Evening star., 1924-11-19

geographical isolation, and the small
average size of our wood-using in
dustries, coupled with abundance Of
raw material, have kept them from
advancing as rapidly in improved
methods as some of our more highly
concentrated Industries. But timber
| shortage will force competition in
better methods. Much Is already
known of better methods and the
time is already here when this
knowledge can be profitably en-
ployed. Many companies have. In
| fact, made notable progress in waste
/ reduction and are furnishing ex-
| amples of what can be done by care
full management and expert planning.
1t seems possible that the individual
| Industries, by banding together, can
overcome their handicaps Of isolation
| and collectively employ more experts
to work out better processes.
'It Is to consider joint efforts to-
| ward better forest utilization that
| this conference has been summoned.
| 1t Is a movement In which the State
| and National Governments, the con-
dustries, the universities. the con-
| sumers, and the. technical experts
should join. The various Govern
| ment agencies equipped to help will.
know, be eager to do what they
can to forward this undertaking. So
vast an enterprise as the forest
| using Industries must not be allowed
| to decline for lack of raw material.
We have abundant soil to produce it,
We have the energy and the intelli-
gence to learn to use our forests
| without waste. This conference
ought to lay the foundation of a
far-reaching and effective effort for
| forest thrift.
1--WE hold the resources of our
country as trust. They ought to
be used for the benefit of the present
generation, but they ought neither to
be wasted nor destroyed. The gener-
ations to come also have a vested in
terest in them. They ought to be
administered for the benefit of the
public. No monopoly should be per-
mitted which would result in prof
iteerfng. nor on the other hand
should they be indiscriminately be-
| slowed upon those who will unwisely
permit them to be dissipated. These
| ministered for the general welfare
of all the people, both for the present
and for the future. There must be
both use and restoration. The chief
purpose Of this conference is to dis
cover policies which will, in the
hands of private individuals and of
public officers, tend to the further
advancement of this already we'll
defined and securely adopted prin-
ciple."
CrEe Conservation.
Drawing a picture Of the rapid de-
pletion of the forest reserves Of the
United States, largely through waste
In production and manufacturing
saved by application of waste-saving
methods, President Coolidge and
heads of two Government depart
ments today urged upon the lumber
manufacturers of the Nation use of
strict conservation methods IL the
country Is to be saved a great tim
ber shortage In future years
Assembled In the auditorium. of
the New NatioQal Museum in the
opening session of the conference of
utilization of forest products, called
by the late Secretary of Agriculture
wallace several months ago. 400 men
engaged in lumber production and
manufacture heard the President out
line the situation. and other speakers
declared that the remedy for the present
"astage OF timber. which is as much as
one third OF the annual cut, lies within
the lumber industry itself.
Secretary Of Commerce Hoover Of
fered the cooperation of all arms of
the Department of Commerce in cut
ting down wastage in the lumber in
oustry and asserted the representa-
tiVes or the industry gathered in the
tWo-da conference have before thenr
great responsibility-that of pre-
serving for posterity the forest herit-
age of their forefathers. He hoped
tne conference would take the wide
view of the problem. and held out the
nope that partial elimination of the
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out great hope for future savings.
Gore Cites Wallace View,
Outlining the purposes of the con-
ference, which he said fitted into the
broad vision held by Secretary Wal
lace OF conserving and handing
down unimpaired the great heritage
Of our natural resources. Acting Sec
retary Howard NJ. Gore of the Depart
ment or Agriculture said the Clarke
McNary law. providing for better fire
protection. is the first step toward
better forest handling. The confer
ence, he said, marks another impor-
tant step in the forest policy of the
Department of Agriculture-a fresh
and combined attack by all the
agencies interested on the problem
OF conserving our existing supply of
timber through more efficient meth
DDS of utilization.
Drawn from many diverse oro,.
| ana occupations, the members of this
conference have at the present mo.
ment single united interest-tha in.
terest or timber saving. As see II
the purpose of this meeting is to per
petuate and give practical expression
TO that unity of interest" Mr.. Gore
said.
I'm the opinion of the department
a nj Ix-n
lies in organized industrial effort
The forest industries, in general, have
not developed large concentrated
units. They are of relatively small
average size. Multiplicity and isola-
ton make extremely difficult the
problem of reaching all these diverse
groups. as well as the great multitude
OF large consumers of their product
and force the conclusion that Joint
effort alone offers a solution"
Greeley Addresses Group.
From the standpoint of the Ameri-
can public. the elimination Of waste
mas an obvious bearing on extension
OF the life of our existing stocks of
timber, and hence of all the social and
economic benefits derived from an
adequate supply of forest products.
William B. Greeley, chief of the
United States Forestry Service, de-
clared
Alluding to failure of manufactur-
ers to utilize their waste lumber prod
ucts, ]. Walter Drake, Assistant Sec
retary of Commerce, declared "the
wastes of today are the profits of to-
morrow" adding that the conference
should teach us to look upon the Gov
ernment as an ally with industry.
Utilization of the forests alone will
I'not give permanently, A. C. Goodyear.
president of the Great Southern Lum-
Der Co., said With IL must po ~