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ARBORICULTURE. 



place of boxwood for wood-engraving 

 blocks. 



For wood carving the quickly-grown 

 timber O'f the Catalpa is equal to oak, 

 walnut, or butternut. 



In short, there is no article made of 

 wood but what can be made of rapid- 

 growth (generally termed second- 

 growth) Catalpa speciosa. 



Steamed and bent, it is not the inferior 

 of hickory, ash, elm and other woods 

 generally used for bending. The letter 

 "B" which was shown at the World's 

 Fair was made by Messrs. Barney Smith 

 & Co., oar builders, Dayton, Ohio, and 

 proves the capacity of this wood for 

 bending purposes. 



Ten times as much valuable timber can 

 be grown in twenty years upon an acre 

 of land planted in Catalpa speciosa as can 

 be produced froiii any other species of 

 valuable timber in America. 



Are not these declarations of sufficient 

 interest and importance to attract the 

 users and manufacturers O'f lumber? 



cians and their followers to commit the 

 country to a disastrous warfare. They 

 should be spanked. 



A PROPER FOREST POLICY. 



BADLY IN NEED OF A SPANKING. 



The labor unions of San Francisco, 

 probably the worst in the world, aided 

 by unprincipled politicians who manipu- 

 late these fellows as they choose, in order 

 to get and hold office and secure the 

 spoils, have several times come near to 

 throwing the entire nation into a war 

 with a peaceable foreign power. They 

 should be severely sat down upon by the 

 National Administration. 



From the time oi Dennis Kearnc}-, of 

 sand lot fame, and Kalloch, the preacher- 

 mayor, all the way down to- Ruef and 

 Schmitz, the unions have been in power 

 and carried things with a high hand. 



This nation should settle at once and 

 for all the right of a handful of politi- 



Several centuries of experience in 

 Europe have developed a system of for- 

 est perpetuation best suited to conditions 

 in the Old World, and this has become 

 a science to which a large number of per- 

 sons have been educated and trained in 

 the management of continental wood- 

 lands. 



It is well known how carefully these 

 forests are guarded, what restrictions are 

 placed upon the cutting, pruning, dispo- 

 sition O'f even the branches which are 

 cut O'ff, and the very important require- 

 ment by several governments that, when 

 a tree is ready for market and is re- 

 moved, another must be planted in its 

 stead, in order that the forest area and 

 density shall be preserved. 



It is also well known that the climatic 

 influence o^f forests and trees is a heredi- 

 tary heirloom of all the people, and must 

 not be destroyed by the individuals who 

 happen to be possessed of the land titles. 



And, furthermore, the supply of wood 

 for the various uses of the manufacturer 

 and for all other purposes does not con- 

 cern solely the capitalist who, at the im- 

 mediate present time, is making vehi- 

 cles or furniture, or is building houses, 

 but is a matter of solicitude tO' every in- 

 dividual of the realm, and is therefore 

 guarded by the government authorities 

 from waste and destruction. 



So far O'Ur interests, in America, are 

 identical with those of Europe, but our 

 practice is radically different, while the 

 govemment — that is, Congress — pays lit- 

 tle attention to the real needs of the na- 



