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'*In Prussia, in 1830, the cut was 20 cubic feet per acre, 

 and in 1865 increased to only 24 cubic feet. In 1890 it was 

 52, and in 1904 it had grown to 65 cubic feet. Forest man- 

 agement increased the average acre production in 75 years 

 more than threefold. 



^'Elvery acre of forest in Germany: — State, Municipal and 

 private; good, bad and indifferent, productive and unproduc- 

 tive, now yields an average net profit of $2.40 per acre an- 

 nually, representing' 5% on a valuation of $50 per acre, and 

 this is constantly improving. 



"It must not be overlooked that these results have come 

 largely from non-agricultural lands, the sandy plains, the 

 swamps, the rough mountain slopes, and from forests which 

 were mismanaged like ours. 



"Gan we expect to attain the same or similar results? 



"Wc ought to do much better, for we have the htmdred 

 years of experience of our friends across the water to draw 

 on and we can avoid many of the mistakes which they have 

 naturally made and paid for." 



HALL ON THE HARDWOOD FAMINE. 



In the report by William L. Hall, assistant forester of the 

 United States, on "The Waning Hardwood Supply of the 

 United States * * *" dated September 24, 1907, and 

 which has just arrived in Honolulu, he makes the statement 

 that the cut of hardwood lumber in the United States de- 

 creased 15 per cent, between 1899 and 1906. 



"This decrease took place during a period when American 

 industries sprang forward at a pace unparalleled ; when there 

 was the strongest demand ever known for every class of 

 structural material; when the output of pig iron increased 15 

 per cent., that of cement 132 per cent, and even that of soft- 

 wood timber 15 per cent. 



"That the decrease is due to diminished supply rather than 

 to lessened demand seems to be proved beyond question. 

 During the same period the wholesale price of various classes 

 of hardwood lumber advanced from 25 to 65 per cent. ; every 

 kind of hardwood found in quantity sufficient to make it use- 

 ful has been put on the market, and hardwood timber is now 

 being cut in every State and every locality where it exists in 

 quantity large enough to be cut with profit. These conditions 

 could not prevail were the decrease in production due to a 

 falling oi¥ in demand. 



DECREASE OF HARDWOOD SUPPLY. 



"Since 1899 the production of oak has decreased 36 per cent. ; 

 of yellow poplar, 37 per cent. ; of elm, 50 per cent. ; of cotton- 

 wood, 36 per cent, and of ash 20 per cent." 



