The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-12
BION III. BUTLER.

| Goldsboro. Oct 9.--president
Nathan O'Berry. OF the North Caro-
bns Pine Association. is a man who
as been thinking things that are out
~ the ordinary, and who is philosO-
kher enough to look into the future
knd to consider the welfare Of the
AeGple Of tomorrow as we'll as of to-
ay He can see things in the per-
hective as we'll as in the immediate
Ecnity of fat surface, and his philo-
Pphy is worth noting by the people
II this State.
Mr. O'Berry does not look on a lum-
er mill as temporary industry if we
s. sense in carrying on business. He
bys the reason the mills operate for
while in community and the pull
klt leaving q crop OF unsightly stumps
nj burned over rubbish behind is be-
ise the State, the people, the lum-
Frnan and everybody concerned do
pt use proper Judgment and proper
lethods in dealing with the timber
top.
The lumber industry" he said,
has paid off more mortgages and put
lore education in children's heads in
bstern North Carolina than any other
he industry. yet we are constantly
should he perpetuHted."
according to figures that Mr.
Kerry has gathered, the capital in
mherm,lls, lumber railroads. timber
nds and other lumber equipment, is
lily 35S. 100000. and nearly $4,000
en- are employed at an average wage
two dollars a day. In operation
e almost a thousand miles Of INN.
railroads. or as great mileage
the standard roads Of eastern North
lrOhna. The short leaf pine indus.
Of eastern North Carolina pro
ces q revenue Of st5AO0.000 a year
a II pays to the land owners about
600. 600 for stumpage. When cot
n was in the dumps some years age
e farmers Of this section found thni,
l'at'on in selling Aumpage to tht
No men. and ever since 1t com
rnced the annual crop has broueh
crmous amounts OF money to tn
oole ~ the eastern counties payins
e'r OBLIGATIONS. sending their chill
en 10 school. and helping out will
cir livelihood and In the proeres
ld development the eastern part o
!" State has made.
'Yet here" said Mr.. O'Rerry. els al
dnstry that Is marked for extermi
ltion unless we do something to saw
a mill depends on timber. IT w
IN keep our timber crOp coming W
IN keep our mills moving. and mill
can prosperity to many thousand
Hoopie."
-'h~n n Saw MIL Shuts Down.
Tic man who recalls the waste o
atnral wealth that has followed SAY
Pill practices in many sections can Nn
erstand what Mr.. O'Rerrv al'udea t
rhen he speaks Of the difference he
ween making the mill q Dermanen
INDUSTRY and seeing the mill go ava
leave behind it the devastation an
nopelessness that follow the departUr
or a hig business. A saw mill Operat
ms in a community concludes to sh'
down because ito timber ia gone, an
what happeps? The community shn'
down with the mill The men wh
haNe been employed at proftahl
wares go some place else. The mi
sett'ement becomes a place of emDt
houses. The railroads that carrie
iornh"r ont and freight IN null off the
IRA MS. The farmers find their mark'
mas gone. The man who had an ir
come from timber sold to the mi
nh's II cut oft. The community turf
IRON rroSDeriiy to desolation.
:. vet it is all unnecessary in easter
S"rth Carolina. for little intel
s"N' handling Of the forests wOul
make numbering as permanent an i'
unStry as cotton milling, and mai
the saw mill communities pr"sperOu
permanent and valuable to the Sta
a' well as to the communities.
The question is one Of preServir
the forests. The present wastef
SSystem." said Mr.. O'Berry. ''rohs, IL
and now and for the future. Timb'
land should be handled 50 that II
imner crop could be cut every te
hr fifteen venra Under our prese,