Evening star., 1933-07-31
Public Gets New Conception
OF Scope of Forest Project

capable of supporting 1000 900 perons.
And in giving work to 1000 900 pesons
the Government and private ownes OF
forest lands would be assuring poSerlty
an adequate timber supply and un'oing
much of the harm done by the waton
wasters of our forests. His plan calls
for the cutting and marketing of only
the Oldest and largest trees, limitiIg the
years logging to the years growth He
would make this possible in the csc OF
the private land owner by establishing
forestry credits along the genera lines
upon which they are now extened to
agriculture, and by making fores- lands
tax free, or nearly so, until they ecome
financially productive"
Many of the workers." accoring to
the Pasadena Star-News, ARE ut only
finding a decent living, but tey are
getting kind of education whch will
be invaluable to them all throuh life"
The Star-News adds: Aside fom the
practical contributions these rforesta-
ton armies throughout the United
States are making to posterir in the
way Of creating new watershes. reduc-
ing fire hazards in valuable timber lands
and constructing needed mountain
roads. they are making of themselves
healthy. happier and more aert young
men who will take their plaes as use
full citizens in the wage Gaming world
as soon as economic adjutments are
Effected
The Kansas City Star llso testifies:
''As public works go. for the purpose
of giving employment the conservation
accomplishments of tie corps are well
worth the expenditure Aside from the
employment given, ue nature of the
work is calculated to ,uild up the bodies
and the spirits of theworkers. the bene-
fits being greatest t those young men
who left lives of drifting for anchorage
in the camps"
In confirmation of the Presidents
statement of an effrt to get away from
the idea of the die. the Port Huron
Times Herald declses: Men are work
ing in these campsbecause they do not
want to be competed to take even the
mere sustenance life without giving
something in retlu1. And probably it
is no soft berth or any one of them
We notice also tht President Roosevelt
said We are 'seekig' to get away from
the idea Of soup kitchens, etc Very
likely the Presidet knows how hard it
is actually going 4 be to get away from
that idea"
Criticism of Permanent housing for
the personnel II the camps" is voiced
by the Lincolr State Journal, with the
belief that it is more than the Govern
ment should contemplate at this time
Fitness of tt recruits is questioned BY
the YakimaD Daily Republic. with the
conclusion nat they don't know any
more thanA Western farm boy would
know aboY the East Side districts of
New York;
The WI Street Journal finds sig
nificance h an utterance of the Ma
tional Llhber Manufacturers Associa-
ton. andaeclares: ANY one who will go
through Ehe census reports and study
all the Industries dependent in whole
or in ptt upon the forests will get a
surpriseWhen he sees the magnitude of
the vales and the wages paid to labor
in sucha grouping. Without detailing
the retanufacture, saw mill and pulp
produ& alone represent a total value
of owe two and one-half billion dollars
everykear and paw wages of more than
half billion. and this is only the be-
ginnjg of the story Of lumber. Tho
futut of this great industry has beer
the occasion of much anxiety to thosS
whqare familiar with it and are dis
posi- to look little way ahead. With
outindulging in undue enthusiasm. it
doe seem that when the powerful Lum-
behen'S Association agrees with public
cotervation agencies to work for the
prtervation Of the forests a long step
ha been taken in the right direction"