The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-12-03

q cooperative organization through
which those interested in the in
dustrial welfare of Vermont may
be represented as a unit and work
as such to ascertain and dissim-
mate facts concerning the
members for interchange of
thought and experience in mat
tiers effecting their general inter-
ests.
lhirty-nine other states have
similar organizations embracing
all branches of industry. Vermont
is the last to oroanize but has so
soon discovered that there was 1874
fake organizations in the state.
Nh. Kelly said that it might be
of interest to know that he was
having completed scale of wages
throughout Vermont for one Of
the Newport bakers.
Vermont is sixty per cent indus
trial. A greater Vermont scheme is
publicity and the speaker paid
Harry Black a compliment for
getting the publicity bill through.
The chamber of commerce was
urged to get industries into YER
mont on a larger scale to give
greater encouragement to those
that were here. Or. Kelly request
ed that any one might ask ques-
tons about any point he failed
to touch upon and he would try
and answer is. The lecture was
given in very pleasing manner
and much enjoyed.
w. G. Hastings, State Forester
of Montpelier, was the next speak
or of the evening speaking of our
timber resources and the trend O.
our timber depletion. Mr.. Has :.
said our timber is not quite gone,
but iss going very fast. Lumber
will never be cheap again said the
speaker, why the freight rates on
lumber today is more than we for
merly paid for the lumber Yer
mont is essentially a timberland
country. There was a time when
Burlington was the second largest
exporting city on the globe as re-
CARDS cumbersome forty years
ago.
"This center of production then
moved to Pennsylvania, then to
the Lake States some twenty-five
years ago. Fifteen years later the
center of lumber production in
America was in Georgia. And in
side of another fifteen wears it has
swept along the southern coast
and Gulf States to Louisiana and
Texas.
"Our capacity to consume wood
is limitless and our supplies are al
most gone. In Vermont 100000
acres, namely; First, forest lands
supporting a satisfactory stand of
timber; and second. forest lands
supporting an unsatisfactory stand
of timber or no timber at all. Only |
one-half of her forest area isl
producing anything of value. Some |
100000 acres is only about one
fourth efficient.
"The second half of Vermont's
forest lands rough, remote, aban-
doned pa lures and farms some
2, 100000 acres are the lands to
which especial attention should be
directed in properly understanding
the position of Vermont before
debating a forest policy !
"Now the money appropriated
for the proper functioning of TINS
is very. much too
small. When | started was alone
now have two men orking with
me but | need a man in every
county. The money for the pre-
vent of fires was all spent by
August having had more fires the
past year than there was in the
previous five years"
Many questions were asked at
he close of the lecture which Mr.
hastings delighted to answer and
t the close The Newport Chamber
# Commerce extended a vote of
hanks to Mr.. Hastings and Mr.
n1+xt