Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

10 per cent year, materially faster
than the increase in population. 10
supply our presses with news print re-
quires annually about 100000 cords
of wood pulp. Production hardly keeps
pace with the consumption. For IN
stance, the estimated demand for news
print for the first six months of 1917
is $4,000 tons. Against this is placed
an estimated supply of 100000 tons. AS
if this close balance were not peril
enough. there is the added fact that
the United States depends upon Canada
for a third of its news print paper This
proportion is increasing rapidly. The
pressure of economic conditions and
lack of foresight in cutting the forests
supplies of pulp woods in many OF the
paper manufacturing states that there
is not enough to last for more than ten
or fifteen years.
that should be ended. Our own forest
resources are ample to meet all the
paper requirements of the country.
Aside from the waste materials pro-
and the possible growth on sixty-fve
or seventy million acres of cut-over
forest lands in the northern states. the
publicly owned forests contain wood
needs of the United States for the next
eighty years. If cut intelligently they
constitute virtually an inexhaustible
supply for all time. Long-distance
ments tied up in paper plants will nee
essarily retard the western expansion
or migration of this industry but UNI
uuestionably it should afford one means
of increasing the production of paper
to keep pace with current demands.
The lumber interests are growing
yearly in the United States. and this
provides another reason for forest con-
servation. Despite existing obstacles
. to expectation of lumber, which has
hitherto consumed from 40 to so per
cent Of the timber cut in the United
States, there was an increase OF APP
proxima tely 10 per cent in lumber pro-
duction in 1916 over that of 1915. There
has been an immense increase in the
shipbuiiding industry of the country
during the past year, and the expert
ments IN building ships entirely of
wood are being conducted in many of
the shipyards, with a resultingly heavy
demand upon the lumber camps. This
is Just one of many large industries
dependent upon the preservation of ma
tional forests.
"on the 1s5. ooo. 900 acres of federal
forest holdings the timber is being
used under scientific methods of cut
ting as there is demand for 1t, and the
lands denuded by old fires are being
reforested by planting to the extent of
2o.00o acres annually. The United
States forest service has prepared lists
of the best trees to plant in various
sections of the country and will fur
nish these upon request.
The planting of nut trees is an in
teresting form of conservation advocat-
ed by the forest service Through
their planting one is provided with
beauty and use at the same time, for
the graceful. nut-bearing tree. with
Its food-providing function. affords as
satisfactory shade as does the pro-
Queer of wood and leaves alone. l
speak for the use II nut trees along
the streets and highways everywhere,
especially along the Lincoln highway.
My advocacy in this connection. as
chairman of the conservation depart
ment of the District of Columbia Fed
GRAFTON of Womens Clubs. received the
Endorsement of the seventh annual con-
vention OF the Northern Nut Growers
Mrs. Adams Williams, although Civ
ing seven good hours of work day
in the fulfillment of her position in
the forest service. finds time for i'm
portant club work. She is national
chairman of waterways, conservation
department. of the General Federation
of Womens Clubs, and she is state
chairman of conservation. District OF
Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs.
as well as serving as national chair
man of legislation. Women's National
Rivers and Harbors Congress. She is
MEMBER OF the w OmanS National Press
Association and of the International
League Of Press Clubs.
Mrs. Adams-Williams possesses some
of the qualities she attributes to her
colleagues. the forest rangers. for at
least once she gave evidence of UNI
usual intrepidity. This was in October
1906. when she led the wild rush for
rich mineral fields in Nevada. She
was intrusted to carry the dynamite
for the signal gun which proclaimed
the Walker river Indian reservation
open to prospectors. and was herself
the first skirted locator on the ground
to reach the new camp. where she Sc
cured the richest claim on the Nevada
fields.
In referring to her many lines of
work and interests. she said: 81 work
day and night Most of my club work
is done in the evening hours and in
the early morning. There is SO much
to be said for national conservation
,Df res hat do, nj her