agEieuI-
lure. horticulture. spd aairyine, because
| f.s0pie understand the governing rondi-
I tons oi tsess Industries ea4 tes sr sa'rt
Of e. IA Laws readily,
ITO succeed 10 the United States,
forestry must be SO closely allied sith
| numbering that usllh forester. lutnher-
man. or public makes any distinction
| This haing true. The need IS To teach the
! principles OF the business from start 10
| finish. Every process, iss cost, and its
| relation TO other processes ana To he hnAi
| prizes of the product should be common
| kuow ledge. The education Of the public
/ along these lines Is the greatest need tn
| forestry to-day"