The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-12-26

had subjected himself to the most rig
orous type of public control over {
period of so or more years. He would
/ relinquish freedom of action on his
own lands, not only with respect tt
the kind of cutting practices he may
follow, but with respect also the rate
at which private timber may be cut
These important factors must be de
termined and concurred in by the fed
eral government on the basis of sus
tanned yield forestry principles. Thus
the highest type of forestry on large
area of private land would be assured
with all that that implies in terms
of sustained production, payrolls, and
the public good.
Striving To Avoid Liquidation of
County's Taxable Wealth
In Lincoln county there is already
an excellent local wood utilization in
dustry. Furthermore, the investors
in that industry own an ample supply
of the best timber in the area with
which to depreciate their investme nt,
If they cut their timber at rate fast
enough to operate the plants of the
company at or near capacity. The
Forest Service is attempting to de-
velop plan under which certain
percent (about half of the annual cut
Of all timber, or about 70 percent of
the sawlog timber, to be taken from
the Kootenai National Forest lands
will be pooled with a reduced cut from
the private lands. This plan will as
sure a sufficient quantity of high quail
ity timber with the lower quality ma
tional forest timber for the perma-
nent future to give maximum assur-
ance of community stability at the
highest level of production attainable
from the lands availa ble If we can
not develop satisfactory plan for
pooling public and private timber
here is no other means at present
available except to abandon the pres
ent timber stands in private owner
ship to a program of liquidation adj
yerse to the stability of both Libby
md Troy. 1t is believed such a course
would also mean the liquidation of
arge part of the taxable wealth of
lincoln county within a period of
wenty years or less. In this area
here is no evidence from the past to
i've assurance that the less desirable
pecies of timber, as exists on the
ational forest, alone can provide sta
'lllty to the dependent industries, en-
'loyment and communities. 1t there
ore appears that the benefits to be
obtained through government control
# the rate and method of cutting on
he private lands where the more
pine species exist are worth |
triving for. However, to attain these
Electives will require the co-operat- |
1g landowner, in addition to permit |
ing the government to manage his |
ands, to Cd construct a permanent |
Dad system long in advance of the
mber harvest, (2) practice lighter
nd more expensive methods of cut
ng, CD carry out planting, hazard
eduction and cultural practices equi-
alent to those applied on the national
)rest lands and (4) provide high or
er protection against fire, insects
nd disease. In the total the added /
requirements will be large
Though they are essential if these
rivately owned cooperating forest
lnds are to be maintained in high
Forest Service Appraisers Would
Determine Price
The price the public would pay for
lie gains in the management and as
lred yield from the private lands
ould be to provide the cooperating
ndowner the opportunity from time
time to buy certain agreed upon
lantities of national forest timber
lder the same conditions of sale then
being used in sales to buy
IS of national forest timber else
here. The price at which the tim
er would be non-competitively Of
red would be determined by Forest ]
7rvice appraisers using the same f
'inciples and methods used through
1t the natioanl forests. Further the