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ARBORICULTURE. 



pany, Northland Pine Company, Pine 

 Tree Lumber Company, Chippewa Val- 

 ley Logging- Company, Musser-Saimtry 

 Company, Weyerhaeuser & Denckman, 

 Colquet Lumber Company, North Wis- 

 consin Lumber Company, Bonner's Ferry 

 Lumber Company, Superior Timbel" Com- 

 pany." 



Unquestionably the frauds perpetrated 

 upon the Nation by the great lumber cor- 

 porations are appalling and call for their 

 condemnation by all good citizens. 



However, since the titles to these im- 

 mense tracts of timber lands have passed 

 from the Nation to the various lumber 

 corporations, and, on account of the in- 

 difiference of our ]x^ople and of the states- 

 men who control legislative affairs, have 

 become legal transfers, it is in most cases 

 too late tO' be remedied. 



Still, there is a power in Congress, if 

 Congress will only act, which can prevent 

 the utter destruction of the remaining for- 

 ests and make them perpetual. 



It is not the policy of Arboriculture; 

 to deal with personalities, but rather to 

 appeal for an improvement in methods of 

 lumbering and the restriction of annual 

 output of the great mills in order that the 

 forests may be perpetuated, and that this 

 Nation shall not be cursed as are those 

 countries which destroyed their forests. 



NATIONAL LEGISLATION. 



It is fully realized how almost hopeless 

 is the prospect of securing efificient legis- 

 lation where corporate power, such as 

 exists within the great lumber trusts of 

 America, possessed of vast wealth, dom- 

 inates legislative bodies and even the 

 policy of the Government. 



The old world has learned centuries 

 ago that forests are essential to the pros- 

 perity and well-being of the people, and 



has enacted wise laws for the government 

 of private owners of forest lands as well 

 as the forests belonging to the Nation. 



DUTY OF THIS NATION. 



The adoption of national laws govern- 

 ing the remaining forests of the country. 



The reservation of all lands upon which 

 timber is growing, that yet remains un- 

 sold, the trees to be sold under direction 

 of the Government. 



Prohibiting the transportation of lum- 

 ber and timbers from one State to another 

 where these regulations are not complied 

 with. 



Removal of all duties on timber. 



Restricting the output of every quarter 

 section of forest, to make the forests per- 

 petual. 



Requiring the systematic planting of 

 trees where necessary to maintain a per- 

 petual forest. 



SEVERAL REASONS FOR CONGRESSIONAL AC- 

 TION FOR THE CONTROL OF 

 FOREST PROPERTY. 



(i) The influence which forests exert 

 on precipitation. 



(2) The influence upon water storage ; 

 refrigeration being the best means of re- 

 taining water in the mountain valleys. 



(3) Effects of forests upon wind move- 

 ment. 



(4) Disastrous effects of floods and 

 added costs of \c\ee system caused by 

 forest destruction, 



(5) Menace to river navigation from 

 droughts caused by too rapid melting of 

 snow because of removal of protecting 

 woodlands. 



(6) The future supply of timber for 

 this Nation depends upon the conserva- 

 tion of the remaining forests. 



(7) Transportation between the States 

 will be greatly injured by the sudden re- 

 moval of the forests. 



