The Detroit times., 1915-03-15

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and enjoyed talk on wild life and
its wardenship," by Mr.. McGlllivray.
deputy state forest. game and FISH
warden. As he was introduced by
Mr. Mote, great cheering greeted
him. He had been TO Central and
spoken there on the same subject.
He talked about Charlemagne-
how he. after conquering many
lands. ordered the preservation of
natures work. In part Mr.. McGnliv-
ray said:
The farmer sees more of you than
your yourself see, although he may
not know you OF have ever seen you.
He sees the wheat, the COW, the
milk, and everything before you see
1t. thereby making II part of your
self You would not think OF eating
grass, but when you get II In the
form OF a juicy flank OF a deer you
are delighted" Then he went on TO
explain how closely dependent upon
nature we are, and how very un-
grateful we are In not saving that
which nature makes and let's us use.
Continuing he said:
Michigan has extensive forests
We all know. but most OF US do not
know that since Michigan was first
settled and until 1911 only one.
fourth OF the trees cut down were
ever used. Tho rest rotted and
caused forest fires, which would not
Rave occurred had the trees been
allowed TO stand. We have been
continually cheated out OF million
dollars every year without complain.
ing or taking steps 10 check this
waste for over $50 .-ears."
"One OF the state senator's. about
so years ago, tried TO get the sen.
ate q repeal The then statute law
taxing the standing timber and pass
a law taxing the down timber instead
This city was the one that made
the greatest stand against II. and the
result was that instead CT decreasing
fores fires were increased almost 50
per cent. Lumhermen, not wishing
to pay the increased tax on standing
timber. cut down all the large as
we'll as small trees, whether they
could use them or not, causing a
great deal OF rotting and fire destruc-
ton.
But in 1911 I hit upon plan to
prevent this awful waste. passed
out booklets which | wrote, dealing
with the subject I'm detail. also
gave badges to the 1000 recipients
OF the booklets In country schools.
The boys were made scouts by the
badges, and during the first year.
through their efforts, they saved
$4,000 in lumber. People were as
tonished and considered II only
chance thing. saying that 1t could
not be repeated. During the next
two years. with five thousand scouts.
We reduced the waste to $4,000. On
the cover OF the booklets instruct
ed the artist to draw picture OF
pretty grade school girl In the act OF
putting wreath of oak leaves on n
boys head. The boy was to repre-
sent the scout. It was not the best
piece OF literature in the world, but
1t served the purpose.
l have spoken to over 100000 peo-
pie on the subject Of saving the for
lests. have spoken from school
steps. from stumps In lumber camps,
and from the pulpit OF a church. 4
do not think that the church is the
place for such a subject, but school
Is the best place. because the boys
and girls OF today are the men and
women OF tomorrow"
When this department was first
organized by present Senator Smith
lin 1887. IL was little more than a
police force. and like the teacher OF
that time who spared the rod and
SPOILED the child, so was our force:
A successful teacher now is the one
who can Influence the child's mind
to work In the same channel as hers,
so now IA our department. Then the
best man on the force was the one
who gould get the largest number OF
arrests and convictions to his credit.
while now the best man Is the one
who saves the largest amount of
timber. game, or fish from unneees-
sary destruction.
There are a hundred uses for for.
est-saving. The timber provides
the shelter not only to people living
In houses. hut % their food, their
crops, by shehering the birds which
destroy the injurious insects.
The birds are mans best friends.
They sing for him, and not only that.
but they preserve him. Man or tree
or crop could not be raised without
the help OF the bird. IL is true he
eats seeds, but the seeds are from
weeds and not from the crop. Each
and every song bird destroys thou
sands OF insects every year. In the
crop OF one of the birds were found
above 200 varieties OF insects taken
from the wheat field. In destroying
the birds the man Is destroying him
self. A man In the South Sea Isl.
ands once said that II the birds were
TO be removed from America for one
year all the land would become "a
barren as the Sahara. However. 4
do not agree with him. I think that
nature would then set the insects
eating each other.
THE game laws regulating the sea
oona for hunff.. - IN -.