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

shens, which bares the slopes so that
there IS no impeachment to run-off. is
tnvaFiably reflected In the greater ike.
| hhood OF floods and OF low water.
Very few States have as much at stake
IN the maintenance Of an. euuitable
streamfow as has South Carolina:
Memory Of the disastrous floods OF
1903 Is still fresh in yoar minds.
! 4 So Important does the federal INV
isfnment consider the relation OF for
lest fires TO streamaoy tilat Congress-
lenacted The aahs ao-called Weeks Law,
which appropriated s200,0 for COOP
teratiye work With the veI ious States
In PROTECTING forests on the watersheds
iof naylgable streams. It also appro-
priated $8,0o0,0e0 for the purchase oil
forest lands which are important in
maintaining the navigability OF water
icouTses, and In purchasing such Ianes
Etlse gc2ernuaeat pays q higher price for.
phose which have not been badly burn
cd than for tracts which have UNDER
gone the TeyRgeS OF DIRE.
Loss OF Naval Stores.
t'If an example were sought of re-
salts which follow excessive destruc-
ton OF timber and wasteful and waste
iul methods of handling 1t, 1t would
pc haFd TO find Q better one than; that
presented BY the history. OF the naval
stores ndastfy In this State. From a
sum reported to be nearly $4,000, 600
lin 1879, the value OF the naval stores
J products In South Carolina decreased
hto 500, 900 in 1909 ss 7,El. : *
The industry declined as the SUM-
ply Of longleaf pine steadily BECAME
scarter. It can be rehabilttsted only
I,by protecting the remaining longleaf
| pine from IRE ard sadoptipg proner
methods OF mana cement StsrtinR. IN
North Earolina, the industry moved 10
South Carolina, which. at one time
marked the center OF production. wit,
the depletion OF tile tiniI,er resources
In these two States, 1t moved again to
ssss, ana is now concentrated in
the the i;s::s ::sasFiies uf Florida. Yet the per-
! manency OF the naval stores Industry.
which means SO much to the prosper
lty OF the Southern States and to the
country at large, could have been
maintained by the exercise OF fore
thought and a little effort; egpecialIy
ssss5 tti rsll % III 81 tut Stats. =. q,
rance is. one Of the largest pro-
uucers of naval stores, and this result
has hest brought about not through e
Egtft of5 nature, but by, the efforts OF
the Frepch people. Something over
million acres OF shifting sands have
been trans formed by the French For
/ est Service into 10 fourishing forest
region whicn supplies all the. naval
are- CT g, ssisStt country.
~ our own conntry. the, United
/ St2tss Forest Service As now experi.
smentinB on It's atlpaaIs 4 Forest, ,ian
FFIl9Tlga " IN 4 the j1nafitfre nine n of
lllrati resembles osr iotinllp
ii Eaptdity of and Yields t,,T.
sakiile adIiai in ssisiaiit3 AZ 81,
the fal disep peatsfi ionrleai, sfI,a
EXP rllllen toHlliPe TO so 4 lgng was,
|st2tsiasd soselyiHg the Rsoblein, Of re-
sg 'islAsttE dep pteted Southern pine
res, ,stid 4 S rae tion this, instance and
taat OF Trance merely to show that by
aatins the necessary measures 1t may
be pphs slble TO renew and keep the na.
val steSea Industry In the Southern
Stntes where It Originated. 3 q
0nr Great Pesslb lbllftles,
South Carolina mas q productive
forest area OF about 10, ,0Da mo acre.
On TIL s.s:s5 ;;..ss as 8 yheis il is safe 10
Ray ting Tie ayeisl ge eIafual prodnc-
ton per acre does not amount to more
than 75 board feet long; material. This
sals tlis;ssss sss;;;; tisss;; L.
the forests of the .Stata IS somethinr
iike 750, coo. 600 board feet OF timber.
the annual cut, on the other hand. is
fs sStifl ssted 2t one billion board feet,
Which exceeds the annual growth Il .hy
jg50, 1000 feet. sft; .s,Iiil2ySissi
10 put the fact ther wayjones
slIirq NC ne mber IFS each year being
taken from the forssts 1f South Caro-
ltna than IS being produced. The
amount og standing timber in tI1e
State ts es tii1ate I'd 20 he Ia the Sneleh-
hnrhoo6 or so billion board feet n,
Cequires, efefore, merely 4 siinfIa
matt lenla ticaI calculation Ia tletarnine
the time when, with present nsthais s
c9nt latied, the forest wealth of lhs
State will ba exhanstefi
...- &C. - : !, . :: :
70 come about. BY the application 0a
Forestry With fire protection al che
iElrst stsps the annual gro with. could not
sbs made equal to she present 3ut. bfif
ie could Ia all probabIl lIty be doubled
permitting n GRADUAL Increase In the
cut ishpilt injury to the foress. BE.
fore the hin doms OF Prussia began. Co
=: 80 q on a large scale Eifi
1855 the SIsnual yield from tie Pruss
elan fofpsts W6s "a cnhlh feet. or
about ia board feet, per acre. .fIS
1903 q wSs IS cubic feet. of 500 y.
feet--a increase cf l75 Der cent dts
40 Years. ~
u An crease IN the annual Yield 81
onl 10 bfar( feet p8r aero suIss
siEEe an additional timber growth ini
5 sonth saraIisia cf 500 nae oos heasd