Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-08-07

The United States. standing second among The
countries of the world in forest area and produc-
ing more than half Of the sawed lumber should
play more important part in the export trade
Of the world than II does now With proper safe
guards in the way of maintaining the ma
terias, strong export trade should be encour-
aged But the gains which may make in the
markets of the world can be kept only in so far
as they are based on a permanent supply Of tim
her. If they are TO he based merely on cut
which. as in the of old-growth southern pine,
will not supply even our domestic needs for more
than the next ten or fifteen years. shall soon
be crowded out of the foreign markets by coun-
tries which base their export trade on continu-
Gus selfperpetuating resource"
Europe's emergency need for lumber, above IFS
consumption in normal times, is put at about
7OO0O00,0o0 feet of lumber year for the near
future conservative estimate and her own for
eSiS have been depleted by the war.
Europe however. needs cheap lumber above ALL
and our product will not be attractive for the
principal needs Of reconstruction, according TO
Colonel Graves. Nevertheless. the world situa-
ton in lumber he says offers IAN undouhted OPP
portun,ty for - permanent export trade from this
country of proportions that would seem to he
limited only 10y our own powers to sustain the
production of saw material"
Senator sherman presented to the senate the
other day memorial from the Illinois legsla-
ture which was in part follows:
.Whercas the wood-using industries not de-
bending upon uncertain local forest supplies have
become ccntcrcd 70 very large extent in the
tlicl,lv po;ulucd districts Of the Mississippi
river and are drawing their supplies from the
remaining forests in the eastern states the gulf
stntrS and 'hr state. adjacent To the Great Lakes.
A large number of such industries located in
the state Of Illinois. with the city Of Chicago the
center Of a very large and Important group. Chi
cago has for many years heen the chief lumber
distribution point Of the United States and the
rrcntcst point of lumber distribution in the world.
These important industries. including The maEu-
facturn Of railway cars boxes. sasheS and doors.
firm machinery furniture. pianos. vehicles and
many other articles. are now threatened by the
exhaustion Of the forests from which their sup
Mics have been drawn. They now face the neccs-
sitv Of bringing timber from the Pacific coaSt
with heavy freight charges added to the cost. To
the same Pacific coast supply the country must
look for lumber for general construction purposes.
Tho TRANSFORMATION system Of the country must
add TO its present burdens the tranScOntncntal
shipment Of very large quantities of lumber. n
bulky product upon which high freight rate
greatly increases the cost 10 the consumer
"Rcsolvcd That the Fifty-first general assembly
of the state of Illinois urges the attention of the
president and the congress of the United States
10 the present timber situation and recommends
that. without delay. there be formulated such a
national program of forestry as will insure the
future timber supplies required by the industries
of the country. As an example Of what should be
done. this general assembly points to the wise
course of the republic Of France in managing
its forests for more than century that they con
trihutcd substantially to the winning Of the great
at is further urged that the federal govern.
mcnt acting Independently or In cooperation
with the states inaugurate action looking toward
such measure of public control Of the remaining
bodies Of original timber will make that
their supplies will be available as needed by the
Industries.
plans he put into effect for restoring the forest
on cut-over lands which are nonngricutural in
character I'm the eastern states IN the states
bordering the Great Lakes. and In the South in
order that timber supplies from these regions
may he available 10 the established industries OF
the central and eastern states