The Cordova daily times., 1921-04-25
BREEZY NEWS
 ABOUT DOINCS NEARBY CAMP


 ing the forest situation in Wisconsin, the American Forestry Association today calls upon every newspaper i'll the country to take up an educa- tional campaign on behalf of a na- tional forest policy because it means the saving of millions of dollars and no greater service can be rendered the country by a newspaper at this time. Journalistic work this is the service in which to earn the reward"
 There are 3S5 million acres of idle land in this country that must be put to work, the association says, and this idle land has a direct bearing on the housing situation and l the high cost of living in general The cost of forest products directly affects the cost of everything, the association points out and calls attention to the situation in Wisconsin as set forth in the Milwaukee Journal which an nounces q program which the associ- tion says every newspaper in the land should take up.
 This situation as set forth in the Milwaukee Journal which fits nearly every state in the union" the Ameri- can Forestry Association says, fol lows:
 "TO men and women of Wisconsin:
 From sheer necessity Wisconsin must sooner or later enage in public forestry. Why not sooner? Why not begin at once?
 The necessity is urgent. It is becoming more acute every year
 About twenty-five years ago Wis consin was the largest lumber pro- ducing state in the union. The sup ply of pine seemed inexhaustible. Nobody thought of the morrow. no- body planted trees to replace those chopped for market, nobody protect ed the smaller trees that were left standing or the treelings born of self sown seed. Fires swept the forest areas year after year, destroying ma ture timber, destroying seedlings, de- stroying seeds themselves and burn 1 ing the very humus and nitrogen in the soil.
 Now Wisconsin's pine forests are no more Whole areas are as small 1 deserts because no seed tree remains within seeding distance. With the forests laid low by ax and fire, have gone great deal of wealth and much of Wisconsin's charm and beauty.
 "The economic loss is stupendous | Many woodworking industries have ceased to operate and others have l left the state to be near raw ma terial. Those that remain are draw in upon forest products from out side the state. Finished products, like paper, are being imported from autside the state, even from outside of the United States What Wiscon- | sin pays out yearly for the supplies themselves mounts very high in the millions. Other millions go merely to pay the freight upon imported sup plies. | "All this might have been avoided 1 1 If forest fires had been minimized, all of the original forest lands. ex- cept those devoted to farming, would today be covered with tall, stately trees of second growth, many of them large enough for market. And so with other trees, spruce for ex- ample. Nothing worth while wat done, how ever. Hence crippled industry, hence Wisconsin's spending fabulous sums outside the state, and hence the in- ability to countless thousands of men to build homes because the price of lumber is prohibitive. More, Wis consin's very face, in innumerable l places, is ashed and scared and burned black" The Shell bill now before congress covers many of the points set forth | in the Journals program for Wiscon- sin, the association adds and points out that every organization and asso- citation of business men interested are behind the measure which has the indorsement of the U. s. forest service. One of these organizations Is the Association of Wood Using Industries made up of about 25,000 concerns using forest products, and an other is the American Newsprint Pub fishers Association while foresters in more than 20 states have indorsed the 1 forestry program.