Conservation Commission 105 



Kound Wood : Cords 



For excelsior, kilns, alcohol, etc 258,703 



Piilpwood : 



Spruce 327,905 



Hemlock ^ 38,078 



Balsam 42,930 



Poplar 43,981 



Basswood 5,475 



458,369 



Total 717,072 



Pieces 



Shingles 22,614,750 



Lath 23,823,440 



Heading 9,715,500 



Staves 49,571,300 



Eailroad ties 759,687 



Posts 466,965 



Poles 68,152 



Figures as such mean little, but they enable important facts to 

 be deduced. Attention is drawn to the rapidly decreasing cut of 

 forest products in this State. The comparison would be many- 

 times greater if the product of a half century ago were taken. 

 Another comparison could be drawn showing our rapidly increas- 

 ing consumption. Decreasing supply and increasing demands 

 mean rapid exhaustion. 



As a people who are interested in the future of our State, these 

 are facts we must carefully consider. We must chana-e our idea 

 of the forests. We must see the forest as a growing wood crop 

 and, what is more, treat it as such. Forestry is not sentiment, 

 it is business. Tt is growing wood crops. We not only thus secure 

 and assure a future wood supply, which is so necessary to us as a 

 State, but also derive numerous and incalculable benefits, such 



