El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-18

billion board feet and the Pacitls
coast forests. which were smaller II
area, but which had the biggest trees
OF the country They had the red
woods. the western yellow pine and
the Douglas fir. They con tanned the
greatest giants Of vegetable growth
the "a orld has ever seen. and had
more lumber TO the area than any
other woods known 10 history. The
area OF those forests was about tW1ce
the size Of Pennsylvania, but the
stand was so great that IL ecualsd
the hard wood central forest OF tbs
east and contained enough lumber.
board measure. TO have belted the
globe with inch boards 20 a width o.
TWO miles
Now let US see what we have left
Our board wa Is 10 the sun has been
just about cut In hale. and the same
is true OF the leftOvers. a walk could
stiU be made all the way 10 the sun
from the trees now standing. but II
would be only five feet in width. and
the belt around the equator made Of
the waste would be considera olT mar
row CO. Almost " en-v four hundred
billion OF the fifty two hundred BILE
lion nfch was the extent Of the orig
NAL stand have been cut away, and
the amount left in our whole country
IS now only twenty eight hundred bill
lion board feet. This. If we take no
account Of the growth. at our pres
enr rate or consumption would be en-
urelv used ur within the next gen
GRAFTON Nevertheless. the amount
still standing Is enough 20 make cot
raEe homes Tor all the people on earth.
Until the time Of our civil war tbs
most OF the lumber consumed in the
United States was cut from New Eng
land and the Allegheny mountains
For the next 80 years the vast Whits
and Norway pine regions Of the states
along the great lakes furnished most
OF the lumber; and the industry then
moved into the southern yellow pine
belt along the Atlantic ocean and tbs
Mexican suit That region Is now tbs
chief center OF our lumber industry.
The cut there IS about seventeen bill
lion feet per auuum. and ar the pres
ent rate 20 years viii practically eX-
haust the supply. The total stand OF
southern yellow pine is estimated 10
be about three hundred and eighty
billion feet or more than enough 10
load lumber train reaching from the
earth TO tbs moon
Tree Cutting Is Unnecesnary
The wor5 Of Telling the trees Is 20
ing on everywhere. and the timber
cutters are moving from one forest
10 another In little houses SO made
that they can be carried upon tbs
railroad and lifted on and off the
cars ~ viii Other loEEers have
community cars. which are screened
and equipped for the purpose some
OF the cars are used for sleeping quar-
ters, others for eating compartments.
and many Of the loggers even have
private cars 20 carry their families
with them The men are experts in
destruction and they cut down the
trees az remarkable speed
Pacific Coast Next.
The next great movement Of tbs
lumber industry will be 10 the Pa
,ific coast. where they are already
cutting something like eight billion
-eet per anuum. and where the cut
II Douglas fir is steadily climbing
The forestry men tell me that Il IL
simply g question OF years before the
lumber product OF Oregon and wash
nEton viii exceed that Of all the Ium-
'er regions Of the east. The Douglas
ir IS one OF the most important OF
'ur woods. and the available supply
-ill In the forests is said TO Re more
han five hundred billion feet. board
Measure These trees give more lun-
ler than any other species grown ~
he United States. Many Of them
each a height Of two or three kun
red feet. and some OF the dense fer
SITS viii yield as much as 10000 board
eet per acre There IS one instance
n which an acre OF woods produced
s much as one half million feet