The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-08-13
JUlE!Ay Future
IS PROSPEROUS
SAYS FORREST
Pulp, Paper and Fishing In
dustries Assure Great Era
For This District

Juneau has the future promised sc
well, is the opinion of George F
Forrest, well known local broker and
member of the Juneau Commercial
Association. Things are coming
our way said Mr.. Forrest this
morning, ''all we have to do is to
keep our shoulders to the wheel and
we are sure to realize everything. D
while the wood pulp and paper
situation is the live subject for dis
cussion in connection with the fu-
ture development of Alaska" said
Mr.. Forrest, 1T would be well to
study our local conditions and the
future this industry holds for the
establishment of other kindred man
ufacturing concerns, and what il
will mean to have the present tim
Der cleared away and make room
for a younger growth, that will be
even more suited for making pull
paper and textile fabrics.
Uses Are Varied
The usefulness of forests to man
lies in their furnishing him with
wood for fuel and for manufactur-
ing and building materials, as well
as with other seryiceable products
such as bark and sap, which by dis
tillation produces turpentine, creo-
sote,5 wood alcohol, vanilin, etc. AL
SO fertilizers, folders, dyes and
inks, and it would perhaps surprise
some to know that the United States
exported to silk manufacturing
countries in 1919 over one and one
half million dollars worth of silk
stockings produced from pulp, and
we do not stop with cheating the
silk works, we build heavy car
wheels, cog wheels, friction wheels,
Irvine and rope, insoles and soles
for shoes, and the many hundred
forms paper takes in boxes, cartons.
etc
Influence On Climate
Forests have great influence
on climate, conserving humidity, de-
creasing evaporation, increasing wa
ter flow, making the outflow more
steady, causing the snow to melt
more slowly, thus preventing dan
gerous slides and floods. This be-
ing the case, not only private inter
est exists in forests, but a public
interest The widest scope should
be allowed to private enterprise in
production, and the government
should provide abundant statistics
in regard to supply and demand,
and opportunity for education on
the subject, provide legal protection,
enforce proper management and su-
pervise reforestation of denuded
tracts.
Cover Vast Area
Forests of the United States now
cover 550,0O0,000 acres or about
one-fourth of the land in the Unit
ed States Some facts regarding our
timber will perhaps be of interest.
Timber cut from national forests in
1915 yielded 689, 900 board feet
made up as follows: Waste in log
cling and used in manufacturing over
$4,000, 100000 cubic feet of wood
valued at about $1.375, 1000, 900; We
used 9O,O00,000 cords of fire-wood
10000, 900 900 board feet of lum-
Der, 1875, 100000 ties, LOO, 900 600
slaves, over 1870. 600, 900 cords of ma
tive pulp wood, l55, 000,0 cubic
feet of round mine timbers, 1900
900 cords of wood for distillation
4,333.OO0 cords for making paper
100000 cords for making excelsior
$500, 900 telegraph poles. A great
portion of the above timber was ia
ken from private property. and but
100000 cords were imported for
pulp. And now we are advised that
Alaska can furnish 1000, 900 cords
of pulp wood a year, for all time,
which is nearly half of the required
production for our national supply
Juneau Favorably Situated
"The country Immediately tribu-
for the production of wood pulp and
paper because of the vast amount
OF available water power, and great
stretches of suitable timber, also
favorable climatic conditions. The
first to realize these advantages is
the Alaska Pulp and Paper Com
pany, they have secured valuable
timber concessions and have located
one of the most wonderful water
power sites on the Alaska coast
Two months ago they started actual
today they have thirty