The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-08-26

coast. Already the Pacific coast lumber. with q
1900 or 1900 mile haul. Is to be found m the
larger cities of the East. So the lumber industry
has made Its last jump. The United States Blu
reau Of Corporations gives us sixty years to use
up all the log lumber at the present rate of con-
sumption.
When the Pacific coast lumber begins to run
short. we can import lumber or we can do without
1t. II we don't like either Of these alternatives.
we can grow some more timber and pulp wood and
cooperage and box stuff and trees to yield turpen-
tine and resin and fannie and acetic acid and wood
alcohol and %airplane propellers and lead pencils
and clothes pins and AK handles and such things
which come from the forests and nowhere else.
Whenever we get ready We can grow all the
timber we want. Growing timber is. a simple at
fair-if we go at 1t right.
We can put 1t another way and say that origl-
nally there were sou, OOO, 600 acres Of virgin for
ests in the United States. There are now only
2OO,OOO,UOO acres. or 25 per cent Of this. left. The
6oo.Oo0.OOO acres that are gone were depleted In
the last seventy years.
Unless something Is done about 1t. the United
States will ONE time be a treeless land-its vast
original forests laid low; those of its industries
which depend upon timber for their existence.
crippled or broken.
There are healthy signs that a good many peo-
pie are of the opinion that something should be
done about 1t. And one of the things to be done
about II would seem to be a practical and COM
prehensive policy Of reforestation. All interests
seem to agree on the necessity Of reforestation.
There are now two reforestation bills before
congress. One OF these is the Capper bill and the
other Is the Smell bill. The former aims at federal
encouragement Of state action. The latter provides
federal regulation Of forestry In the states and
proposes for the next five years to increase the
governments appropriation for forestry to $10.-
100000 a year.
Another indication Of the general feeling that
something should be done about 1t Is the hearings
held IN various parts Of the country by q national
forestry policy committee" appointed by the
United States Chamber OF Commerce. This COM
mittee began operations in New York. It then
went In succession to Chicago, Minneapolis. Spo
kane. Seattle. Portland and San Francisco.
David L. Goodwillie, a Chicago box manufac-
turer, Ia chairman. The other members Of the
committee are Charles S. Keith. president Central
Coal 4 Coke company, Kansas City, Mo-; f. G.
Knapp. president Peninsular Lumber company.
Portland. Oregon; George l.. Curtis, Curtis Com
panies, Inc, Clinton. Iowa; John Fletcher. vice
president Fort Dearborn National bank. Chicago.
H.; Charles F. Quincy, president Q. and c. COM
pany. New York city; DR.. Henry s. Drinker.
Merton Station. Pa; DR.. Hugh P. Baker. secretary
and treasurer American Paper 4 Pulp association.
New York city; Harvey N. Shepart. attorney. Bos.
ton, Mass. Junius H.. Browne, vice-president Pa
cihc Lumber company, New York city; DR.. w. h
Heinemann. president b. Heinemann Lumber com
pany, Wausau. Wis; w. Dub. Bookings. secre-
tary OF the committee. Chamber of Commerce of
the United St9tes. Washington, d. G.
This m has gone into the subject In q
broad way. seeking to get every viewpoint before
making u report on which 1t Is hoped a policy can
be formulated. The chairman appointed several
s~ubcomnIttees Of the original committee to deal
with specific subjects coming nnder the general
heading Of forestry. Some Of these subjects are
government regulation. private holdings. indtvid-
uai versus public right, 6re protection and ex-
penditures, acquisition Of land, national forest sur,
vey, taxes and taxation. utilization Of wood and
forest conservation. reforestation and national
forests.
"As an example Of how serious q problem our
forestry problem Ii. let me point to the well known
fact that In seven years 80 per cent Of the saw
mills Of the South will be out Of business" says
Mr.. Goodwillie. "What this means is better rea..
lized when we consider that the sawmills Of the
South now produce 80 per cent of all the lumber
used In the country.
"These meetings are simply to get at all the
facts, to give US q thorough grasp Of the problem,
to inform US fully Of its scope. When we have
finished we will make q report and
lions to the board Of directors Of the chamber and
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