Evening star., 1924-06-19

| IL per cent or the total taxes LEVIED
in the state for all purposes in 1921.
In Oregon, timber and the lumber
| industry paid in the neighborhood Of
Is per cent of the total taxes in the
same year. Outside of the cities and
towns in Oregon it is estimated that
the lumber industry pays one-third
of the taxes in the state, and the
percentage runs even higher in sew
/ eral Of the counties, reaching, in the
case of Clatsop County, for example,
| over 60 per cent OF the county taxes.
With the possibility under permanent
| intensive forest management of pro-
ducing timber enough nearly to dou-
BILE the present lumber cut, it would
be possible to maintain permanently
this source of public revenue with
out overtaxing the timber resource
| or It's dependent industries"
Because of depletion of spruce and
| hr in the eastern part of the United
states it is very doubtful if the pres
ent pulp and paper industry in New
York and New England can be main
tanned at it's present size, while the
industry of the lake states will do
well III 1t holds it's own during the
next two decades.
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The field OF forest experiment sta
tion includes all OF the important
problems relating to the life history
| and management of the forest from
the Seeding to the mature stand
That such Investigations are essen
tial to perpetuate and to secure the
| maximum yields from our forests is
| too obvious to require argument
Only in this way can accurate infor-
| nation as to the behavior and pos
sibiiities of our forests be obtained.
Experience in forestry as in agri-
culture, engineering and other fields
has amply demonstrated that inten-
| sive studies by q stan of thoroughly
trained men yield practical results
of more value in a shorter time at
less cost than can possibly be OBJ
tained in any other way. Moreover
the experiments themselves serve as
demonstration areas. BY showing
what can be accomplished under vari-
GUS methods, a station can become a
great stimulus to the actual prac-
tice of forestry by timberland own
ers. The information which the
is needed by private owners, who
now hold a large part of the better
forest lands in Washington and
Oregon. and by the federal govern
efreotive methods in the national
forests of Washington and Oregon.
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In explaining what some of the
principal problems to be specifically
| studied are, Secretary Wallace points
out that the Pacific northwest con-
tains forests in which the risk from
FIRE and the possibilities OF loss are
not exceeded in any other region of
the United States or possibly the en-
tire world. Stands of great volume
and of corresponding value are fire.
quently in years OF long droughts
absolutely destroyed over immense
| areas. Furthermore, a succession OF
nres frequently follow numbering.
thereby causing damage the enormous
extent Of which Is now little appre-
new forest impossible, except by arti-
| hcial reforestation or after delays
running into scores Of years.
Another important problem Is the
burning Of the brush and debris re-
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such manner that . new stand will
be insured. Altogether a number of
| important phases of the fire protec-
| tion problem lend themselves to the
| investigative work which can best
be conducted at forest experime ent
station.
An additional problem OF drst i'm
portance Is to determine how rapidly
= forest will grow and the yields
| which may be expected OF the Diff
ferent kinds Of timber under varying
conditions Of soil, climate and altf-
| tude. Upon such information must
be based the determination Of private
| owners as to whether or not timber
growing on their particular holdings
| will be profitable. Upon such 'infor-
| nation must also be based the area
| of land which any individual or COM
| pany, as for example = pulp and
paper concern, must own or control
/ in order to insure q permanent supply
] SUFFICIENT to meet It's future require
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