The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-08-05
WEST MUST SUPPLY
 LUMBER OF FUTURE
More Than Two-Thirds of Forests in America Now West of Rocky
 Mountains

Portland Col w. B. Greeley. chief forester of Che Forest Service. ! Is spending fcw days iu Che North wcst, having completed am iuspcc- U0n tour of Che western national for- o-I districts beginning in May Col Greeley while in Portland gave out Ono following statement:
 "Thc mwmills of Che country arc moving over tho Plains to Che pa- cI1c Coast pretty rapidly The last lumber census made by Che Forest Service shows that thc lumber cut ! has dropped off In an Eastern states and Increased in an Che Western slatcs The bIg Southern pine coun- trg which has hitherto been a great competitor Of Che Northwest is drop- ping oG as a lumber producer and In One meantime shipments through Che Panama Canal from Che Columbia River Puget Sound and Gray Har- b0r ports are increasing very upid- ly shipment of lumber through Che Canal in 1921 exceeded l9.OO0.000 feet and charters a.roady held for 1922 exceed 15O.0O0.O00 indicating Chat Che West Coast timber is very rapidly becoming am important fac- Cor In tho Eastern lumber market. The lumber census referred to above, put Oregon second Washington 1rst as a lumber manufacturing center; Oregon has nosed out Louisiana. which for a long dime hold second place This is indicative Of just what has taken place sawmil's arc mov- Ine from Che South to Che West This industry means moro In Che long run t0 Oregon than any other state. as it has larger forest resources Chan any other in the country Oregon and Washington are going Co witness within Che next ten years or so a tremendous Increase iu lumber pro- ducUon t0 supply Che lumber mar kot Of Che Eastern and Central slatos where Che local supply of tim- ber .s rapidly diminishing
 "Ths win ncreasc heavily Che business ou Che National Forests and put very heavy demands upon the Forest Service to meet Che Increased cut and carry out Che principle oi keenn.g Che cut from cach locality within the growing power of Che ior- osls a0 aa to keep Che industry per- pctual
 rover two-lhirds of ali Che timber Che country has lcft is west of Che Rocky Momtaius either in the western states or Alaska, and the thing wc are driving away on is that when r0ros. Industry comes out here to keep 10 ius. as permanent as pos. dblc. Go into every big forest re- zion of tho East nowadays and you don't und very much but cut-ovor land. more or less barren a great many abandoned mill towns. a grcat many abandoned mwmIu piles. and % large part Of Che population gone too except where thcro are large areas of agricultural lands
 Auu we can not keep llc NmNt supply perpetual unless forest fires aro prevented. But Che Forest Sery- fec. Che stotos and Che private own- CTS cau't prevent Che forests from burning unless Che public the users of Che forests. realizes its respous.- bIty and does ita share by being careful with nrc in Che woods.
 "I would uko to see permanent. provision made for airnIa.nos for as- distance ln protecting Che National Forests. but only as supplementary form of protection They can not. take Che place iu our organization Of l00a0ue and guards on Che ground AirpIancs are very valuable. pari.c- uIarIy when you have smoke coudI- uons and for fires chan cannot be. exactly locatcl.'