The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-20
Paper Makers Push Work Of
 Reforesting

New York. April 2O-'Distinct gains have been achieved in the past year in the campaign of the Ameri- can paper industry for forestry legis- Iation which will help to provide a continuous supply of the raw material which this and other industries re- quire if they are to continue in oper- atiOn," George w. Sisson, JT., of Pots dam, N. Y-, chairman of the Forestry Committee of the American Paper and Pulp Association, said this after noon in making his report to the an- nual convention of the association.
 "A committee of Congress devoted a week to intensive study of the for estry problem of the nation, and such organizations as the American News paper Publishers Associa tion, the other national organization, as well as technical fOresters. stood with the American Paper and Pulp Association in asking for legislation which will aid in starting a new growth of timber on the S1,00O,000 acres of land which ought to be growing trees, but which are now growing nothing.
 This industry takes pride in the fact that its program for co-opera- ton between Federal. State and pri- vate agencies in the maintenance of the forest growth, first adopted in 1919, is now recognized as the one possible forestry program now before the country.
 tPresented Our Arguments.'
 We have presented our arguments
  If nothing is done the bill embody- ing our ideas will be introduced in the next Congress and will continue to be pressed until Congress acts.
 Tn appearing in behalf of this leg islation I have been proud to be able to say that the paper industry of the United States is leading American business in working for forestry, not alone for selfish reasons. but in the belief that in urging the protection of the forests the paper industry is participating in a great movement for the welfare of the whole country. And the paper industry has not been con- tent with talking forestry. Paper manufacturers are leading the nation today in the actual reforestation of the cut-Over lands"
 The demand for technical education by the employees In America's paper mills has exhausted the first edition of the first of the five volumes of text books prepared for mill workers at cost of over $40,000 to the paper manufacturers. The first volume is already being reprinted before the Hshed. according to the report made today by George E. Williamson, of Mittineague, Mass. president of the and Paper Industry.
 Will Establish Classes.
 Paper mills in five states are pre- pairing to establish classes to train their employees for promotion. even be- fore the text books which are to be used are completed, and in some of the mills preliminary instruction is already under way.
 The educational work is being done in cooperation win Federal or State bureaus and the paper manufa cturers financed the preparation of the text for the books In reviewing this work MT. Williamson pointed out that In additioi to the $40, 900 paid for pre- pairing the text. the mills are expend- ing many more thousands of dollars for the purchase of the books to be given to their men.
 Glasses are under way in four mills in three States, these mills being those of the Strathmore Paper Company at Mittineague, Mass of the s. D. War ren Company in Maine. and of the Marathon and Nekoosa-Edwards com panies in the Wisconsin River Val ley.