The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-06-19
WAR WRECKED FORESTS.
England and France Give Attention
to ReforestatiOn.

to Reforestation.
= Reforestation is one of the most
important of European reconstruc-
ton problems today, not only in those
countries which were actually invad-
ed but in those which were engaged
in the war, according to Charles La
throp Pack, of Lakewood, n. j., pres
ident Of the American forestry asso-
citation, who has recently been deco
rated with the Liberty Service War
Medal of the National institute of
social sciences for his valuable war
garden work in the United States.
''The delegates to the Paris peace
conference are having carefully pre-
pared the necessary data on the
French forest losses, and the gov
ernment of France means to insist
upon a large amount of cutting OF
standing timber in the Black forest
and other forests of Germany SO that
France may be provided with lumber
for reconstruction purposes" said
Mr.. Park to a representative of The
Christian Science Monitor. All of
this will be a part of the indemnity
which Germany will be required to
pay.
England Cut Half Her Timber.
sI suppose many people think the
forests of France have suffered more
from the war rroportionately than
have those of any of the other coun-
tries," said Mr.. Pack. 'Our recent
careful survey of the situation shows,
however, that this is not so. We
found that some 100000 acres of
the forest lands in France either had
been destroyed by the Germans or
were used for war purposes by the
allied armies. This is about 10 per
cent. of the total standing timber in
France.
Rather to our surprise, the in
vestigation shows that in England
alone 100000 acres had been de-
liberately cut by the Englishmen
themselves, and this means half the
total standing timber in that coun-
try. Even the trees in the beautiful
and ancient Windsor forest were cut,
and 1000 acres of this timber would
have been felled had not fire de-
stroyed the Canadian sawmill which
was operating in Windsor forest just
before the armistice became effective.
The need for wood was so urgent
that Englishmen declared they would
cut down every rec in Great Britain
If it were necessary to win the war.
Allies Appreciate Aid.
ssThe work of reforesting England
is a prodigious task. I am sure the
people of the United States do not
wish the English to do it alone. We
can and must help them. The Ameri-
can forestry association has already
secured a memorial fund to assist in
this work and will furnish England
and Scotland all the forest seed that
may be required. We have already
had many expressions of appreciation
from the brave British people. They
are, of course, somewhat stoical COM
pared with the French, but they will
be no less appreciative.
eve expect also to furnish forest
seeds to aid in the reforestation Of
France, Belgium and Italy, and the
American forestry association has re-
Gently decided to enter upon a cam
paign among the people of the United
States to furnish the means for send
ing seeds to these countries. We
purpose to make it entirely evident
to our allies that this reforestation
aid comes as spontaneous gift of
the American people, who have suf-
fered little in comparison with
France, Belgium and Italy. In each
of these countries the forest authori-
ties have expressed appreciation O!
the effort of the American forestry
association.
Forestry will be benefited by the
nationwide movement in the United
States for planting tribute trees, and
there will be more town, city, and
countryside tree planting this spring
and next autumn than ever has been
before in similar length of time in
this country"
The American forestry association
has issued a bulletin on tribute-t:ee
planting and the demand for this bull
letin from every State in the union is
far beyond expectation, Mr.. Pack
said. That the American public will
plant thousands of tribute trees is
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