Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-10-01
CITY DAILIES' VIEWS
ON REPRESENTATION
Milwaukee and Amigo Jour-
nails Still Cling to Grifith's
Pet Scheme of Ref0r-
estratiOn.

brought up the matter Of refOrestra-
ton. which was for a time very
ticklish subject to touch upon when
in conversation with any of the resi-
dents of that section. Former State
Forester Griffith, who was legislated
out of office mostly through the efforts
of the people in the northern part of
the state, had very comprehensive
plan for demonstration and which
would have meant much to Eagle
River, as well as the entire territory
in this part of the state; but his plan
was considered impractical and Wis
ionay. Villas county has not gained
in population during the past ten
years. Had Mr., Grif1th's ideas been
carried out its summer resort bust
ness would not have been in any
way interfered with, and in fact,
would have been increased. And at
the same time it would have been
working along lines that would have
developed woodworking industries.
There of course small tracts of good
agricultural lands located in that
section, but settlers in clearing lands
have through the lighting of fires
destroyed vast areas of timber In
order to protect these timber lands
from forest fires the government
must be able to exercise strict super
vision over entire areas. Eagle River
and other centers of northern Wis
their best friend when they opposed
the policy of Mr. Griffith He was a
man with vision and who knew the
possibilities of re-forestraton.- Amigo
Journal
Vision is RIGHT.
The Eagle River Review gives
forestry enthusiasts" credit for urg-
ing that only "non-agricultural lands
should be utilized for growing trees"
but charges that they invariably
recommend the cut-over lands of
northern Wisconsin for the expert
ment"
The aim should be to utilize for
timber culture all considerable areas
anywhere that are adapted to that
purpose and that are unsuited to rails
ing annual crops. Timber has already
become scarce. The price of lumber
for homes, of paper for books and
public prints, is dangerously high. If
we are to have lumber and pulpwood,
we must grow trees. In this Wiscon-
sin should do her share. Permanent
would be great thing for the state.
In the northern section they would
help to promote agricultural develop
ment by building up towns and thus
creating markets for farm products.
The Review says that in France
and Germany forestry Ibid not wait
until the horse had been stolen before
it locked the stable door'-that they
began to grow pine, in other words,
before the old growth was gone.
This, if true, would show nothing
except that we have been more
Germany was 1t is no excuse for
our being still more improyident. AS
matter of fact, however, Ger
many's forests were very sadly de-
pleted, very largely destroyed, when
she began Representation. For dec
AIDES, moreover, Germany has been
planting and marketing on a very ex-
tensive scale the fast-growing
Scotch pine in preference to the ma
tive pine.
"For some reason" the Review as
seem to prefer the lake region (pre-
sumably the region of inland lakes
in northeastern Wisconsin, to any
other" for demonstration. Certainly
that region should early receive the
benefit of scientific forestry. Orig
inally the wonderland of Wisconsin,
it is sadly disfgured now. Charred
stumps and trunks, fallen logs,
dense and worthless brush and des-
ert-like spaces mar it in many
places. Yet wholesale cutting of
trees goes on. Would it not be a
fine thing to plant trees along the
bare shores of these lakes? Would
it not be well to restore at least
some of their beauty? More and
more people will go there for the
rest, quiet, health, the outdoor life,
enjoyment of nature consuming
farm products, furnishing employ
ment and spending money in various
ways, but not if the region is per-
mitted to become barer and less
and less attractive.
Enlightened self interest points
the way By all means dot the en-
PITY spaces with farms, put farms
wherever the soil will grow paying
crops, but foster another natural in
dustry-timber and it's products,
and restore the regions beauty
around the lakes, and on land that
cannot be used for farming, plant
trees, which charm the eye and
make for greater wealth and pros
peritY-MilWauke Journal