The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-02-14

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Iass1 iatlons is very much interested ia
q bill 70 prevent forest fires and 9th.
erWise TO Protect the timber lands oi
the country. a
He declares that the forests Of the
State arc being depopaIated too rap
Idly through carelessness and other
agencies, md he wishes to see State
.ferestrE bill enacted.
II Win l.A =,..SSSS Ts5iioy ana q
sound business for this State 10 pro-
stect It's forests" said Mr.. Wannamak-
ser, 'sand in doing so It may secure
the aid OF the federal government,
The Waite OF these forests to the own
eTs, to tne wage Garner, and to the
State Is. enormous. Ae8t
4 LAUNDERING is the aecpnd most
imp Dortant industry in, South Carolina.
The value Of Its product IS not less
than. $15, 5,001. 900 annually. or this
sum, about $s,000,000 represents the
Yaitis OF the timber before Il Is cut.
The remand der, approximately Sl2,-
l0GO, coo, is the cost OF manufacture,
which goes principally IN wages 10
the community. This industry en-
ploys over 5000 wage earners, many
OF whom are skilled laborers.
Forest Is Productive.
'.it Is not hard to see the fundamen-
tai Importance OF protecting tho for
ests, for this means protecting the
valuable timber which they yield, pro-
fecting the Industries which require
the timber, and protecting tile tiiouE-
hpas OF sWasa earnefs who depend up-
on these industries for q livelihood. I,
stsAnd along with .rrateesion sRpr,1
gQ proper. management OF the forest,
foa make Il ontfnuouBly productive
Fagsif the forest ifs used as It should
beiit will so on producing timber, and
mQHe and better timber, indefinitely.
8South Carolina has unique possi-
biltties as q timber-prodneiaE State.
Few other regions in the world are as
favorable &c tFSse tree sT5s77; q as the one
In which Il lies. Climate and soil
combine to produce the most valuable
timber in the shortest time. provided
IRE and unw3se cutting are kept In
check. No where else are there SO
many hardwood species, while its CO.
niferoIB forests are among the most
iTsiisabie III tue United states. so
great Is the regioh,s adaptability TO
forest growth that even worn.out
farm land, no longer capable OF siip1
7portinE crops, viii in time re-ciofile
itself With trees, II only these can
escape tho raw ,es sof FIRE.
rs Fire rs DestEd efiVe, 3
y SFire Is the forests greatest enc
my. Since the first setti tienent 1of tfIis
county 1t dastE yed AZ ms si;;ss si;;;;s
her IS 'ifmbering has utilized. Nor
I6des It cDnffile Its dan iage to tie sfoff,-
est gt0Wth Is ol ii u ees Of the nfssll
z.k q 81
SslS9IAid fpFll forss IS an IL
~ bs sd ~ its TER
szs tsveE %
.syldsd bXis nature tor tie va seae,
i9eEse sgg The yer both OF iloods
and pe low water In tho streams; ,it
ssiLntai LIS these stFeaEllss nav igabi its I
enc. .its5 ssEeys pEop ana intarrupts
buBlRe - fss s ,,s1 q III IS; Il ~
1 A e9nsegY gtlEa estimate Of the area
bgrneds over IN South Esarolira every
year would be 4, ,00e, acres. with d loss
.of nearly $S00, ,000. TO this loss must
be added that resulting srom fiocas
and low water the extent OF which
IS only too we'll known to every citi-
zen OF the State.
.stFUne should not DO niisled. said
AiR. Wsnnamaker, SIN regard to the
tarnaae wrought by fire In the forests
OF South Carolina by the fact that It is
noticeable chiefly In the case of small
trees and young reproduction. Re-
peated fires scar and hollow the
trnnka OF the cider 3sees, leaving them
s>i>eii;i s>>feii 20 iIi6 inject attack. Such
damage flag sSS:5t strike the observer
al gfoltclb bly, sass the sig lit OF an entire
forest destroyed q common occurrence
I'M tile north and sgest, but srre enaFabse
injury TO the growth 2 though It fakes
ioaEr % tilaII eft itself In the South,
IS l5Ge t1e less certain vghen Il IS
rem nesnueket that every virgin or old
grow tanl of tiInbe IS 4 source q 81
wealth to the State an d a3 ma tet for.
labor rho itnportetice tof protesting
the forests that now exist can hardly
be Suast Toned. sss
!. Timber shortage In s sssa psat Has
UGsH IsIIE IlT Tg5F7 IN y 4 BcErcIJy or y; Eae
bettef grades or lumber grades which.
old trees alone can Dfoeuce. Az z a
result the price 6f fhe higher ttIdes
Is steadily advancing. and the value
Of the trees from which they are OBJ
tRined has advanced also Thus We
have q sitdatfon Syhere tbs value 0f d
nntur&l slle virgin forests
= ~ SQIls af "
can supply the kind of lateFial de-
IseAded. Every pfincipiA 81 v wiss fore
thought and sound eeon0ng would
therefore seem to intiiatte the necas-
sitg of prcte eetiE8 the aroRish ana
ahdtLHB e properly.
s. Assets Fer ihe FHfafe.
When flee destroys Tie young.
growth ID the forest Il takes eNy
from tlie State in imp cFtast sspfee tf