Evening star., 1922-01-26
Forestry y LOSSES (
/ DETAILED BY PACK
Tells Of Waste Though Fire
/. and Idle Land at Annual
Meeting.

The American Forestry Association
at Its annual meeting at the Willard
Hotel today marked the fortieth years
Of its organization. The association
was founded in scincinneti In 1882
with George E. Loring Of Salem'
Mass, as the first president. Charles
Lathrop Pack Of Lakewood. n. j., the
president, made the opening address
and was followed by Senator irvine
l. Lenroot Of Wisconsin. who spoke
on Our National Forest PROBLEMS,
and by Col. Henry s. Graves. former
chief of the U. S forest service. who
spoke on The Objectivss OF a Ma
tional Forest Policy. ,.,,
"Let US mark this year, 1922. vital
year in forestry in the United states,
with a united front for q toreso 81
the fine cooperation of the editors of
the country the American Forestry
Association has awakened thousanus
of people to the value OF our 1oresl
resources.
is threatened by two big items. our
yearly losses from forest hres ana
our hundreds of millions of acres
of forest lands which are not grow
ing forests. Just what this means 10
big industries in states Inc kn Nem ",
the $4,000, ,0O0-a-year freight bill New
England pays on imported Jumper
because of the idle acres close 70 ner
factory doors. The lumber cut IN the
state of New York has dropped a.
most 60 per cent since 1910. Her
consumers of lumber are payins $Se.-
ooo. 900 a year for imported lumber
and s11 100000 a year for state
grown lumber. AS a result nearS'
1900 wood-usinG industries IN tne
state of New York have closeo up
shop.
Fire Loss Enormous.
Material enough to. build a nFe-
both sides of a road extending from
New York to Chicago is -destroyea
by forest fires every year. Win iou.
people to a house these one hunore1
thousand or more buildings Wouiu
provide a home for nearly one-iourth
Of orr yearly increase in population
"In the last five years more man
10000 forest fires have occurred IN
the United States. so per cent OF
which were due to human agencies,
conflagrations destroyed Sso'aVo'o''
worth of timber.
"stop this waste and put that ma
terial into houses. If you do, various
business interests concerned III con-
struction, such as lumber dealers, car
would, it is estimated benefit to the
extent of more than $400.00O.000 an
nually. Bankers and real estate deal.
ers would also profit by the sale OF
lands and loans on homes to the ex-
tent Of an additional 600:
Take that thought home with you ana
present it to your banker and the real
estate man."
VIII Speak mt Smoker.
At the University Club tonight there
will be smoker, at which the following
will give short talks:
Col. William B. Greeley, chief OF the
United States Forest Service; Ovid II.
Butler, forester of the American For
estry Association and formely of the
United States products labratory at
Madison; Nelson Brown Of Syracuse,
J. w. Tourney of the Yale Forest
School, Henry c. Campbell OF. the Mil
waukee Journal, Dean c. H. Worcester
Of Chicago. Carl Vrooman. former as
sistant secretary Of agriculture; Dean
Hunt of the University of California.
DR.. Henry S. Drinker. E. T. Allen,
Western Forestry and Conservation AS
sociatfon, and Herman Won Schrenk Of
St. Louis.