The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-06-10

committee is to make q In0rOugn
study Of the wood-using industries and
report at a conference to be held next
fall. One of the big objects sought is
to obtain closer cooperation in insur-
ing full use of all timber cut.
The committee comprises represent
atives Of the railways, the paper and
pulp industry, purchasing agents of
the country, wOOd-using industries,
lumber manufacturers and retailers,
architects and contractors, the Ameri-
can Engineering council and The ma
tional farmer organizations.
A preliminary conference, called by
Secretary Hoover, has been in. session
here for some time and It was voted
that definite action TO bring about on
~servation was essential to the best in
terests Of the nation. At the close of
the conference the situation was
summed up by John 2, w. Reynders
Of New York, who represented the
American Engineering council.
'The United States" he said. "has
been living in a FOOLS paradise. For
eign governments are studying eco
Monies, and unless we take the same
step economy measures will be forced
upon US. Industry must look at such
problems from a national standpoint"
Voluntary Action.
Secretary Hoover explained what
the Department of Commerce had
been developing during the last three
years with industry to eliminate waste.
1t has been found possible, he said, to
obtain practical results by voluntary
action, the function of the government
being to bring together the industries
that they might unite for such action
as would serve the common interest.
Secretary Hoover said the fact that
timber was being cut at a rate four
times faster than it was being re-
placed, called for immediate and con-
structive action. The problem for the
committee, he added, dealt with the
problems faced in making for economy
of use after the forest had become a
commercial product.
Announcement was made by Mr.,
Hoover that an anonymous gift of S25,-
600 a year for two years had been re-
ceived, to serve as the nucleus for
financing the Investigations which the
committee will undertake. He recon-
mended that the program of the com
mittee take the form Of day-to-day op-
erations, with studies being made OF
specific industries TO ascertain the full
facts, and then to be considered from
the standpoint Of their relation witt
other industries, to the end that thu
~by-products of one industry might b.
utilized wherever possible by another
One Of the faulty functions of thu
~present-day commercial and industrial
fabric, Secretary Hoover cOntended
was that industries had not beel
brought together to cooperate in tn
national interest. Such cooperation
he said, would not only bring econom,
Of operation of industry. but woult
result in a more efficient use Of raw
materials.
Paper Industry.
A report on behalf Of the America.
Paper and Pulp association was mad
by Norman w. Wilson, president o
: that organization. He said the pape
and pulp industry was tackling b
problem from two ends. More an
more mills were employing forester
to secure expert treatment of the tin
{ Der and to reproduce their wood SUI
plies, he said. At the finishing end
the industry increasing attention wa
being given to research for new use
for by-products.
Hugh P. Baker Of New York, seer
: tary Of the same organization, sal
Q that while the paper and pulp industr
consumed 6,OO0,000 cords of wood al
= nually, this was but 4 per cent Of tt
4 timber cut in the United States. TT
: value Of paper products and pap
o goods is about $4,000, 100000.
The industry, he said, has two pro
!. lens, n technical and the other COZ
!, merciai. In the technical field dec;
. Of wood and utilization of decay
: woods has been combated by the fore
products laboratory. Hardwoods we
being used with success where tn
were not formerly disable and vine
a decade ago foresters regarded {
= hardwood trees as a nuisance.
Howard Andrews of Nashville, r.
r~esenting the National Association
Railroad Tie Producers. said I'll
= through the use Of wood ~preservatl
= the industry already had reduced [
replacement Of ties from q rate Of
q per mile in 1920 to 90 per mile In 10
81 Col. w. B. Greedy Of the federal {
est service, who viii act as vice cha
q man Of the new conservation comm
:. tee, argued for the establishment
some sort Of clearing house and gu
ing agency to sid II the %cOnservat
desired.
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