Evening star., 1925-03-11
NEW PLAN STARTED.
TO SAVE TIMBER
Reforestation Move Expect.
ed to Prevent Woodlands
From Becoming Bare.
BY ]. c, RoYLE.
Special Dispatch 70 The Star.

Special Dispatch 70 The Star.
NEW YORK, March 11.--Large TIM
Der interests of this country have come
to the conclusion that their timber lands
are like bank deposit-they cannot
continue to take out without putting
in. In consequence, extensive plans
for the reforestation of the Pacific
Northwest now are under way under
the lead of the Weyerhaeuser Timber
Co., one of the largest concerns OF It's
kind in the world.
The United States Government Is
taking an intense interest in the pro-
gram outlined and many large timber
companies in western. Oregon are
withdra wing their cut overlands from
sale, while they await the results OF
the reforestation experiments Al
ready some work of this character
has been undertaken in western
Oregon and is proving successful The
companies which control thousands OF
acres OF logged-off lands, now nope
that by reforesting these properties
they can make them more prohtacie
than by selling them to farmers.
Forests Never VIII BE Bare.
The Government in the last few
months has sold thousands of acres
of virgin timber in the Northwest, bat
as a result of the reforestatton poHcy,
not an acre has been sold without
proviso for reforestation. Govern
ment officials now assert that as
result of the present trend the forests
of Oregon and Washington, where the
largest supply of American timber
now is found never will became bare.
The program of the Weyerhaeuser
Company already has provided
$1,000, 900 corporation known as the
Weyerheuser Logged-Of Land Co
to handle this work. The start Of
field work has been made in south
western Washington and George ).
Long, general manager of the COM
pany, states that the scope of the
work will be broadened to include
practically all the Weyerhaeuser land
holdings in dozen States If the
work in Washington is successful.
Move Is Far Reaching.
The railroads and the paper indus
try are closely affected by the move
toward reforestation. The carriers OF
this country will use 115,000,000 ties
this year and will have to pay about
$125 100000 or more for them. The
smaller growths raised on reforested
lands undoubtedly will be used even
tually to fill a goodly portion of this
demand.
The heavy demand for paper, which
has quadrupled since 1900, is imperil
ing the lumber supply, because 1t has
resulted in depletion of the young
growth that would eventually become
saw timber. But pulp wood has now
attained a price which is making re-.
forestation solely for this purpose
profitable in many parts of the coun-
try, according to the Federal Forest
Service.
More Species Needed.
The Forest Service believes the-sys
tematic growing OF pulp wood is the
fundamental solution of the present
supply shortage problem, but adds
that new processes, which Will in
crease the species of trees available.
for pulp and the reduction of waste
in making pulp, now amounting to
As per cent OF the original wood, are
essential supplementary measures. If
the pulp and lumber industries were
to be integrated, Federal officials
point out, the saw mill waste OF spe-
cies suitable for pulp would furnish
about 15,000,000 cords annually, which
would more than meet all pulp wood
requirements in this country.
Under proper correlation forestry
officials estimate the United States
could produce perpetually 26.o00,000
cords of pulp wood annually as an
incident of lumber production ..-