The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-11-19
REMEDIES FOR AvERTING
! I. 4 DIMINISHING TIMBER SUPPLY
Col. Graves, Chief Of Forest Service,
az Addresses Tri State Forestry
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Explaining before the Tri-State
Forestry Conference how the United
States is rapidly exhausting it's tim
ber resources, and at a comparatively
early date many find itself largely
dependent upon foreign sources,
Lieut.. Col Henry S. Graves, chief of
the Forest Service, U. S. Department
Of Agriculture, told the remedies
that: can be adopted, particularly in
Indiana, Ohio and Illinois, the three
states for which the conference was
! held recently in Indianapolis, Ind.
"The solution of our forestry prob
lem,' said Col. Graves, "consists in
stopping obstruction by fire and
other agencies, by using methods
that make possible natural produc-
tion after logging, and by restocking
the tree growth Of lands that have
been made economic wastes. The
fear has been expressed by some
that such an objective conflicts with
the expansion of agriculture and
stock raising. Exactly the contrary
would be the result. No sane pro-
gram of forestry would propose the
use of lands for forestry that are
better adopted to agriculture and
settlement. Forestry, agriculture,
and stock raising go hand in hand.
'SIn Illinois, Indiana and Ohio our
problem is essentially one of the
farm woodland. Here we have to
do with small tracts and operations.
In some ways the problem is a simple
one than in the great lumber regions.
In the first place the fire danger is
easily controlled. Then again the
work can usually be brought into
close correlation with other phases
of farm management Of great val
ue, also, is the fact that the owner
I himself is often the manager and
can sgive personal direction to the
work of forestry.
| "In such circumstances the aid of
the States may be directed to show
ing the farmer how to cut his wood
land in order to secure natural re-
production, how to thin the young
stands so as to increase their growth
and value, how to reforest the lands
now waste, how best to market his
woodlands products, and 50 on. Ad-
vice should be- afforded through the
State forester and the agricultural
field agents. Planting stock should
be offered at cost with assistance in
establishing successful plantations.
cooperative marketing enterprises
should be encouraged when this is
practical"
Discussing the function of the
Federal Government in meeting the
forestry problem, Col. Graves said,
'The Federal Government has not
given adequate assistance to- the
States. Direct aid to the States by
the Government, made contingent on
adoption by the former Of accepta-
BILE programs of forest legislation
and administration, would help to
secure concurrent action in different
States, enable the standardization of
methods, and enable the achievement
of results impossible without such
aid.
! "The first step in inagurating ma
Itional policy of forestry is a Federal
law providing the authority to CO.
operate with the States in formulat-
ing and carrying out program Of
forestry, and carrying an appropria-
tion that can be used to assist such
States as inagurate and put into
effect program determined to be
; adequate by the Secretary of Agri-
culture. A great deal can be accom-
plished pending such substantial. CO.
: operation, but with the aid that the
Nation might offer, results that
otherwise would be impossible could
;. be accomplished" ~ : :..-s.
illinois, Indiana and Ohio" he said
; together with the neighboring por-
tions of Michigan and Wisconsin,
constitute the most important center
Of manuf ufacturing industries in the
!. country that is, the industries max
I ing vehicles, furniture, railway cars,
tools, planning -min products, and the
j like. About one third of the total
! capital invested in the wood d-manu
6 featuring industries Of the country
a and about one third OF the wage
!. earners in these industries are found
! in this section. They use 571s billion
] feet of lumber a year, or about q
\ \ quarter Of the aggregate used in
! this country for such senterp prisest
q oday the home product does not
4 nearly meet the annual require enents