Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-08-26

the virgin forests of the Paclnc
coast. Already the Pacific coast lumber, with
1000 or 5000 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 we can do without
it. If we don't like either of these alternatives
we can grow some more timber and pulp wood ana
cooperage and box stuff and trees to yield turpen-
tine and resin and fannie and acetic acid and wood
alcohol and airplane propellers and lead pencils
and clothes pins and ak handles and such things
which come from the forests and nowhere else.
Whenever we get ready we can grow all the
timber we want Growing timber is simple af-
fair-if we go at it right.
We can put it another way and say that origl-
nally there were SOOOOOOO0 acres Of virgin for
ests in the United States There are now only
2OOOOOO00 acres, or % per cent of this, left The
6OOOOOO00 acres that are gone were depleted IN
the last seventy years
Unless something is done about it, the United
States will some time be treeess land-lts vast
original forests laid low; those of its industries
which depend upon timber for their existence
crippled or broken.
There are healthy signs that good many peo
ple are of the opinion that something should be
done about it. And one of the things to be done
about it 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 and the
other is the Smell BILL The former aims at federal
announcement 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 SlO,-
100000 year.
of Tho UOnn
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
mittee began operations in New York. 1t then
went in succession to Chicago, Minneapolis, Spo-
kane Seattle, Portland and San Francisco.
David L. Goodwillie, a Chicago box manufac-
turer is chairman. The other members OF the
committee are Charles S. Keith, president Central
Coal & Coke company, Kansas City, Mo-; f. Y.
Knapp president Peninsular Lumber company,
Portland, Oregon George L. Curtis, Curtis Com
panies Inc. Clinton, Iowa; John Fletcher, vice
president Fort Dearborn National bank, Chicago
H.; Charles F. Quincy, president @. and G. COM
pany New York city DR.. Henry s. Drlnker
Merton Station, Pa; DR.. Hugh T. Baker, secretary
and treasurer American Paper Pulp association,
New York city Harvey n Shepart, attorney, Bos-
ton Mass; Junius HI. Browne, vice-president Pa
cific Lumber company, New York city; DR.. W. r.
Heinemann, president B. Heinemann Lumber COM
pany Wausau, Wis; w. DUB Bookings, secre-
tarv of the committee Chamber Of Commerce OF
the United States, Washington, D. G.
This committee has gone into the subject in
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 indivld-
nal versus public right, fire protection and ex-
nenditures acquisition of land, national forest sur
vev. taxes and taxation, utilization of wood and
forest conservation reforestation and national
forests
GAS an example of how serious problem our
forestry problem is, LET point to the well known
Vact that in seven years so per cent of the saw
mills of the South will be out of business, says
dr Goodwillie what this means is better rea-
lied when we consider that the sawmills of the
South now produce 80 per cent of all the lumber
ased in the country
"These meetings simply to get at all the
Vacts 10 give us a thorough grasp of the problem,
70 inform us fully of its scope. When we have
finished we will make report and recommended
Eions to the board of directors of the chamber and
ghey will consider what action is necessary.