Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18

to hold prices at reasonable levels. To
the extent that private enterprise will
do this it would appear unnecessary
for the government to undertake it, par
ticularly if the publicly owned forests
can be utilized for the purpose under
conditions which give the public control
of industrial organizations.
"In the event that private capital cam
not be enlisted, however, to meet the
needs of larger paper supply available
at fair prices, 1t may well be that the
federal government should euter the in
dystry as q. direct method of controlling
the situation.
These are the larger aspects of the
81 tuation. There are certain direct and
simple approaches. however, that call
for nothing more than greater economy.
The waste which now occurs in the man
ufacture of lumber is estimated by the
forest service al something over 6o,oo0,-
600 cords annually.
'E,yperifnentS at the forests products
laboratory show that much Of this waste
can ire utilized for the manufacture o.
l,,,aft wrapping papers. fiber beard and
other pulp products In the case of saw
mills that cut up spruce, .lenlock. etc
the waste can often I've gathered and
shipped with profit to news print mills.
The use for pulp OF waste material
left after numbering recently has been
introduced in numbering operations in
Pennsylvania and parts o. the south.
Uemlock tops and broken. defective '"gs
are peeled in some PennSN iNanla lumncr
camps cut into five-fCot lengths ana
sold for pulp wood. From G3".ceo to
| $50 Onv cords OF slab wood and otneF
mill waste are now consumed every year
for pulp. In 1908. hemlock formed =
per cent of the saWmill waste uSeo. ana
its average value was $40 Per core
about two-thirls that ct hemiocll cord
wood in the round In NiSc"nSIn saw
mills often sell their hemiocl slabs to
paper mills for from So to SO per cord
This is "A form OF conservation tlilt
should be given speed and drive.
Forestry Ultimate Solution.
That forestry is the ultimate soiu-
ton of permanent supply is einpha-
sizad by Secretary Houston, who says:
For an assured future supply Of pa
per within our own borders there Is
only one solution; The practice of for
eetry to keep up 4 continuous produc-
ton of pulp wood.
There is no reason why the re
gions now supporting large paper-mak X
ing plants should not do so permanent
". as Norway does. if the native re-
sources of those regions ar" but prop
erIy organized and intelligcntly used.
The production of pulp woods, III fact,
offers one Of the best opportunities for
forestry in the United States because
small quickly grown material can be
utilized for this purpose. and because
many of the ia Stest growing trees. Ike
poplar or Norway spruce, are adapted
to il.
with intelligent cutting and pr"tec-
ton from fire the land win restock it
self. Some Of the paper companies il
New England are acquiring and pro-
tecting large areas of forest land. many
! of them culled or cut over, in order tt
! insure a future supply.
considerable areas of inferior pas
ture land. WORKOUT farms and the like
! in New England have been reStoc k ed
! with trees, either through "A gradual
reversion to forest by natural causes OF
| by artificial planting. because their
| owners have realized that these lands
| of low value could be utilized to the
| best advantage by producing wood.
! probably the greatest need is for ar