Evening star., 1925-04-26
.S.FORESTRY WEEK
PROGRAM OUTLINED
State Aid to Be Stressed in
National Campaign to
Save Trees.

State cooperation with the Fedora
Government under the McNary- Clarke
forestry law is one of the principa
Issues to be stressed during American
Forestry week, beginning tomorrow
as proclaimed by President Coolidge.
The principles of State cooperation
have been outlined by the subcom
mittee of the National Forestry pro
gram committee. The campaign fol
forestry legislation will be conducted
in the high schools in the country by
the American Tree Association dur.
ing the week.
The subcommittee, which has been
al work since last October. is made ur
of Philip w. Ayres. Society for Pro
lection of New Hampshire Forests
Charles Lathrop Pack. president
American Tree Association: Wilson
Compton, National Lumber Manufac-
turers' Association; Shirley Allen
American Forestry Association. r. S.
Kellogg of New York City is the chair
man of the whole committee. Other
members of the committee are Ebert
II. Baker, American Newspaper Pub.
lisher'S Association: w. NJ Hall, Cen
trail States Forestry League: John
Foley, Association of Wood Using In
dustries: Ovid NJ. Butler, American
Forestry Association; E. r Allen,
Western Forestry and Conservation
Association: Hugh P. Baker. American
Paper and Pulp Association.
Ask States Interest.
Every State legislature should be
interested in the findings of this sub.
committee" said Charles Lathrop
Pack. Every business man in the
ch hn D,,c
men are paying $50 millions of dollars
year in freight rates on lumber. The
State of New York. once first in lum-
ber production, is now twenth-siXth.
and she has to import three-fourths
of the lumber she needs. Correspond
ing figures could be given in regard to
all the great manufacturing States.
The town forest is one of the big
points in the report. One Of the big
gest educational moves for forestry
Is the signing by President Coolidge
of the executive order making various
Army camps national forests. Camp
Meade. Md, and Fort Humphreys, Va,
are among the sites. The other res
erVations on which national forests
are TO be established are Pines Plains
and Camp Upton. n. Y: Camp Dix
n. j.; Tobyhanna Artillery Range. Pa,
and Forts Eustis and Lee, Va Ma
tional forests have been esta blished at
Fort Benning, Ga; Camp Mcclellan,
Ala, and Camp Jackson. S. c. Now
we are on the way to see d practical
demonstration in forestry in which the
public will be interested"
Subcommittee Findings.
The findings of the subcommittee
follow:
l. Any State forest policy looking
toward cooperation under the Clarke
McNary law should be Statewide in
scope. That is, it should not apply to
heavily forested sections or TO cut
over lands only.
2. Such a policy should recognize
as cooperative effort only such actiyj-
ties as have legislative status or Of
nclal recognition substantially guaran-
teelng continuity. For example, a
temporary and independent squirt of
forest patrol or fire fighting by an in
dlvidual or cooperation within a State
should not be figured in as State ac-
tvity meriting dollar-for dollar CO.
operation by the Government.
3. Any State forest policy should
have sustained yield of forest prod
ucts as its primary objective. Present
dead-letter laws subsidizing the plant
ing of trees only. for instance, must be
considered inadequate
Taxation System Asked.
4. Provision for d system of forest
taxation which will make forestry
practice attractive economically should
be contained in State forest policy.
5. Where practicable, town forests
should be provided for.
s. State forest policy should look
toward private practice of forestry as
an essential part of the eventual solu-
tion of the forestry problem and
should aim at State and Government
encouragement of private forestry in
every way possible.
I. Provision should be made bv
each State for continuity in the ad-
ministration of its forest affairs
through State forestry or conserva-
ton organization; concentration of
administrative responsibility in a sin
gle, we'll chosen official rather than
in a board or commission, being
preferable.
In order to reach 10000, 900 high
school pupils during American Forest
week the American Tree Association
sent booklets on that subject to the
superintendents of schools in hun
dreds of towns. The booklets point
out the Importance of a national
forest policy which means the per-
petuation of our forests and the
growth of sufficient lumber for all
our needs. This distribution is the
biggest ever attempted.