Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-15
ADVOCATES GOVERNMENT
CONTROL OF NUMBERING
Martin L. Davey Sounds CALI
to Save Rapidly Diminish
ing Forests in U. S.
HUMBER SUBSTITUTE Lu>ELY



r COLUMBUS OHIO. Jan. IA
s stirring call 10 save the Fapiny al
minishinE forests OF the United
States was sounded At the annual,
meeting OF tho League OF Ohio
Sportsnier yesterday by Martin L..
Dnvey. former member OF Congress
from Ohio. and national authority,
on tree protection
At tho present rate O. cnnsu,7p,ior
within tho lifetime O: many az ne
America uill Toe a ,reelcss waStc,wl,,
eTcr-incr1ls!uc floods forest fires
soil dsnGda;ion and menace 10 The
wafer SUPPLY az our towns aud cri.S e
SAID MI pav"y. Who quoted the
Waited STAKES ForcS; service 10 show
that thrc"-siftns Of our original Kim
Der supply j. gone and that W. are
consuming sour forests four times as
fast rs the!: natural inc.case Con
tmuinE, hcNSuid.
Lumber substitute.
lt Will bc,oUly few years until A
substitute fo-tlumhcr VIII have TO b.
devised II We Keep up this pace. II
present conditions continue much
longer the prh,e %. lumber viii make
1T impossible fNr the man OF moderate
means 70 huiln-a home. We think OF
Ourselves as iI1u"nSurabiy more an
ltrhtencG ;hai- rh!ua. yet We ar"
right now treait1 the path that sh.
followed TO the .poiu; that a ftu.u~
is now an ahsol7'" certainty N that
country every fcW years.
s'Reccntly tacted with retired
lamhermau Of crrat wealth. who II
now d.votiuc al! ms energies 10 stint
Mating Interest in' -cfor"St.ttiou. on
asking him why ~ was doing this.
he replied:
s"'Mr pavey. when consider the
menace To my country that has been
created hy the whoNASal. destruction
OF our forests f"elNalmost as l. my
hope OF salvation Depended on my de-
voting every 'uomcntIof my remain
ing years to rcpairlrg@in some meas
ure tho damage ha,,s been in part
Responsible FOR"
sAIr l:av"y described graphically
the sweeping away Of the nations
fercstS. first ricturir'g' the bound.
less areas that cNls-cd when the
pioneers landed and ,hru iakiu: his
hearers westward. stopiby step. show.
ing how the various sactions az the
cbuntry had succe Ssiv.ly held the
record rs producers of lumber until
today not one OF tn" sections name,
Produces more than fraction OF III.
lumber il consumes. Continuing h,
said
Need Government Control
li W" act anl act nuvv We co-
shwly but surely repair tho or.,,,
OF our s"us"l"ss prodiEalr Nn ON,
atSlikcs government Interference :,
business more than !. hut. after vcnr,
OF 'Npc'ionc" ANA a mos, cnr.,u
study Of the problem am convince,
ma IA" solution lies principally it
All numbering should he n,,co,
uh"er control OF tho government, n
mas been don" in Ia" Eur0prau coun
'res. which arc' most effectively con
serving their forests
~ tax OF Slh a 1000 Zee, shou,,
ne levied on all lumber CUT from nov
on and every dollar OF that ,nonc,
sh"uld b" put into 'r.foresta,ion.
-Th" whole question resolves itsc,
into thiS-shall We learn from ~,
experience Of o'h"rS while {, IS We
thne or shall W.. continue I'm ON
present course anal suffer ono ~ IN
greatest economic. losses tina, hn
hf"n known in world history. Tor a
sure rs today'S sun viii set, If We d
mot mend our ways now, We ca
count ON IRE, Hood. famine ana pests
lence. If not during IN" present g-n
eta,ion. at least during tina, which
10 follow"