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in every coimtry. This is national neees- 

 sit-', as witnessed iu China, a treeless na- 

 tion, and Germany, which country pro- 

 tects her forests. 



The income wliich may l;)e secured will 

 largely depend upon the character of trees 

 which are planted; as, for instance, beech, 

 a very slow-growing- tree, is worth for 

 milling $3.50 per 1.000 feet, walnut .$20 

 to v-tX), and catalpa $50 and upward. The 

 time of the investment is also a very im- 

 portant matter. "White oak requires 200 

 years to mature ; cypress in tlie South, 500 

 to 600 years; pines of various kinds, 70 to 

 150 years. Good walnut logs may be grown 

 in 20 to 30 years, and catalpa, if the true 

 species is obtained, makes good sawing 

 timber in 20 vears. 



DISAPPEARING PULP WOODS. 



EXIENSIVE FOREST TRACTS BOUGHT BY PAPER 

 MAKERS IN CANADA. 



A few years ago there was general con 

 ficlence in the ability of our northern border 

 states to furnish all the pulp wood that this 

 country would ever need. That notion has 

 been exploded, say the New York Su7i. Our 

 invasion of Canada for the needed supply 

 is causing grave apprehension in that coun- 

 try. Wisconsin paper mills are buying pulp 

 wood in Quebec, 1,200 miles away. The situ- 

 ation is a little better in northern New York 

 and northern New England, bat even in 

 those regions the end of our supply is im- 

 mediately befre us. Realizing this fact, a 

 number of our large paper companies have 

 bought extensive tracts in Canada and are 

 busily cutting on them. One company owns 

 about 3,200 square miles and another owns 

 about 2,200 square miles. There are oaiers 

 vith smaller holdings. 



The point of special importance is not so 

 much the possibility that Canada, may im- 

 pose an export duty on pulp wood as the cer- 

 tainty that unless proper steps are soon ta- 

 ken there must occur an exhaustion of spruce 

 supply in Canada as well as in th.is country. 

 So far as this roiintry is concerned there is 

 little if anything that the federal govern- 

 ment can be asked to do. The spruce re- 

 gions of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont. 

 New York, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minne- 

 sota are not a part of the national domain. 



The danger, grave and impending, can 

 be averted only by state or 'by undivided ac- 

 tion, and only by the conservation of the ex- 

 isting forests and an extensive planting with 

 a view to the remote future. Canada has 

 much large powers of restriction and may 



exercise them. I.f she does, this country- 

 must dance to the tune she pipes. — Daily 

 Netvs, Chicago. 



Arboriculture is not alone in showing 

 the alarming decrease of timber on the 

 American continent and the probability of 

 a timber famine at no distant date. Tim- 

 bermen who clear extensive tracts should 

 be compelled by law to plant trees and pre- 

 serve the forest character of their hold- 

 ings. 



QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF 

 FORESTRY. 



Great Britain is fully alive to the im- 

 portance of rearing for her forests And 

 trees, as is seen by this new jr -arnal, ed- 

 ited 1jy W. R. Fisher, Clinton Road, Ov- 

 furd. The work is full of practical papers 

 b}* the most eminent arboriculturists of 

 the British Isles. 



STRIKE OF THE TELEGRAPHERS. 



At this writing the business interests of 

 the country are being seriously injured by 

 the unwise and unreasonable strike of 

 the telegraph operators throughout the 

 n tire country. This is absolutely with- 

 out cause, and will greatly damage the 

 men wlio have so abruptly left the keys, 

 for undoubtedly the use of machines and 

 the enlarged use of telephones must even- 

 tually replace many of their hasty oper- 

 ators. 



We oifer no excuse for the two great 

 lelegraph companies which have mijustly 

 combined in restraint of trade, but this 

 does not excuse a sympathetic strike, 

 which is un-American and uncalled for. 

 The men can gain nothing by such opera- 

 tions. 



COPIES OF ARBORICULTURE 

 WANTED. 



Vol. 2, Nos. 1, 3, 10. 

 Vol. 3. Nos. 2, 4. 5, 7, 9. 10. 

 Vol. 4, Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5. 

 A liberal price will be paid for any of 

 these numbers. 



