The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-03-17
A TEXAS EDITOR
SEES VALUE OF
Z TREE FARMING
Forest Management Considered
Extremely Important in Econ
omy Of Our Country
Bv w. R. BEAUMIER

are good for the community. We
write editorials of endorsement. We
carry articles and announcements.
W. '"+'lally campaign for lot of
objectives-all because we seek to
perform a public service for the
readers we serve.
/ would not attempt here to clas-
sify or rank the many. public SER
vice projects which l support as an
editor, and which my newspaper
supports with the printed word.
But l would like to point out that
of all the things the Lufkin News
supports, there is none more i'm
portant than forest management,
or, as we like to call it, tree farm
ing.
Our support of good forestry is
traditional. Tree farming is the &C.
onomic backbone of our whole re-
gion. Nature has endowed us rich
ly with the pine trees and some
hardwood, too. AS long as we man
age our forest for perpetual yields
of forest products, we have per-
manent fountainhead of we'll being.
Thousands of other towns and COM
munities around the country, l can
tell you, envy our position.
Texas forests and the industries
they support provide full-time jobs
for about 1900 persons who earn
upward of $137,OO0,OOO annually.
Texas timberlands grow wood for
more than 1000 mills and factories
making a wide variety of useful
products.
Because trees grow and replace
themselves, forests of our great
East Texas Region give us stability
you don't find in the production of
other natural resources, such as
oil. The forests are renewable, and
this fact of nature provides ever
lasting bounty, if we only do our
part.
Tree Farming Essential
To Economy
Much has been written about the
economic value of the forests, how
forest dollars flow into every vein
of business. Also, a great deal has
been said-though possibly not
enough--about the more than g.
900 items we use every day that
have their origin in the forest
Without the products of wood
such as lumber and paper-the en-
tire American social and economic
order as we know it would cease
to function. If all values of the
forest were limited to dollars and
wood products, that in itself would
be cause enough to pratice forest
management, or tree farming.
We never miss an opportunity to
encourage this concept of growing
trees as a crop. And / would sug-
gest, based on my own experience,
that every editor in this country
might do the same in his own self
interest. If you want more adver-
Using revenue, more circulation,
better schools, and, in general, a
more prosperous community, you
will be surprised what forest man.
agement can do for you-at least if
you live in an area where trees
grow naturally and in reasonable
abundance.
If you have been taking for
granted the fact that tree farming
means jobs, pay-rolls, farm income,
taxes for schools, wood products
and complete stimulation to the
community economy, maybe you
have not given too much thought to
the other benefits of the managed
Tree Farm.
Managed Forest Has Many Values
/ am referring to the values
which are inseparable from the
managed forest, such as picnicking,
camping, hiking, boating, soil sta
Utilization, and even spiritual in
spiration. All of these things, and
more, are Unborn in the managed
forest. Sponsors of the voluntary
American Tree Farm System of
growing trees as a crop on private
lands recognize all of these values
as inherent in tree farming. The
professional foresters call this
concept multiple use. What the for
esters are saying is that we can
have our cake and eat it too. That
is, the managed forest can grow
the wood we need while providing
the benefits dear to every citizen.
More and more am becoming a
disciple of tree farming with all
its multiple benefits. Call it self
ishness, if you like, but tree farm
ing is good for my newspaper, my
town and people who live in and
around it. That's why it is good
for me. The fact that I need a
forest product-newsprint-to stay
in business, pales in insignifiance
to the far reaching depth of pene-
tration which the Tree Farms of
East Texas have on our well being.
That's why tree farming is big
news with me, and my paper will
continue to support it in every way
possible.
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