Editorial 



THE ENLARGED MAGAZINE 



WITH this issue the American' Furkstrv 

 ATacazine makes a depai'ture from the form 

 it has had for the past twenty years — a 

 change which it is hoped will greatly please the mem- 

 bers of the association and render the magazine of still 

 greater value to them in the future. Not only is the 

 enlarged size more attractive in appearance and more 

 convenient to handle and to read, but it permits larger 

 and better illustrations, so desirable in presenting pic- 

 tures which are of value in impressing upon the mind 

 the essential points of the articles the)' illustrate. 



Public education in forestry and in a knowledge nf 

 trees is so necessary to the success of the movement for 

 forest conservation and for proper care of urnamcntal 

 and shade trees that American Forestry will present 

 each month a series of instructive articles designed to 

 further this necessary public knowledge of forests and 

 trees. The cover of the magazine will have a picture in 

 colors of the particular tree being described, so that 

 identification of it may be readilx' made, and there will 

 follow articles on its appearance, characteristics and its 

 commercial uses, so that the readers may acquire a 



persiinal kmnvledge of the liest-known trees, a knowl- 

 edge which will not only be desirable but beneficial to 

 them. There will also be special departments on forestry 

 for children, which will be interesting for adults as well: 

 on birds, without which to wage war on insects there 

 would be no trees or other vegetation ; on wood preser- 

 vation, which has such an important bearing on forest 

 conservation, and on ornamental and shade trees, about 

 vvhich there is such a rapiiUy growing public desire for 

 knowledge. 



In addition to these features, there will be the usual 

 timely and important articles upon various phases of 

 forestry, articles which will keep the members informed 

 of forest conditiims n(.it only in the United States and 

 Canada but all over the world. 



Appreciation of these improvements in the magazine 

 is, of course, expected, but what is most desired is such 

 substantial appreciation as an increase in memliership 

 in the assiiciation. This mav best be secured by the 

 [iresent memliers telling their friends about the associa- 

 tion, its work and its magazine, and UDminating them 

 for membership. 



ONE-THIRD OF OUR LUMBER WASTED 



OXE of the vital essentials in the conservation nt 

 the forests is the utilization of as much i.if the 

 tree cut down as possible. The fact that, with 

 lumber conditions as they are, .'!0 per cent, or almost 

 one-third, of the timber cut is left in the woods to waste 

 makes it apparent that a reform in the lumber industry 

 is absolutely necessary to prevent a great natural re- 

 source being shamefully dissipated. 



Reduced to figures, this waste means an annual loss of 

 fifteen billion feet of timber, or practically one year's 

 total consumption of timber every three years. 



This fact was presented to members of the Federal 

 Trade Commission in Chicago in July by President R. 

 H. Downman, of the Xati<:)n,-d Lumljer .Manufacturers' 

 Association in describing the condition of the lumber in- 

 dustry. Mr. Downman and a number of other leading 

 lumbermen were in\ ited by the Commission to tell how 

 severe the depression in the lumber industry is, what 

 has caused it, and suggest measures for improvement. 



PerhajJS no business in the United States has suf- 

 fered so greatly in the last several years as the lumber 

 business and perhaps fiir none is the outlook for the 

 future more cheerless. It is therefore of prime inipior- 

 tance that some action be taken to revive it. The Federal 

 Trade Commission has indicated its desire to aid in this 

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and the meeting was the first of a series at which the 

 memljers of the Commission will hear facts concerning 

 the industry and consider the remedies suggested. \\'hat 

 may result from this is not yet ap]jarent. but the oppor- 

 tunity to present their case has been given to the lumber- 

 men and it is up to them to cooperate with each other 

 in the endeavor to decide uiion some legal, practical plan 

 liy which their business may be saved and by which it 

 ma_\- be possible for this great industrv to regain the place 

 it formerly held. 



What this industry means to the United States mav be 

 judged by Mr. Downman's statement that: 



"W'e are here today representing an industry which 

 has an investment of practicall\- two and one-fourth 

 billion dollars in the way of raw material and de- 

 velo])nient — an industry which is the third largest 

 in the point of employment of all industries in the 

 United States, engaging lHi."),()(io men, upon whom 

 are dejiendent :5, 415, Odd peoi)le." 



How the extreme depression of the lumber industry 

 results in waste of the forest resources was described 

 by .Mr. Downman when he said: 



''Tlie condition of this business in the last eight 

 years has been one of demoralization. Practically 

 little or no profit has been made during that periocl. 

 At the present time an actual loss in tlie Inisiness is 



