The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
SOUTH IS CUTTING
 } TIMES TIMBER
 SHE IS PRODUCING
Next Five Years Likely to See 85 Per Cent of Mills Cease Operation, Is Warn--
 ing of Pinchot
By Associated Press

Atlanta, July 21.-warnings that the south is now cutting three times the amount of timber she produces and that unless steps are taken to prevent waste and fires and to re- place trees that the next five years will see s5 per cent of the southern lumber mills cease operations were issued here today by Clifford Pin chot, federal commit ssioner of fores- try, and W. B. Greedy. United States forester.
 Both delivered addresses before the third Southern Forestry congress and the Georgia senate, and also con ferred with Governor Hardwick re- garding bill pending in the legis- lature to create forestry board, which would investigate the status of Georgia forests. The congress also sent delegation to urge the Senate agricultural committee in charge Of the measure to make favorable re- port on it. The House committee al- ready has taken favorable action.
 Georgia possesses extensive terri tory, which can be easily used for lumber production" said MT. Pinchot to the senators. At present the land lies idle and the result is that Georgia is necessitated to import timber instead of exporting it as she should.
 Can't Buy Abroad
 Europe affords the United States no market from which to buy tim Der, and thus it rests with us to prevent a lumber famine. The north and west by wise legislation have ended extravagant waste, but they cannot satisfy the enormous demand for lumber. It therefore rests with the south to follow in the footsteps of the west and north and conserve and develop it's forest areas"
 We must bring about not hap hazard reforestration,' said MT. Greedy before the congress but we must organize public effort in such a way that intelligent ate-wide reforestration may be accomplished. I advocate in every southern state the creation of some sort of forestry
 
 capable of handling big problems.
 The second step in reforestration will be the protection of our tim Der against fire. The last will be the passage of legislation fixing a req sonable tax on timber areas so that forestry can be a profitable indus try
 Cut Falls Third
 Georgia stands fourth among the states in highway construction, but very low In forestry activities. The lumber cut of Georgia has fallen a third. in the last 10 years. The great forest industries in the south today are passing industries It is up to you men in the south to say whether these industries will pass away or whether they will regain their im- portance and become permanent in- stitutions."
 J. c. Peters, chief of forest man agement United States forest serv- ice, made the chief addre IS before the senate committee, giving sta tistics to back up the arguments.
 Thursday mornings session of the congress was also addressed by H. H. Bennett. United States bureau of soils, and Dr. Andrew M. Soule. president of the State College of Agriculture, Athens, Ga.
 At the afternoon session the con gress heard addresses from A. c. T. Moore of the Southern Pine associa- tion: A. A. Goult, secretary of the Florida development board; pr. F. N. Lowe, Mississippi state geologist; Harris A. Reynolds, secretary of the Massachusetts Forestry association, and R. S. Maddox, Tennessee state forester.