The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-01-28
PROTECT NAT|ONFORES7S'
CONSERVATION OF LUMBER
IS IMPORTANT
Two National Conventions In
San Francisco Will Dis
cusS Matter

San Francisco. January 25.-Con-
servatlon of lumber in the United
States will be discussed here this
month at two national conventions.
one OF the national association OF rail
road tie producers and the other of
the American wood preservers' asso
citation. The preserverS' association
meets tomorrow, january 25, and
January 20 and27 and the tie pro-
ducers January u and %. Most of
the delegates will attend both meet
ings.
Lumber men, railroad engineers,
foresters, wood preservers and others
from many parts of the United States
are expected to attend. A. h. Joyce OF
Chicago is president of the wood
preservers' organization and r. E.
Lee of Springfield, Mo. vice president
place OF the late L. Nj. Blake, San
francisco, who at the time of his
death several weeks ago, was presi-
dent of the body.
Lumber Resources of the West
Lumber resources of the west will
be described by speakers. Officials
OF the two organizations say that the
tie supplies OF the east and south are
being exhausted and the railroads OF
the nation must look to the west for
their wood. Standardization of tie
specifications for all woods will also
be considered. Prominent among the
speakers at the wood preservers' as
ISOLATION convention will be l.. w.
Conrad, Pottsville, Penn, and DR..
Charles A. Kofoid of the university
of California of Berkeley. Among
important speakers at the tie meet
ing will be R. E. Mckee, Kansas City
and John Foley, forester of the Penn
it has been said will seek the 1922
conventions of the two organizations.
About two hundred and fifty dele
gates are expected to attend the
meetings.
Meeting In St. Paul
st Paul, Mimi, January 26-M1n-
nesota should be exporting timber in
stead of importing this commodity as
itNnow is w. T. Cox. Minnesota state
fosester told delegates attending the
opening session OF the Tri- State
Conference here today.
approximately 100000 in freight
alone is paid annually by Minnesota
consumers OF tmbers to the Western
coast and Southern timber belts he
said, because the forests in this state
have not been kept fully productive.
The remedy" he continued, lis in
the proper conservative logging OF
remaining timber and developing in
to productive forests lands not needed
or unsuitable for farming. Under proper
luSSe Will pIO
duce more timber than is needed in
this state
Better Protection of Timber
Mr.. Cox urged that better protec-
ton be accorded the timber regions
of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michi
gan and the requirement by the
state and federal governments of all
lands to be devoted to timber pro-
duction. The settlers of the wooded
and cut over region in Minnesota he
said, are direct benefciaries of the
protection afforded by the state for
estry department, but that in it,
limited capacity, the department is
unable to give the protection neces-
sary for the rapid development of
these sections.
In view of these conditions, ne
urged that the federal and state
governments should appropriate more
literally annual sums for the protec-
ton and development of the lands in
question: Classification Of remaining
timber and cut over regions was also
advocated by Mr.. Cox. This land
classification, he said, should Je
done by the agricultural department
officials and the land not desirable
for farming purposes should be uti-
liZed for forestry