Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-17
Friday, September II, 1920
PROTECTION OR DESTRUCTION?

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Under the title Forest Pro-
lection or Devastation" there
has just been issued from the
Office of the secretary of the
North Carolina Forestry Associa-
ton a pamphlet containing some
of the addresses made at the an.
nual meeting of the association,
held in June. These include
Timber Depletion and its Rem
edy," by E. E. Carter, assistant
United States forester; THE
Recreational Development of the
National Forest of North Caro-.
lina," by Verne Rhoades, super
visor of Pisgah and Boone ma
tionalforests; an address made by
Frank S. Lambeth, of the South
ern Furniture Manufacturers as
ISOLATION; "A Lesson from French
Forestry" Theodore S. Woolsey,
Jr., assistant district forester;
and French Forestry Practice
for North Carolina" by DR.. Jo-
seph Hyde Pratt. The volume
also contains the resolutions a.
dopted which embody the pro-
gram of the Forestry ASSOCIATION.
The association will continue
to urge on the people of the state
the enactment of legislation for
establishment of an adequate for
est fire protection force; also, it
now urgeson Congress the appro-
priation of sufficient funds to
furnish reasonable co. operation
with the states for the same pur-
pose. Congress is petitioned to re-
new the So, 900, 900 appropriation
for purchase of forest lands, and
to establish a forest experiment
station in the state. The gener-
al assembly will be asked to pro-
vide funds for the protection, ad-
ministration and improvement of
Mt. Mitchell park.
The national forest service, Mr..
Carter stated, recommends fed
eral action joiItly with state to
prevent the continuation of fire
losses, the proposal being that
the amount of federal funds ex-
pended in any one state during
any year shall in no case exceed
the expenditures of the state
government for the same pur-
poses, and further that the Sec
rotary of agriculture shall be au-
thorized, in making such expend.
iture, to require that reasonable
standards be made effective by
state legislation in preventing
the establishment of fire men,
aces or the handling of forest
land in such a manner as to pre-
vent future production on it, and
to withhold cooperation in
whole or in part from states
which do not comply with these
standards ip their legislative and
administrative methods. North
Carolina, he pointed out, has
about Is million acres of forest.
On this the state spends less than
"a, 600 per year for fire protec-
ton and gets between So, 600 and
So, 600 assistance from the feder-
al government. Oregon is spend
ing $40, 900 for the same purpose
and requires its forest land own
ers to protect their forest on an
acceptable standard, or pay the
state for doing so. 1t appears
that really adequate fire protsc-
ton costs on the average not less
than a cent and a half per acre.
The federal government has
purchased, under the Weeks law, i
the entire appropriation Of which
now has. been exhausted, $50, 900
acres. or somewhat less than Q
percent Of the forest area and
the purchases made within the
decade, the federal expert de-
clsfes already to have justified
themselves. Even with d fire