Marble Hill press., 1921-01-13


smphasis 'hs fact that ~ed Is vital factor ia
cur national ufs
Trvsid.nt slvet Hafd.us NO, long after his nom.
tnatinu. made a statement - ~. ysws on the sit.
uati'u fof the Amerisan Furrstr, association. lie
I'D:
There Is uutsbls tslttrs IN the CONSTRUCTION
- hutnss. te,aas~ u the arsost pfohitIuse cusI
lumt~r EiAys is ,sry conspicuous pari therrin
MuCh - this. ~ cuur.~ rvlats. 90 the lurfva s~d
cu~t n. pfs-'aetloo ~tlrh dates frusu The hanged
eohdlti"us stnev our sntrauce lGtu the World sar
but there = permanent Inclination tu ad,aney "a
e"st tcsause % the vsFy manifest tmluutua ot
supply
10 oos eua - blind to the fact that duriax
the transactions gresth - the republic during a..
fas bsH century. we have hs~a drawing ua eur
haiursl 'tut~r supriJ ui;haai thaught Of the
futuTs The American Forestry association ha.
given us fgufv- Co shos that 'h-rv~ffths - the
original thinker II the coaatry has h~cn Consumed
II Is = little ysius to reyaH the uAste With
~hita ~v have cut thinker. except that ss
oaght 10 have learned lessons which will enable
us 10 avoid 80 much vase in the future
I rvtusrnh~r making a visit Ia The Hawaiian
Islands sone i've YEAR Agn aud vas grratty In.
tsrvstei 60 nni a very considerable lurh~f enter.
prise 'herv which Was engaged In salvaging the
stampas~ u a certain hardwood which had h~~a
cut over ysar~ b~forr with a new realization Of
lsbori"usly taking the siunpaEs frum the ground
shd turning What Sas at one time cuo.tdcrrd u-s-
tsss intO very valuable pru=iuct tn lumber cnm.
nerve. II vas p-lsslbe. Of course tn have prsc.
tirej such = program ~ conservation In the rarly
days of abundance, when uo one could readily
rvaNH~ the sNhRu~thillty ~ our supply but 40
have learned the lesson now snd y. have not
only 10 conserve. but ought 10 have national
p.siicy ~ preservation and rrforestaton
.ff- tha
part rvsponsIhl~ for the haltlnE In the houSs-
building movement Lumber prtces hav. Increased
very sharply slucr the war. and prtcrs To many
in~aac,~ have gone up po per cent above the pre.
war rrriod When diminished forvst supply and
Increased crst Of production arr linked together
II Il not surprising that these unfortunate coadl.
tloas confronting
1.-THE thin. which the government rnay do 4.
20 adopt that policy which vii assure TO future
gcucratioas the timber which Il Necessary To our
lumber needs In oar section Of The country the
supply Is almost entirely exhausted Tn.
sinruujtinn IN the snff.Nnod forests ~ Now Eng.
land and " the lake states and even of the south
has he~n steady and continuous Many wHfrhful
students II the situation think that another lie.
cnt- IN going to put the South In a condition uh.re
II cnn do more than meet its own demands Th-rr
-enlaIns large supply on the Pacific Coast but
,se problem Of transportation makes this supply
unavailable TO the East and middle West unless
we contemplate cost OF transportation which will
csmtinue to discourage building enterprise
"it Ia common knowledge that there 10 ample
In this country uf ours not adapted to other
sftes, to produce a sufficient supply OF timber for
all our needs. II II IL only stocked with trees and
nature IL allowed TO contribute toward our neces.
stiles We must begin TO think Of timber crops
M we do other cultivation In this land Of oars,
and we must put end to that carelessness and
neglect to which We trace our destructive forest
fres. With timber growing on the one hand, and
forest preservation and protection ON the other
hand there isn't any reason why the United States
should not be sef.rellant In the great essential OF
umber for construction purposes II Is perfectly
pmcticahle and feasible to provide for a
eowth OF timber. and It Is an imperative duty 10
saprcve our forest protection | can think OF no
Ts~wrr,i look. In relation to the good fortunes OF
America which does not contemplate forest pol
cy which will assure us the essential In the ium-
Yer line for all our constructive activities.