Evening star., 1919-11-14
PU[P PRODUCTION
INCREASES IN COST
Forest Conservation Com
mittee Makes Statement to
Paper Mems Convention.
SIR THOMAS Upton,

NEW YORK, November 14.-That
the production of pulp wood for the
paper industry of the United States
increased 159 per cent from 1899 to
1918, while the cost increased 633 per
cent in the same period, was the dec
laration today of the committee on
forest conservation to, the American
Paper and Pulp Association, in con-
vention in this city.
Cooperation Needed, Says Report.
That the forestry problem is beyond
the power of the individual timber
| land owner to solve and that it can
only be solved by the full co-opera-
! ton of the owner. the government
and the public was another feature OF
the report which was, in part:
I'VE believe that there is urgent
need for the speedy adoption and exc
| cution of a forest policy by the ma
tional and state governments in CO.
operation to accomplish these things:
First. A forestry survey and land
| classification to determine what we
| have in the way of present supplies
| and the areas which may properly be
| designated as necessary for water
shed protection and as affording op-
portunity for future timber supply.
| Second. A great enlargement and
| extension to all appropriate parts of
| the country of the public purchase OF
| cutover lands, for which ample prece-
dent has been established in the east
| by both federal government and by
some Of the states. National forests
! in the west created by the setting
aside of land from the public domain
| now contain some 135.000,000 acres.
| Much of this land, however, is but
much more extensive planting policy
| than has yet been proposed will not
be a source of any considerable tim
| Der supply for long time. The best
| interests of the country would seem
ultimately to require at least twice
the present area of public forests.
Fire Prevention Treated.
Third. A much more vigorous and
general extension of federal co-opera-
ton with the states in fire prevention
along the lines of the Weeks law
| coupled with such additional meas
ures in the different states as Will
most reduce the fire hazard and at
| ford opportunity for natural repro
; duction.
adoption of uniformly fair forest tax
alton laws, the establishment or for-
est nurseries and the preparation OF
| forest working plans, should oHer
every possible encouragement to the
owner who wishes to grow timber
upon his land. If the owner of land
which after competent examination
| is classified as valuable only for tim
Der growing, still refuses to take ad-
Vantage of the opportunities proVldec
for such undertakings, the land shouio
then be acquired by the public at
fair valuation and made a part OF tne
system of public forests.
Fifth. With a few notable excep-
tions, forest planting has not yet been
seriously undertaken in the United
States. Very properly, the most i'm
mediate concern is the protection OF
the timber we already have, but with
there should be carried out wherever
sufficient fire protection can be Sc
cured, a very large program of for
est planting upon the lands which
have been so far denuded that there
is no hope of securing another crop
"In the northeastern states rs per
cent of the region is potentially for
est land and should be kept in con-
dition to furnish permanent supply
of raw material and water power i io1 iol
our basic industries, among which
pulp and paper manufacturing takes
first rank"
Special Measures proposed.
The report then proposes special
measures for the northeastern states
where pulp wood can readily be pro-
duced if proper assistance is given
including the following: A survey te
determine how land should be re-
forested; provision for state to take
charge of reforesting operations
making the cost lien against the
crop; to be discharged when cut un.
der state supervision; offer facilities
for small holders as well as large
land owners to reforest barren areas
and the establishing of definite pol.
icy for the management, operation
and reforeStation of State-owned lanG
that will permit the cutting of the
matured crop under such regulations
as will maintain the forest in a re-
productive condition with proper re-
gard for its value as the natural
home of wild life and place of rec
reation for the people.
The committee which signed the
report consists of Frank L. Moore
Watertown. N. Y. chairman; D. A.
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