The Cordova daily times., 1921-03-07
POLICY RESOLVED INTO
 SINGLE ISSUE

NEW YORK, March Flour for est jolicies, each with it's advocates, were before the American people a short time ago They had been for mulated respectively by the Ameri- can Paper & Pulp Association, the National Lumber Manufacturers As sociation, the United States Forest service, and by what may be desig- mated as the Olmsted-Pinchot com mitteeS of the Society of American 1 Foresters. At meeting recently held here the first three plans des- | ignated were merged and became | forest policies are before the people; namely, that bearing the name of | Olmsted and Pinchot, and the one l formed by merging the three. The issues have thus become simplified and clear-cut. On the one side is the Olmsted-Pinchot plan, based ou gov
 
 private land; and on the opposite side is the other policy.
 The meeting here at which the three were merged was attended by representatives of the American Pa per X Pulp Association, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, National Wholesale Lumber Dealers Association, Association of Wood Using Industries, American Newspa- 1 per Association, Chamber of Con- merce of the United States, and the United States forest service. These organizations have found common ground on which they can all stand and they constitute a ! force which deserves and will re- ceive the confidence of the people. The salient features of the national forest policy which they will en- 1 deavor to have embodic5 in law to be enacted by congress, may be outlined under the following heads Authorizing the secretary oi agri- culture, after consulting appropriate local agencies, to approve an ade- quate policy for each state covering the essentials Df fire protection on timbered and restocking lands, re- forestation of denuded lands, and where and to the extent necessary, the cutting and removing of timber crops so as to promote continuous production of timber on lands chief cooperation ia the work required; provided, there is also satisfactory local compliance in state legislation or administrative practice. Chief, al though not entire, emphasis for the time being on fire prevention, is the most important single step, with not less than $1,000,00O annually avail able for such cooperation with states.
 A survey to obtain necessary in formation as to forest resources for est production and forest require ments of the nation.
 Provision for studies and experi- ments in forest reproduction methods, wood utilization, timber tests, wood preservation, development of by-pro- ducts and other steps to bring about the most effective use of the na- tion's forest resources.
 Provision for a study of forest taxation to assist states in devising tax laws which will encourage the conservation and growing of timber Also of the methods of insuring against forest losses by fire.
 Provision for more rapid replanting of the vast areas of denuded lands within the national forests.
 Appropriation of $1O,O00,O0O a year 1 for five years for the purchase Of lands which should be added to the national forest system, whether or not on the headwaters of navigable streams, as such purchases are now | limited.
 Authorizing acquisition of similaf lands by exchanges of land or tim Der when clearly in the public inter est.
 Authorizing the addition to na- tional forests of lands now in other forms of government ownership but found chiefly suitable for permanent forest production.