Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-09-01

-coast. Already the Pacific coast lumber, with a
2,000 1900 mile haul, is to be found in the
larger cities of the East SO the lumber industry
has made its last jump The United States Bu-
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 can do without
it, If 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 tannic and acetc acid and wood
alcohol and airplane propeers and lead pencils
and clothes pins and ak handles and such things
which come from the forests and nowhere else.
Whenever get ready grow all the
timber we want. Growing timber is a simple af-
falr-h we go at 1t right.
We can put 1t another way and say that origl-
nally there were SO0,O0O,0OO acres of virgin for
ests In the United States. There now only
1O000OO00 acres. % per cent Of this, left The
GOO,O000OO acres that gone were depleted in
the last seventy years
Unless something is done about It, the United
States will some time be a treeless land-lts vast
original forests laid low; those of its industries
which depend upon timber for their existence,
crippled or broken.
There healthy signs that a good many peO-
pile are of the opinion that something should be
done about it. And one of the things to be done
about 1t would seem to be 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 ami 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 year.
Another indication of the general feeling that
something should be done about it is the hearings
held IN various parts of the country by national
forestry policy committee" appointed by the
United States Chamber of Commerce. This COM
Inittee began operations in New York. 1t then
went in succession to Chicago, Minneapolis, SpO-
kane, Seattle. Portland and San Francisco.
David l.. Goodwillie. Chicago box manufac-
turer, is chairman. The other members of the
committee Charles s. Keith, president Central
Coal & Coke company. Kansas City, Mo-; F. c.
Knapp president Penlnsular Lumber company,
Portland, Oregon; George L. Curtis, Curtis Com
panies, Inc, Clinton, Iowa; John Fletcher, vice
president Fort Dearborn National bank, Chicago
ILL.,; Charles f. Quincy, president O. and G. COM
pany, New York city; DIR. Henry s. Drinker
Merton Station, Pa: DIR. Hugh p. Baker, secretary
and treasurer American Paper K Pulp association
New York city, Harvey N Shepart, attorney, BOs-
ton, Mass; Junius H. Browne, vice-president Pa
-cifc Lumber company, New York city; DIR. w. b.
IIeinemann, president b. Heinemann Lumber com
. pany, Wausau, Wis; w. Dub Brookings,
tary Of the committee. Chamber of Commerce of
the United States, Washington, ID. c.
This committee has gone into the subject in a
broad way, seeking to get every viewpoint before
making report on which it Is hoped policy can
he formulated. The chairman appointed several
,subcommittees Of the original committee to deal
with specific subjects coming under the general
heading of forestry. Some Of these subjects are
government regulation, private holdings, individ-
ual versus public right, fire protection and ex-
pendtures 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 problem our
forestry problem is. let point to the well known
fact that in seven years so per cent Of the saw
mills Of the South will be out Of business" says
Mr.. GQodwillie. "What this means is better rea-
zed when we consider that the sawmills of the
South now produce 30 per cent Of all the lumber
used in the country
These meetings are simply to get at all the
facts, to give us thorough grasp of the problem.
TO inform us fully of It's scope When we have
finished we will make a report and recommenda-
tons TO the board of directors of the chamber and
they will consider what action is necessary.