The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-03

spoke upon Possibilities of Insuring
Standing Timber" AT three o'clock
there was a field meeting at Lyndon
Corner, Roderic NJ Olbendam, secre-
tary of the association, speaking upon
THE Vermont Forestry Association
and the Young People Of the State;
Amos ]. Eaton, "The Forest; and
Mrs. John Chase upon The Lyndon
Boys and Girls Home Project Club.
Then came an inspection of the Theo-
dore N. Vail agricultural school.
This evening the business meeting
of the association was held in music
hall. President Ernest Hitchcock
spoke upon THE Aims of the Forestry
Association; A. F. Halves, State For
ester, upon Progress of Forestry in
Vermont" the Hon. r. n. Vail upon
Large State Forests for Vermont"
and the Hon. Horace F, Graham upon
Vermont
Mr.. Halves, in the course of his adj
dress, said in part:
THE duty of the Vermont Forestry
association to bring clearly before the
people of this State the question OF
how our forests are to be managed in
the future; whether they shall be
slaughtered for the benefit Of the few,
or be perpetuated for the benefit of
the many.
with the increased value of stand
ing timber there has been a tendency
to increase the assessment on timber
until taxation has often become bur-
den. Owners have been forced to cut
their timber because Of this ever-in-
creasing carrying charge. At the
same time the removal OF the natural
resources from many of our noun
tain towns has brought about seri-
Gus problem as to how they are to
maintain their schools and roads
without taxing timber off the stump
1t is apparent that such localities
must receive more and more of State
aid.
rs it not time for the State of Yer
mont to establish the definite policy
of purchasing large forest areas in
the Green mountains and elsewhere
1t is probably not an eXaggeration tC
say that a quarter Of a million acres
could be purchased at prices ranging
from 81 TO 50 an acre. or for tota
amount OF about one million dollars
The experience of other countries
which have made large revenues from
. their forests, indicates that our STATE
forests will be profitable investments
J Through the cooperation of tn,
: Green Mountain club and the forestr,
department. a beginning has alread,
] been made in the building of trail
5. which must supplement any system o
mountain roads.
The principle areas which shout,
be acquired are in the main Greer
Mountain range. For scenic purposes
and their influence on the numerou
streams rising in these mountains
these forests are especially important
Such mountains as Jay Peak, Sterline
Mansfield, Bolton, Camers Hump. Xxi
llngtcn and Stratton, should belon
to the State as soon as they can be a,
CURED reasonably Another large TO
est area is that OF Essex county whic
would make a splendid State resery,
within few years the wester
and southern lumber will be so larg,
~ cut into that prices will be mate
m tally higher throughout the countr
When that time comes forest raisin
in New England will be boome
OF Those who are far.seeing will TAX
h. advantage Of this tendency and hay
III their forests partially grown so as
reap the benefit Of the increase
prices when they come. The educ
tional work of the forestry depar
Y ment is directed toward this end